RonsterGT
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Hi everyone!
I just got my car, and opted for ceramic coating. I've done it myself in the past, and thought I'd save myself some time.
The shop that did it does lots of high end cars - Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari...etc.
Their paint correction person knocked down the nibs and minor etching with compound, then finished with Menzerna 3000 and a yellow polishing pad. The gloss is quite good for most, but I'm very picky. The car was then coated with some sort of *pro-grade* ceramic.
As they say: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor."
I know I could knock down a bit more of the orange peel and bring up the gloss with Menzerna 400 compound and finish with Menzerna SFP 3800.
FLEX 3401 polisher and white pad for compound, red pad for finish.
My questions are:
Will my first step of correction with the compound remove the coating and correct the finish?
Or
Do I need to do a first pass with compound to remove the ceramic, then do a second pass with compound and clean pads to correct?
Thanks for any helpful advice you can offer.
I just got my car, and opted for ceramic coating. I've done it myself in the past, and thought I'd save myself some time.
The shop that did it does lots of high end cars - Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari...etc.
Their paint correction person knocked down the nibs and minor etching with compound, then finished with Menzerna 3000 and a yellow polishing pad. The gloss is quite good for most, but I'm very picky. The car was then coated with some sort of *pro-grade* ceramic.
As they say: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor."
I know I could knock down a bit more of the orange peel and bring up the gloss with Menzerna 400 compound and finish with Menzerna SFP 3800.
FLEX 3401 polisher and white pad for compound, red pad for finish.
My questions are:
Will my first step of correction with the compound remove the coating and correct the finish?
Or
Do I need to do a first pass with compound to remove the ceramic, then do a second pass with compound and clean pads to correct?
Thanks for any helpful advice you can offer.
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