@DFB...Rupes vs Rupes??

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@DFB5.0 and all you guys that might have experience with...

I have a bottle of Rupes Uno Pure Ultra Fine polish and a bottle of Rupes DA Fine Compound (and a bottle of the matching DA Course Compound). But my main question is this...how similar, or different, or when to use between the Uno Pure fine and the DA Fine?? I'm guessing the DA Fine is probably part of a combo 1 - 2 punch of the Course and then the Fine, and the Uno may be more of a stand by itself type product?

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[skinnyb]

The DA Fine compound is a product that depending on the pad can either cut pretty heavy (with a Microfiber or wool pad) or it can be mild and finish down really nice with a finishing pad (Rupes yellow or white foam). The Uno Pure is a very mild finish polish, mainly used to amp up the gloss on already corrected paint or remove holograms on finicky paint... The coarse is just as it says, its a heavy hitter made for correcting severely neglected hard paint. I do not have the coarse in my arsenal, I have never found a need for it, the fine cuts really nice with a wool or MF pad... I use uno for that final kiss before laying down protection.

A very similar system that I have on hand is the Koch Chemie line. They have H9 (Heavy), F6 (Fine) and M3 (Micro) that are very similar in makeup.

 

[DFB5.0]

@DFB5.0 and all you guys that might have experience with...

I have a bottle of Rupes Uno Pure Ultra Fine polish and a bottle of Rupes DA Fine Compound (and a bottle of the matching DA Course Compound). But my main question is this...how similar, or different, or when to use between the Uno Pure fine and the DA Fine?? I'm guessing the DA Fine is probably part of a combo 1 - 2 punch of the Course and then the Fine, and the Uno may be more of a stand by itself type product?

I'd only use DA Coarse if you were dealing with severe defects. Rupes compounds were primarily designed to work with the matching blue pads, be that foam, wool or microfiber.

DA Fine was generally designed as a follow up to DA Coarse, but its a very capable compound that can do so decent correction when paired with an appropriate pad. I've used it with the yellow wool to remove haze to great effect.

Just know that both DA Fine and DA Coarse are non-diminishing, so they have a long cycle time and rely on the user to chose the pad correctly to deliver the desired finish depending on how the paint responds.

Uno Pure I have no experience with, but it would be used a final jeweling polish or on very soft Japanese paints.

 

[kilobravo]

Rupes compounds were primarily designed to work with the matching blue pads

Well heck, I didn't know that, D and I don't have a single blue pad, only yellow and white. Wait, I take that back, the Nano came with some little blue pads but I've never used one.

What's the difference between a white Ultra Fine and a blue DA Fine. And IF I get around to polishing Sarah again before the hot weather returns, it will be with a white pad and Sonax PF. I'm guessing that you'll say that's a better solution than using a blue DA Fine with the same compound.

 

[DFB5.0]

Well heck, I didn't know that, D and I don't have a single blue pad, only yellow and white. Wait, I take that back, the Nano came with some little blue pads but I've never used one.

What's the difference between a white Ultra Fine and a blue DA Fine. And IF I get around to polishing Sarah again before the hot weather returns, it will be with a white pad and Sonax PF. I'm guessing that you'll say that's a better solution than using a blue DA Fine with the same compound.

I should clarify that by saying Rupes tend to color code pads to a compound.

- DA Fine (Yellow bottle) with yellow foam, wool and microfiber.
- DA Coarse (blue bottle) with blue foam, wool and microfiber.
- Uno Pure (white bottle) with white foam.

They do this for simplicity to help take guesswork out of the pad and compound choice. You can of course mix and match as you so please.

On your absolutely mint condition GT500, I highly doubt you will ever need something like DA Coarse or any of the heavy cut blue pads. Those combo's are for extremely hard euro or severely hammered paint. So, you are all good in having white and yellow pads.

I'd personally think Perfect Finish on white or yellow foam will be all you need. Or, perhaps try Carpro Reflect on yellow foam.

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