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Davidgarzon98

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Hello, I bought a 1998 honda civic with 70k miles which is in great shape, but the bumper needed to be repainted. I did with two layers of urethane and 2k clear coat about 3 weeks ago. Paint looked great but today I buffed and cut it and now looks pretty bad. I dry sanded with 1000, 1500, 2000 and 3000 grit sandpaper with an electric sander with an interface pad and then buffed with turtle wax clean cut rubbing compound and then waxed with meguiars ultimate paste wax. I used a random orbital polisher for the last two steps. What did I do wrong here? How can I fix it?
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Looks like the 3000 grit marks were never removed by the compound. Wipe off the wax with wax remover, then either try another go with the compound you have, or try another type. I prefer Wizards Turbo Cut, followed by Final Cut Polish. The random orbital is also not very good for this. A regular buffer will build up the needed heat for the compound to work.
 
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Thank you! I'm waiting for a wool pad I ordered and should be able to post the new results next week. I appreciate all the responses
 
A forced rotation machine is what you need, rotary, or DA like a Flex 3401. I've used Menzerna product and Lake County pads with good success.
 
marko said:
3m 06064 polish should work
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the 06064 polish is actually fairly decent. i used that for quite a few years and never really had any complaints. that wont correct his issue though. he need to compound that first with wool. that polish is great to finish with using a black foam pad to get rid of the wools swirls and holograms.
 
Correct needs a cutting compound and preferably a wool pad as I said as well. I gave him a budget and can buy locally method as it didn’t seem like he was detailing or doing paint work often enough. But I can surely also provide some nice options if looking to order and drop several hundred dollars lol.
 
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