Polishing with PC for first time- no success

[DanaH]

Well I tried to bring back the shine and quality of the original midnight blue paint on my 97 9000. I first tried the hood. Steps taken:

- clayed which seemed to remove a lot of dirt/grime

- the coarse swirl remover adams polish using a PC RO buffer

- the fine machine adams polish

 

I washed car between each step. The results were much less than spectacular, as a matter of fact it doesn't look much different at all. Hood appearance seems to show some white specks which I assume is the primer.

 

Is waxing after polishing necessary to bring out the shine?

Is my clearcoat gone?

Should I get the hood resprayed?

 

DanaH

97 Saab 9000cs, lived outside for most of time in vermont and mass.

[BlueGenCoupe]

Welcome Dana.

 

Have you watched the videos? The pc takes a lot more time and effort than any other machine. It's very important to move the machine slowly and apply enough pressure. Normally with the PC it takes 2-3 passes of each step to get perfection.

 

Also you dont need to wash or wipe down the car after every step. Before you apply MSS thats when you can wipe down the car with DS.

[Doug123]

Did you use the Orange SHR/orange pad and them the White FMP/White pad?

 

Claying DOES remove a lot of dirt and junk from the finish. First claying I did on my 'pre owned vehicle' (1 yr old) and the clay was getting some rust color off the roof. It had never been clayed before, and it showed!

 

For us to be able to comment in any real detail, you will have to provide some photos. Possibly you might be seeing some retained polish in any little chips in the paint. Also, did you work the polishes the same manner as in the videos, up and down, left to right, again and again until the polish flashed (goes clear instead of being milky)?

 

The waxing only protects the shine that is developed by polishing. When you are finished polishing, the finish should be very shiny, even with no wax on it. Post up some photos so we can see the areas you have polished. It may just be technique.

[mc2hill]

Check out this thread to see if this looks like your white specks - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/general-detailing-discussion-questions/17308.htm.

[Chris@Adams]

Dana! Can you post up some pics of your paint?