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Ferrarislave

Ferrarislave

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Need some help, ok I got a brand new 2005 BMW 525i back in Feburary, the dealer left horrible swirls and buffer marks in the paint. I have finally gotten around to really getting at the car and removing the defects. I have a rotary and an assortment of edge pads, and compounds ranging from Menzerna,Meguiars, to Poorboys, I have buffed my Jeep before , which was pretty badly swirled, and it came out perfect doing DACP x1 and IPx1 and FPIIx1 with edge pads.

Today I went out washed with Hyper wash, taped off the door handles and all moldings and the BMW roundle. I started off with Edge Green pad, and Poorboys SSR2.5 (which I dislike). I dislike SSR2.5 because it doesn't stay wet long enough it seems to dry very quick even with the pad and painted misted. I then followd up Edge Blue and Menzerna IP and then Edge White with FPII. I went under the sun and still had marrying, which made my blood boil. I did the cross hatch on the hood with those 3 products, Im a little bit weary of using the rotary on BMW paint at higher RPM's so I stayed at around 1k, it took me a really long time to do the hood, which is normally doesn't take me that long.

I only did the hood, and then took off all the tape and put my toys away, I was disappointed and frusted it took me so long to do 1 panel and it still did not look anything close to my usual results.

What would you suggest I do, I am thinking of getting some Menzerna Power Gloss and maybe trading my Makita 9227C for a PC, because I don't really need the powerful bite of a rotary, I rarly do extremly bad cars.

Any suggestions out there, I mist the surface and pad and apply the compound to pad. I start off slow moving the compound around then increase RPM's I try to curve the pad as well and still get a serious amount of buffer splatter. What am I doing wrong here ?

Any suggestions or comments, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
 
I dislike SSR2.5 because it doesn't stay wet long enough it seems to dry very quick even with the pad and painted misted.
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According to Steve you shouldn't mist the pad when using the SSR's.
Maybe you should try it again without misting the pad. I am not to sure how hard the clear is on an 05 BMW, but it may require a second pass w/ SSR2.5 and then follow your normal process.

I wouldn't get rid of your rotary for a PC (especially if you know how to use it).

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I tried it at first without misting and it still dried sort of quick, I was working in the shade as well. Im also thinking the rotary is supierior, I have some time behind it, but I think a PC would be easier to use on cars that don't require very much bite.
 
My thought is product and pad choice. I'd use SSR3 if your going to use PB for a badly swirld car with a fine pad preferably. Or take a more agressive pad with your current product selection. I can't see the car, but it sounds like you just didn't hit it hard enough. If you wanna drive a ways I'm not too far away.
 
I used to frequent the Kenosha area, today I went out and did a full detail on my Jeep. I have never gotten it this clean, did engine, exterior. Process was: FPIIx1 with Meguiars soft buff finishing pad topped with 1xAIO + 1XUPP I will 1 more coat of Upp tommorow. My new favorite product has got to be Hyper Dressing, stuff works amazingly well.

I have better control of the buffer now and I find that Menzerna FPII does not splatter so much as other products I have used. I buffed the entire time at 1000-1200RPM's and have 0 buffer marks.
 
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