best product for removing Sonax xtreme hybrid npt

[Janner_Sy]

Currently have sonax hybrid extreme npt on my car as the LSP. It's starting to come off in some places after the winter particularly the doors.

Anyone recommend any products to remove it in prep for some Polish/wax or must use waking up liquid

[xjay1337]

Just clean/decontaminate your paint as normal and then polish.
You don't need to "remove" existing LSP before polishing...

[Janner_Sy]

 

Whats your thoughts on Ford paint for toughness?  I have Megs 105/205 and CGHex-logic pads in orange white and black.

Plan is to start low and work up the abrasiveness to get rid of the swirls.

White>205
White>105 (If required)
Orange>205(f required)
Orange>105 (last resort)

Going to be using black>105 to finish it.

The swirls arent too bad tbh so i doubt ill ned the orange pad at all, hopefully not anyway.

Was considering applying FK1000P and FK2685 with the DA as well, worth it youy reckon or just stick to hand application?

[xjay1337]

I've not actually worked on any Fords! 

Google tells me it's middle-to-softish so an orange pad would probably be a bit harsh.. 105 is also very aggressive. so would probably hologram it.
I'd start off with 105 on a white pad to be honest but as you're asking I'd assume you have limited experience with machine polishing (not an insult btw  ) so I'd stick with your mantra of working up low to high abrasiveness.

Which would technically be Black>205 to begin with, but to be honest 105/205 is a bit old (while having it's place) so yeah.

to finish you'd want 205 on a black pad??

[Janner_Sy]

Yes mate, new to machine polishing.  I have an escort bonnet to practice on before hand.

just to make sure im working low to harsh in the correct order, what would be more abrasive:  White pad with #105 or orange pad with #205



Would you consider black pad>105 before stepping up to a white pad>205?

[xjay1337]

I can't really say that as although I've used all of those products you've mentioned I've not used them in those particular combination.
The polish usually has more effect than the pad, so I'd say white with 105 would be more aggressive.

It doesn't ultimately matter.

Just start with 205 on a white pad and go from there.

Problem is you can start thinking about every possible outcome or situation (eg polish or pad being more aggressive or whatever) and you end up in a sea of sh*t if you do :) so don't worry just take it slow and sure it'll be fine. 

[Janner_Sy]

Last question, i promise

Ive had a fairly comprehensive search through DW threads for conclusive answer but it seems largely personal choice and dependent on pads and polish.


What Speed setting (on a DAS6Pro) would you use for priming, cutting, finishing, jeweling etc with the CG Hex-Logic pads and megs 105/205.

I was just going to try a few random settings on my practice bonnet to find what worked.

[xjay1337]

DW is the best and the worst place.

So take what you read on there with a pinch of salt.

With a das 6 pro I spread on speed 1 and then use speed 5 to 5.5 for cutting and then bump down to speed 3 to finish my polishing set.

This is the same whether I'm cutting or refining, I may use speed 4 to refine but depends on the paint/pad/polish combination.

[Janner_Sy]

Jay would you be looking at another Polish for jeweling or do you think #205 is good enough?

I was looking at buying some po85rd for the final stage

[xjay1337]

205 is fine .