Help!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Wherver the Navy Sends Me! A Submarine
Help!
Well I washed my car today, clayed it, and then used Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover to do a once over. I was about to start the polish and I found these:
I have been tryong in vain with the ASR and orange pad on 5 to remove it....any ideas?
I have been tryong in vain with the ASR and orange pad on 5 to remove it....any ideas?
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Originally Posted by tsgrayson
Well I washed my car today, clayed it, and then used Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover to do a once over. I was about to start the polish and I found these:
I have been tryong in vain with the ASR and orange pad on 5 to remove it....any ideas?
I have been tryong in vain with the ASR and orange pad on 5 to remove it....any ideas?
Don't be afraid of 6 on the PC. I use it all the time.
Hard to tell from the pic, Can you catch a finger nail on the scratch?
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Burning Brakes
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Nope...no fingernail!
Can I just use moderate pressure and keep the PC in one place for a little while?
Can I just use moderate pressure and keep the PC in one place for a little while?
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Usually a scratch that is quite visible on a pic, is usually (not always) to deep for repair. I would hit it with the orange pad, some ASR, work on highest setting for several minutes. You may not be able to remove completely, but lessen it. The Natty Blue might also help to hide it as it contains some light fillers.
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you could, but it you want to blend the scratch into the panel to make less noticable, I highly suggest moving in different patterns. It will lessen the edges of the scratch, which is what makes it so easily distiquishable.
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Originally Posted by Killrwheels@Autogeek
you could, but it you want to blend the scratch into the panel to make less noticable, I highly suggest moving in different patterns. It will lessen the edges of the scratch, which is what makes it so easily distiquishable.
and yes, you could leave the PC sit for a long time without doing any damage. As Killrwheels said, the PC really does NOT wear down your clearcoat (as a rotary does) so I dont' think if you left it on the paint for a week you would actually expose the primer nor body of the car. That's just because you really don't get any heat buildup with a PC, the way you do with a rotary.
A rotary machine would make very short work of this.
without a rotary, leave your PC on 6, and use Menzerna INtensive polish -- might even want to try Menzerna POwer Gloss - but if you move to a very aggressive product like that, be prepared to step down to a white pad a a finer polish afterward, to remove the hazing.
Good luck !
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Ok...I got that one out but as I was waxing the ride...I found a couple more...now the question is..do I stop waxing and hit them with the orange pad and ASR or do I say it is a DD and I will get them next time?? 
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Originally Posted by tsgrayson
Ok...I got that one out but as I was waxing the ride...I found a couple more...now the question is..do I stop waxing and hit them with the orange pad and ASR or do I say it is a DD and I will get them next time??
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From: Wherver the Navy Sends Me! A Submarine
Well 2 days later I can honestly say I suck at detailing. Looks like I know what I am doing next weekend!!! Either my car had a lot of small scratches or I did a number on my car with the clay. Is there something better to get out the long (not deep) scratches than Pinnacle ASR?
