bonnet marks

[thehulk2002]

I had some scratches on my bonnet this was weeks ago now I went to the garage for some petrol tonight and the garage lights was shining on my bonnet where I use a compound that was in the garage G3 compound by ferecla wish I didn't use it as I could see where I fixed the scratches it has seemed to what's the word scour the paint surface so if I use meguairs ultimate compound will it fix this small problem.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: bonnet marks

We don't see a lot of the Farecla products over here, but the G3 is a very aggressive compound designed more for rotary use, but even then it's quite common for an aggressive compound to finish out less than perfect. Meguiar's also makes aggressive compounds like M84 and M85 that work much better via rotary application, and both ours and theirs (among others) can inflict a lot of defects into the paint if used by hand. But we also make M105, which is more aggressive than either M84 or M85, but it can work very well by hand. Other companies have compounds that will work well via hand application too.

What we're getting at here is that the G3 compound you used isn't a bad product by any means, but how you used it may not have been completely correct (how you finished off if rotary applied) or just plain wrong (hand application, for example). You didn't say how you used it, so we can't tell you exactly what you might need to change with it.

Having said all that, you'll find that Ultimate Compound, while not as aggressive overall as G3 (or M105) does work very well either by hand or with a DA buffer. While not specifically recommended for rotary use, we've seen plenty of people using it successfully that way. So, unless you have extremely delicate paint, UC should clean up the haze created by the G3.

Can you give us a bit more info on how you applied the G3, how you plan on applying the UC, and what kind of car you have (make, model, year, etc)?

[thehulk2002]

Re: bonnet marks

We don't see a lot of the Farecla products over here, but the G3 is a very aggressive compound designed more for rotary use, but even then it's quite common for an aggressive compound to finish out less than perfect. Meguiar's also makes aggressive compounds like M84 and M85 that work much better via rotary application, and both ours and theirs (among others) can inflict a lot of defects into the paint if used by hand. But we also make M105, which is more aggressive than either M84 or M85, but it can work very well by hand. Other companies have compounds that will work well via hand application too.

What we're getting at here is that the G3 compound you used isn't a bad product by any means, but how you used it may not have been completely correct (how you finished off if rotary applied) or just plain wrong (hand application, for example). You didn't say how you used it, so we can't tell you exactly what you might need to change with it.

Having said all that, you'll find that Ultimate Compound, while not as aggressive overall as G3 (or M105) does work very well either by hand or with a DA buffer. While not specifically recommended for rotary use, we've seen plenty of people using it successfully that way. So, unless you have extremely delicate paint, UC should clean up the haze created by the G3.

Can you give us a bit more info on how you applied the G3, how you plan on applying the UC, and what kind of car you have (make, model, year, etc)?

Hi I applied the G3 compound my hand and I plan to apply the UC by hand to as I normally get excellent results by hand. My car is a ford C-Max zetec and its 1 year old and black. the color is panther black.

Thank you

Kevin

[thehulk2002]

Re: bonnet marks

Hi I applied the G3 compound my hand and I plan to apply the UC by hand to as I normally get excellent results by hand. My car is a ford C-Max zetec and its 1 year old and black. the color is panther black.

Thank you

Kevin

I have bought and used meguiars UC and it has worked I did the whole car as I thought do the whole car and it will look the same and the next day I used a detaler spray and polised the car and woww mega shine. used meguiars 39 and 40 on exterior then used meguiars nxt gen glass cleaner then used meguiars ultimate detaling spray and admired. the car looks like its just come out of the show room.