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Old 01-17-2009, 06:16 AM
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I will be doing paint correction in the Spring on the following vehicles...

2004 S2000
2004 C230 Kompressor

I know clears are completely different where ours is soft and Mercedes is really hard. Paint condition, scratches, and swirls on Mercedes I would give it 5/10 and S2000 is in 7/10 with mild swirls. I had no luck removing those swirls of off the Honda with Meguiars D151 and PC 7424 on Sonus Polishing pad.

My friend will let me borrow PC7424 again, he has 6" Sonus Pads Orange, green, Blue. I worked with them a bit and would like to buy 4" instead to get better results.

Will the following products do the job?


1) Uber Orange Pads 4 inch (Orange, Green, Blue) *In that order when detailing*
2) Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
3) Menzerna PO203S


I was thinking of doing the following steps....
A. Menzerna Super Intensive Polish Orange Pad
B. Menzerna PO203S Green Pad
C. Menzerna PO203S Blue Pad

Yay or Nay?
Old 01-17-2009, 11:14 AM
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Yay. Except for finishing out you may want to look in to PO85RD on a blue pad. Though with a PC i dunno if it creates enough heat to break down the PO203S enough on a finishing pad to mar the paint still.

It's up to you, but I'd feel more comfortable finishing off with 85RD than PO203S on honda clear

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Okay! Will look in to it. Thank you.

How about jsut replacing the B and C steps with PO85RD? Or it is not abrasive enough to finish off SIP?
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Not abrasive enough to finish off SIP
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Eeek, okay sounds good.
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What color is the S2000?

If it's black, I'd finish with 85RD. For other colors, try PO203S first - you may be surprised just how LSP ready it can leave your paint.
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EOE, sorry for the delay.

I would use SIP Uber Orange and PO85RD Uber Blue.

If the car only requires one step go with 203S and the green pad
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So if I have SIP and PO85RD what pads should be used and in what order?
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Originally Posted by Fusiondynamics' date='Jan 20 2009, 12:21 AM
So if I have SIP and PO85RD what pads should be used and in what order?
Originally Posted by detailersdomain' date='Jan 18 2009, 07:55 PM
I would use SIP Uber Orange and PO85RD Uber Blue.
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