Pro Polish Question..

[Happyman]

I just recieved my first order of Pro Polish and it did a wonderful job of removing some overspray from my door posts and tailights. Great Stuff!

Question... I have some light factory orange peel on a 04 Murano with pewter metallic paint that I would like to minimise without cutting into the clear coat much. I also have some overspray that I found on my way back from Florida last week. I was able to remove the spray by hand with PP from the lights and door posts. I was thinking of using an orange pad with PP then using a finishing pad with PP followed up with some EX-P.

Am I crazy or what?

Happyman

 

[Go-N Def]

Instead of PP with the orange pad, you may try some SSR 1 or 2 with a finishing pad.

Orange peel is HARD to get rid of with out doing some major work. I have a little that I've tried to get rid of it with SSR 3 and its still there. Start light and work up...

 

[Happyman]

Instead of PP with the orange pad, you may try some SSR 1 or 2 with a finishing pad.

Orange peel is HARD to get rid of with out doing some major work. I have a little that I've tried to get rid of it with SSR 3 and its still there. Start light and work up...

Yea.. I read where it takes wet sanding to get it out. Thats more than I want to bargain for.

Will the Pro Polish work with the Orange Pad? I thought the amount of abrasiveness (cut) was a combination of pad agressiveness/pressure and the level of abrasives in the product.

I would like to use fewer products if possible.

 

[Go-N Def]

You are correct about the combo of pad/pressure/product.

But, I can tell you from my expirence that I have not seen ANY difference in orange peel, marring, or scratch removal when using the combination of yellow/heavy/PP or green/light/PP, no matter how long I've left the buffer in place.

Pro Polish does have Micro-Abraisives in it (according to Steve), but I've found that its better for removal of oxidation, light contamination (i.e. overspray), and old waxes/sealants.

My advice (again) is, "Start light and work up..."

If you want to try PP with an orange pad, then by all means try it! If you use your buffer/product correctly, I give you a 99% chance of not doing any damage. Of course, you have the same odds of not removing the orange peel, but that's just my 2 cents...

 

[Happyman]

GO-N,

Thanks for the info, I just want to get off the overspray and improve the surface for EX-P. I don't know how much difference in agressiveness there is between the 2 pads.

If the Polishing pad will do it, that will save me a step anyway.

Happyman

 

[Poorboy]

Orange peel can only be removed by wet/dry sanding, polishes will not remove it, even though over time they may lessen them....