Today's job was a 2010 White Audi S5 convertible. My sisters fiancées. 

 

Today was a weather depending job, this morning sempt nice and bright with no rain so i set everything up and got cracking. 

 

All the pre Polish work went great, the car looked alot better for just a clay. I love the G3 clay mitt!

 

I started with the bonnet and split it into quarters just due to the shear size. The car in general had minor paint defects. Swirls more than anything. I used a Combination of Megs #105 with a Heavy/medium Orange pad. 3 Passes and nothing really moving, another pass at speed 4. I did the whole bonnet and nothing. I was not impressed. I then used Megs #205 and a black finishing pad just to see if that would lift anything out, yeah at the end of it i had cut back some swirls but i still wasn't happy. the rain came and just would stop so i ended up just washing again, Sealing, and a coat of wax, just so the car had some protection as i had removed existing protection.

 

Options, Something with a better cut? and a heavy cutting pad? 

 

All in all im annoyed that today didn't go to plan, but im kind of thankful for the rain as i finished up and making plans to sort this out again in a few weeks time. 

You need to work it longer

How much pressure did you apply?

3 passes is not really enough

Did the polish go clear?

You need to work it longer

How much pressure did you apply?

3 passes is not really enough

Did the polish go clear?

 

Not alot of pressure, just hand pressure to be fair. 

 

Yeah the Polish went clear. 

Have you read this?

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/images/misc/dapolishing.pdf

In my experience a lot of the VAG paint is rock hard.  I use MZ fast gloss which is a good tough polish to remove swirls and light defects from a black Audi Q7 and that came up real sweet.  Refined in the usual manner after as Fast Gloss is pretty hardcore as polishes go.

In my experience....Some VAG paint is hard...but not Rock hard..Thats reserved for BMW's IME

A non diminishing polish like Farecla on a DA wortks well on harder paints

BUT

It must be worked longer and at a high...ish speed to finish

I like to use Scholl S3 Gold with a MF cutting pad on a Rupes LHR15 for hard paint like this. The S3 works well on rotary too - just go carefully with it at first! It can certainly remove clear coat at a rapid rate if required, so I would suggest you take it easy with the pad choice to start with

I have used S3 on a finishing pad with good results on my mates BMW X1 and his wifes 318.......but its quite aggressive...

However, it does diminish while being worked...so a finishing pad works well

That would be a good option to try

Microfibre cutting pads are very good. Also Chemical Guys V series polish has worked well for me on BMW's so would think that it should shift it!

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Have you read this?

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/images/misc/dapolishing.pdf

I'll give this a read, thanks Chris. 

 

Regarding the s3 i have a bottle. Used it on the GF's beetle and worked a treat. 

 

Thanks guys! 

105 and 205 are Meg's SMAT non-diminishing, they don't tend to go clear as the abrasives don't break down.

 

More time spent per section, more passes and practice with more pressure would be my suggestion.

 

105 is pretty good at lifting fairly heavy defects.