Azgasser

I think the shine turned out pretty good. This was before the LPS!

I live in Tucson and the heat is so hard on the finish. I drive it several days a week to work, about 1000 miles a month so it is not a garage queen by any means. I wanted something to handle the heat and UV rays.

I am new to the forum and this is my first post so please excuse my lack of knowledge on this. I am getting ready to do some paint correction and polish on a black Corvette. The paint is less than a year old and the car is garage kept. The dealer and or prior owner instilled some small/fine scratches in the clear coat. I purchased the Swirl Killer two step kit. I also have the LPS with the gray pads as well. I apologize for not having pics at this time but I will take and post some as the project comes along. My question is this, what is the difference between the blue foam pad and the orange foam pad as far as correcting ability? I only have one blue pad, but I bought extra orange, white, and gray pads as the finish is pretty good to begin with. I was planning on using only the orange pads with the orange correcting polish to start. My take away off these boards is use the least aggressive compound/polish/pad to get the job done. Can the pads, orange and blue be used with the heavy correcting polish if needed or will the orange not get the job done? I am only planning on using the heavy correcting compound on a couple of trouble area and the correcting polish for the rest. So my last question, what does the majority of the work? Pad or polish/compound? Thanks in advance. Steve