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Agree with Mike; the paint on these beasts are tough IIRC Mike uses Menzerna Power Gloss for paint correction and defect removal as do I. This product has a high cutting ability and it still takes quite a new of passes with a rotary polisher to get rid of swirls!
Failing that you could always wet sand if there were not many defects.
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Mine will just be washed well I'm afraid.!
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I'll put some pics up later and you'll see what I mean. Bill
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Bl**dy swirls!
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I made a tentative attempt on the boot area of my S8 using Meg's SwirlX last weekend with a rotary (not a G220) and wasn't too impressed. I used Meg's products to wash the car, then kept the speed relatively low on the rotary and went over the same area 3 times with SwirlX. It didn't do much. Does anybody know if SwirlX is a weak cutting compound? I did get a good shine using Meguiars NXT polish and carnuba wax though, but those swirls are still there! Last edited by jmw748; 17th March 2009 at 10:55 PM. |
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SwirlX is a non abrasive polish. On VAG paint you could polish with an industrial floor polisher and have little effect. If the swirls are that bad you should try a medium to heavy cut compound polish. I recommend Poorboys SSR 2.5 as th medium cut and Menzerna Power gloss as harsher cut. Use the SSR 2.5 first. If neither of those do it after a couple of passes try Megs #85 polish gingerly, be carful (especially with a rotory) with it as it's quite abrasive and will need you to follow up with something like poorboys SSR 1 to remove any hazing or buffer trails.
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