CMA's Yellow Pc pad

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imported_Intel486

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I tried the yellow pad from CMA on my DeWalt Orbital yesterday. I was just wondering if I use the yellow pad with a polish will it leave a haze on the pait or does it just matter on the polish? I do not really want to use my white pad b/c I only have one left and I don't want to just order one white pad from CMA.



The reason I'm saying this is because I used the yellow pad with ProWax's Duz-All Clearcoat cleaner on one panel of my truck. I then applied a layer of ProWax's Satin Finish to the paint. The guys at prowax told me you will be able to get a high gloss shine with Duz-All topped with Satin Finish.



I compared it with my door which had been prep'ed with Meguiar#9 and you can tell a difference. The Side I did with Duz-All is kinda hazy. I was wondering if it is b/c of Duz-All or the yellow pad.



So basically, If you have used the Yellow pad with a polish, what kind of finish did you get? Was it hazy or very clear?
 
A lot of factors can be involved here. You can get micro-marring from too agressive of a pad, it depends on the finish.



In general when you use a "cutting" pad you are going to leave marring and marks that will need to be further polished down with a less agressive pad and polish. A cutting pad is in no way ment to be a "finishing" pad, it's really more of a leveling pad.
 
3M Finesse It II + cutting pad and PC on a 1999 dark blue corolla finish :up



I liked the resulting finish, followed up with Klasse AIO by PC and most of the swirls were gone, about 85% were removed. No need to follow up with #9 or SMR.



Jason
 
I used the yellow CMA pad on a PC with #9 on my niece's badly oxidized red Civic (after a Dawn wash and Z clay, of course). Buffed it nearly dry (to a light haze), wiped off with a cotton towel. After wiping, no more haze, no more oxidation, swirls reduced to virtually none. Just left with a nice, squeaky clean gloss. Another wash with Z7 and finished with Z5/ZFX x 2, and it looked great.
 
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