Hey guys! I was fortunate enough to receive the prototype pads that utilize a cordless drill as per the infinite generosity of our fearless leader Adam! I tested these pads on two spots on my car. The first scratch I've had on the car for as long as I've owned it. I have a feeling I took delivery of the car with this scratch on it and idiot me never saw it. The second scratch happened as a result of people probably not paying attention to where they are walking and brushed up against my rear 3/4 panel.
Culprit #1:
Culprit #2:
My car is absolutely filthy because the weather here in NYC is nuts. It will rain for three days straight and we'll be blessed with one gorgeous day only to have more rain for another few days. Typical because I received the new foam gun and all those goodies two weeks ago and have yet to try it out.
But I digress. Anyway, I sprayed down the area on the edge of the hood with detail spray to make the area clean. I then misted the orange pad with detail spray and put some Swirl and Haze Remover on the pad.
I then went to town on that sucker. I was very careful not to use full speed on the drill as I did not want to screw my paint up. I maintained a steady speed and pressure and buffed it out. I noticed immediately that the middle of the scratch for the most part was gone but the edges still remained. Another interesting thing happened. The orange pad disintegrated a little bit and it rained orange fuzz for a few seconds. Here's a pic: note how torn up it got.
I went back over the scratch with some Fine Machine Polish on the white pad.
After wiping away the residue from the Fine Machine Polish I decided to try the orange pad again to see what else I could remove. On the second pass the middle of the scratch was invisible, but again the edges remained. I then repeated the step with the Fine Machine Polish on the white pad. After that, I whipped out the orbital buffer. I hit that scratch with the orange pad (SHR) followed by white pad (FMP) and concluded with black pad with (MSW). Here is what that scratch looked like after I finished playing around:
In conclusion I am happy with the result. The problem is that the edges of that scratch were actually chipped so the only real way to make that disappear is to fill it with some touch-up paint. Also I'm a tad bit surprised that the orange pad disintegrated on me a little bit. Not sure why this happened but ok lol.
Onward to the rear 3/4 panel! I basically repeated the exact same process as I mentioned before except I only used the cordless drill for one pass with the orange pad instead of two. Here is what that scratch turned into:
Perfection! I only put my finger there to show you where the scratch was. Again, I want to thank you Adam for hooking me up with these pads. Shine on everyone!