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Help cant remove swirls

  

99 GT vert -> Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 2:59:26 PM)

i am in the process of detailing my dads 2000 F350 truck and i cannot remove some of the swirls to save my life it seen as if they just get worse i so far have used optimum compound and poorboys world ssr 1 trying to see if they would come out and they wont what do i need to do

thanks
Evan

  
Juztang -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 4:14:18 PM)

Have you tried to slow down your passes and apply more pressure?

99 GT vert -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 4:44:46 PM)

acctually when i would go slow it seemed to make it worse and i would do alot of passes

it seemed to get better the faster i would go and the more passes i would make

i also tried applying more pressure that helped a bit till i pushed to hard and it seemed that the pad was heating up alot and felt like the backing might come apart

but now i know that i need to get a yellow pad

Juztang -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 4:48:58 PM)

Hmm....It is hard to see what is going on without me seeing it in person.  You might need a more aggressive pad.  Are you make sure you are using a toothbrush to keep the pad clean?  When you are using more aggressive compounds they will gum the pad up a lot quicker and you will have to clean it more often.  This can cause more swirls and they won't correct as well either.  Some paints are harder to correct than others too, you could be working on the same year vehicle with the same color paint and everything and one might have a hard clearcoat than the other.

Some panels will take more passes than others too.

99 GT vert -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 5:01:28 PM)

well paint isnt i the best condition and no i didnt use a tooth brush clean it out that may be why i always get pissed off when the pad gums up

on the flat surface i couls get the swirls out fine but i was having problems on the curves were the hood would drop down a bit and the dry part of my pad would hit the paint and create more marks in the paint


let me get some pics of the area i am talking about

99 GT vert -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 5:19:40 PM)

my biggest problem is were the middle area drops down to the edges

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Dan04COBRA -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/13/2008 8:56:32 PM)

I was doing something similar to my Cobra just last week.

The dry part of the pad would hit and make some ugly micromarring..

I didn't soak it, but I shot a couple sprays of quick detailer on the sides of the pad where it was hitting, it put an end to the problems I was having on my hood.

99 GT vert -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 7:57:38 AM)

thats a great idea dan i didnt even think of doing that 

Juztang -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 8:53:32 AM)

You can also tape off those areas that that the end of the pad isn't touching them.

Dan04COBRA -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 9:34:30 AM)

What kind of tape do you guys use? Blue painters tape will chunk up and make my pads come apart.

Juztang -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 9:35:34 AM)

I use blue or green painters tape.  I don't ever have any problems with it.

99 GT vert -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 9:44:17 AM)

i have the same problem that you have dan when i hit the tape with my pad it seems to start to tear the pad up but them again i always have a hard time keeping pads from not falling apart

Dan04COBRA -> RE: Help cant remove swirls (4/14/2008 10:21:42 AM)

Hm, I'll have to see what I can find for different painters tape. The tape I have will dust and eventually do a number on the edge of my pads.

It's especially bad when the area I taped off is higher than the paint surface, like the moulding around the windshield & rear window on Mustangs.


  

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