I've recently purchased a mk3 Octavia estate finished in black magic pearl that is in need of some tlc. There are no bad scratches as such, just very swirly so I'm looking at recommendations of polishing pads and compound that I can use to bring it back to its best. 

 

Thanks

By hand or via da polisher 

It depends on how hard the paint is tbh. I've got a rotary polisher that I've used on my previous cars to remove deeper scratches, but never for a full detail.

 

As there are lots of swirls really I want to machine polish it and remove them. If this is going to be too risky for me to do myself then I'd probably go down the hand route short term and use something like Poorboys black hole and Nattys black wax to fill/conceal the swirls until I can find a local company to do a correction detail on it. 

Edited 22 March, 20179 yr by dale1uk

We had black magic on our old Seat Exeo.

 

Polishes up very well indeed.

 

For main correction detail i used Scholl S17+, which finishes down very well.

Thereafter - on further details light polishing/finishing with Britemax Blackmax.

Generally with a Medium hex logic style polishing pad.

 

Both the above i have used on various cars, so had plenty to hand.

 

If you were to make one polish purchase for the DA/Rotary - i would recommend Sonax 04/06; as a great all-rounder.

Edited 23 March, 20179 yr by samuir1974

Just becarful with a rotary you can do more damage with them than a da polisher 

1 hour ago, samuir1974 said:

We had black magic on our old Seat Exeo.

 

Polishes up very well indeed.

 

For main correction detail i used Scholl S17+, which finishes down very well.

Thereafter - on further details light polishing/finishing with Britemax Blackmax.

Generally with a Medium hex logic style polishing pad.

 

Both the above i have used on various cars, so had plenty to hand.

 

If you were to make one polish purchase for the DA/Rotary - i would recommend Sonax 04/06; as a great all-rounder.

 

Great, thanks for the advice 

1 hour ago, malcster said:

Just becarful with a rotary you can do more damage with them than a da polisher 

 

Yeah, I'm aware that a rotary can do a lot of damage if used incorrectly. I've never burnt through or left trails in the past but I'm a bit more reluctant to do it on this car as it's worth a good chunk more than previous cars I've used it on. Maybe a cheap DA would worth buying.

 

My understanding is that Skoda paint is medium/hard and I always start off with a fine compound/pad and work up if required. 

 

My main query was if there was any tried and tested combinations that are know to work well. I need new pads and polish anyways but don't want to waste money on gear that's not going to be suitable. 

Edited 23 March, 20179 yr by dale1uk

I did a black golf mk6 the other week with heavy swirls and spider webbing 

 

Usual wash method 

 

Meguiars ultimate compound with an orange chemical guys hexlogic quantum pad 

 

Meguiars #205 with a white cg hex logic pad 

 

Meguiars ultimate wax with a black cg pad 

 

Came out looking brand new imo and my mate was over the moon with it 

 

Overall with snow foam  wash iron x clay included took around 6 hours which is quick for me i like to spend a full day on a car just not at this time of the year 

3 hours ago, dale1uk said:

 

Yeah, I'm aware that a rotary can do a lot of damage if used incorrectly. I've never burnt through or left trails in the past but I'm a bit more reluctant to do it on this car as it's worth a good chunk more than previous cars I've used it on. Maybe a cheap DA would worth buying.

 

My understanding is that Skoda paint is medium/hard and I always start off with a fine compound/pad and work up if required. 

 

My main query was if there was any tried and tested combinations that are know to work well. I need new pads and polish anyways but don't want to waste money on gear that's not going to be suitable. 

If you is after a good DA @Chubbs is selling his one in very good condition.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/424612-das6-pro-machine-polisher/

 

I haven't used my DA yet but hopefully very soon, I have the same DA with the AF kit so I can't really comment on whats good for a black vehicle but I would of thought CG Hex-Logic pads & I would maybe try this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-complete-sonax-kit/prod_1554.html

or

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-chemical-guys-complete-kit/prod_1221.html 

Very good da that das 6 

2 hours ago, BATVANVRS said:

If you is after a good DA @Chubbs is selling his one in very good condition.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/424612-das6-pro-machine-polisher/

 

I haven't used my DA yet but hopefully very soon, I have the same DA with the AF kit so I can't really comment on whats good for a black vehicle but I would of thought CG Hex-Logic pads & I would maybe try this.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-complete-sonax-kit/prod_1554.html

or

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-chemical-guys-complete-kit/prod_1221.html 

 

Thanks for putting my link out.....top man!!