Clarification....please

[GothamEMS]

What does machine polishing do exactly to the clear coat? Micro remove it? Melt it to fill the swirls? Can you only perform so many polishing sessions on your vehicle before you deteriorate the clear? ETC...Anyone with some good answers, I'd love to hear from....YES I checked Google! Real time answers is all I'm looking for. Thank you in advance!

[GothamEMS]

Crap, wrong section....STUPID IPAD!

[dipolley]

Dylan had posted an excellent grafic on this.

 

The very very short answer is this: when you are polishing you are removing a a little bit of clear coat. How much? you would have to (properly) polish you car thousands upon thousands of times before you removed enough clear coat to cause any real damage or degregation

 

Swirls and scratches are basically V-shaped cuts in your car's finish. When you polish the finish you are cutting down the top edges of that V, smothing it out, and making it so that the light reflects off of it differently. You are never acutually removing a scratch or a swirl, you are just changing the shape of it and the surrounding finish so you can't see it.

 

Hope that helps. I will see if I can find the grafic I am thinking of.

 

I just got adobe suite, maybe I should make a video.

[GothamEMS]

Dylan had posted an excellent grafic on this.

 

The very very short answer is this: when you are polishing you are removing a a little bit of clear coat. How much? you would have to (properly) polish you car thousands upon thousands of times before you removed enough clear coat to cause any real damage or degregation

 

Swirls and scratches are basically V-shaped cuts in your car's finish. When you polish the finish you are cutting down the top edges of that V, smothing it out, and making it so that the light reflects off of it differently. You are never acutually removing a scratch or a swirl, you are just changing the shape of it and the surrounding finish so you can't see it.

 

Hope that helps. I will see if I can find the grafic I am thinking of.

 

I just got adobe suite, maybe I should make a video.

 

Thank you sir for the information

[Rich]

Crap, wrong section....STUPID IPAD!

 

Moved.

[MichiganSRT8]

I got a few great pictures i use, let me get them in dropbox.

 

 

iPad is being a pain, heres one i have on the comp. Not the best one but gives you the idea, exaggerated for diagram purposes.

[dipolley]

Thanks Josh!!! The one I had in mind was nearly identical to that just with differnt colors.

 

You get a "like" for that. My gift to you. Enjoy being "liked."

[Chris@Adams]

Dylan had posted an excellent grafic on this.

 

The very very short answer is this: when you are polishing you are removing a a little bit of clear coat. How much? you would have to (properly) polish you car thousands upon thousands of times before you removed enough clear coat to cause any real damage or degregation

 

Swirls and scratches are basically V-shaped cuts in your car's finish. When you polish the finish you are cutting down the top edges of that V, smothing it out, and making it so that the light reflects off of it differently. You are never acutually removing a scratch or a swirl, you are just changing the shape of it and the surrounding finish so you can't see it.

 

Hope that helps. I will see if I can find the grafic I am thinking of.

 

I just got adobe suite, maybe I should make a video.

Good answer David!

[crowvet]

Thanks Josh!!! The one I had in mind was nearly identical to that just with differnt colors.

 

You get a "like" for that. My gift to you. Enjoy being "liked."

 

Hey, I think I like it to:D

[MichiganSRT8]

Likes all around haha

[DaveVY]

I like that graphic too, very nice. Even the alternate spelling of 'color', makes me want to go watch some Top Gear UK!