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Gary57
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Post by Gary57 »

You cant polish new paint with a wool pad :shock: , it is far too agressive. Where you using a rotary polisher or random orbital?? You should have been using a finishing foam pad.

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Maybe when you do your home diy job, but is after a fresh coat of paint, and flattened with 1500 water sanding...

We using professional tools you get in body shops, but it wasn't a professional using the tool :oops: , that is where the problem comes in...

It does an fantastic job at polishing... I needed to clean the polish pad, and then I spun it dry (I thought it was dry, it wasn't) that caused the pad to loose its fluf...

Using 3M polish, with a polisher that looks like this
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Post by Gary57 »

Ok yes to remove sanding marks you will need to use a wool pad.

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Damn, sorry man! This just means it'll be even more satisfying when it is finally done 8)
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Post by widowmaker »

WarrenS13 wrote:This just means it'll be even more satisfying when it is finally done 8)
like the most popular chick at school that laughed at you and you eventually get some quality time 15 years later when she's a crack whore in need of a couple of bucks (R23.64)

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