Swirls on NFR
04-07-2012, 07:36 PM
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Get an orange pad with meguiars #105 them get a grey pad and finish with meguiars #205. Prime the pad and put 3 dime sized drops every time you do a section. Spread the polish on a 2x2 section on setting 2 then 5 to 6 passes on setting 5. Your car will be swirl free after. 
post some pictures after 
post some pictures after
04-08-2012, 08:53 AM
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Get an orange pad with meguiars #105 them get a grey pad and finish with meguiars #205. Prime the pad and put 3 dime sized drops every time you do a section. Spread the polish on a 2x2 section on setting 2 then 5 to 6 passes on setting 5. Your car will be swirl free after. post some pictures after
post some pictures after I'd try the UC with the white pad. If it cleans everything up, then it's aggressive enough you don't need the orange pad. Then apply the sealant by hand with a foam applicator. They're pretty cheap.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_Wax-Applicators-Meguiar%27s_22984954-P_N3302_T|GRP2074_____
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-HiTec.../dp/B0009IQZPW
04-08-2012, 10:53 PM
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If its the white pad comes with the PC.. I heard its crap and you shouldn't use it, but if it actually is LC white.. then its considered a "polishing" pad, so may be a little more aggressive than you'll want. But regardless, MOST cutting/correcting should be done during UC with orange pad anyways.
pad chart if you haven't seen yet: http://www.auto-geek.net/charts/buff...d-chart-lc.htm
So just use the UC with orange pad until all swirl marks are gone .. then apply the klasse AIO with the white pad
pad chart if you haven't seen yet: http://www.auto-geek.net/charts/buff...d-chart-lc.htm
So just use the UC with orange pad until all swirl marks are gone .. then apply the klasse AIO with the white pad
04-10-2012, 10:02 AM
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Thatnks for the awesome replies. It's a true LC white pad. I never use the pad that came with the XP. Are you guys saying I should be appluying my Meguiars ultimate wax by hand with the foam aplicator and NOT with the white pad? The biggest place I always second guess is the speed setting for each step. The car looks incredible compared to the paint damage it had when I bought it... I am just being picky about the small details
04-10-2012, 10:31 AM
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Wax has no cut and the white pad does. It should be applied by hand or with an appropriate pad (Grey, blue, or red). Klasse would be best on the white pad.
04-10-2012, 12:05 PM
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Thatnks for the awesome replies. It's a true LC white pad. I never use the pad that came with the XP. Are you guys saying I should be appluying my Meguiars ultimate wax by hand with the foam aplicator and NOT with the white pad? The biggest place I always second guess is the speed setting for each step. The car looks incredible compared to the paint damage it had when I bought it... I am just being picky about the small details
FWIW, if there is something that's really bad, then I use the orange to compound, but for the most part I just use the white and gray pads for polishing the car, and then a red one for sealant application.
04-11-2012, 04:52 PM
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So I have some swirls in my paint from the previous owner. They aren't super bad but enough to make me go all OCD. I tried meguiars ultimate compound and Klasse AIO with a porter cable and buffing pad. I think it's a lakew country pad if I remember correctly but not super agressize. I think the color MAY have been like a light red but it's hard to tell now where all the oxidation on my mirrors turned the color. So I can't remember which pad it was. But the swirls improved but are still very visible to me. What can I do without spending a ton more? I am topping it off with Meguiars ultimate wax using a finishing pad )I think lakewood country white) and porter cable on like speed 3. I have tried other waxes and sealents (Klasse glaze ps21 and various other things) and prefer the dark red look the Meguiars ultimate wax gives.
