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Old 24 June 2008, 09:48 AM
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Question Swirl remover?

I've been looking at Menzerna 3d3.02 and Poorboys ssr2.5. My car is bmw sapphire black with light to moderate swirl marks. I'll will be using a machine buffer.

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Old 24 June 2008, 11:09 AM
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go for the menz rd3.02 much better product than the pb 2.5 imo. what "buffer" are you using?
Old 24 June 2008, 12:19 PM
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Hi mneame, I've got a silverline polisher it is similar to the Makita polisher.
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which one orange or blue? not that it matters a huge amount. the orange one is said to be a little better than the blue. def go for the menz. i find that the pb goes dry to quickly and doesn't give a long enough work time with the silverline.

what pads are you using?
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It's the orange 1, I'm using the pads that came with it, Blue Red and White and microfibre cloths. Any ideas what speed I should be using with Menzerna 3d3.02
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i have the blue one and iirc it operates between 600rpm and about 2000? with the settings shown as 1 - 5. with the rd3.02 i start spreading on setting 2 with a medium pad and work until it starts to go clear. then a little spritz of qd i find helps at this stage, work up through speed 3 then 4. once clear a couple of passes and then back down from 4 to 3 to 2. buff off and check. i then find that it's ready for the finishing pad and a lighter polish or another go of the rd3.02 followed by either poorboys black hole or white diamond depending on the car colour and then top with a good paste wax.
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Cheers mate good advice I'll give it a blast this weekend and post some pics
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Originally Posted by geesta
Cheers mate good advice I'll give it a blast this weekend and post some pics


this was done with above method at the weekend:



Old 27 June 2008, 04:49 PM
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Nice one Matt, and cheers for helping with the advice. It's almost always worth following up with 85RD on a polishing pad if you have the time, as this imparts a lot of extra wetness, and takes care of any holograms left behind during the compounding stage with RD3.02.
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Thanks Polished Bliss the RD.02. arrived yesterday fantastic service!
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I've been busy today

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Roof pic

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Looks dripping wet, nice one!
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nice work geesta.

Rich - yes been using the 85rd. need to order some more. i've also been experimenting with adding in the black hole / white diamond at this stage with good results.
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Aye, we do that too sometimes; either a blob of Black Hole or Blackfire GEP on the 85RD pad can certainly add even more bling prior to the LSP.
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Originally Posted by Polished Bliss
Aye, we do that too sometimes; either a blob of Black Hole or Blackfire GEP on the 85RD pad can certainly add even more bling prior to the LSP.
oh yes. have some pics to get hosted of a black / gold mica with this combo.
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