VERY fine job of polishing, Galaxy, she looks superb! But, I hear ya loud and clear on the pain of polishing a black vehicle. Definitely THE most difficult color hands down.
DA Fine can do some heavy lifting if needed, especially with the DA Yellow Wool pad. So while it is a finishing polish, it can do some reasonable correction on the right paint with the right pad.
G: The Dmeister is right on, this combination covers a wide range of clear coat conditions. My friend brought this 2012 Silverado over a few weeks ago and while the paint was in decent shape, it still had a whole lot of marring. It also had some severe hazing which made it look dull as hell.
Agreed on the wool pads. Really no reason to use one unless you’ve got some real bad scratches and swirls. I’m not a fan of a 2 step or 3 step correction anyways. Takes too much clear coat away and it’s already thin as it is
Normally I would agree, but those modern Rupes wool pads are amazingly forgiving. In particular the yellow version will finish out very nicely, which is rare for wool. I was always afraid of wool as well but have become very fond of those yellow Rupes.
You wont get a better gloss than you can with a rotary using a wool pad BUT can be a difficult/dangerous combo in wrong hands . Got to be real careful on any edges . I think a rotary for the large flat surfaces and a DA polisher for the finicky and sharp edged areas is the ultimate combo tbh . Start of on slower speeds and work up to it and be careful of badges and trims , very easy to send em into next postcode
