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Old 10-18-2021, 10:51 PM   #1
ItWillBeSlow
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Cut and buff new paint - need advice

I sprayed my cab this weekend with Deltron base and clear.

24 hours after spraying clear I started a cut and buff.

I wet sanded (about 2 passes each grit) with 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and 3000.

I then used a da polisher and foam pad with Meguirs “ultra pro finishing polish” at about 2000 rpm I think (setting 2 out of 6) on a 5000 rpm machine. I did two moderate pressure passes and 2 light ones per the instructions.

The clear is shiny but not mirror shiny. It still has a slight haze and the scratches are circular like spider webbed older paint with wash marks from years of scrubbing, but very light.

Any insight into what is keeping me from a true shine with this process? My hunch is that the polish is too fine to get past the 3000, but the polishing scratches are circular and not hatched from wetsanding.
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