Need some help - Got a PC dont know what polishes to use

[caymanr26]

Bought my dad a PC polisher for christmas - he used it today for the first time on his black X3 BMW - he said it looks brilliant but still would have expected better - still got some swirls. He did say he was a bit nervous using it (didnt want to burn paint) so that might be why but I think a lot of it is down to polishes used.

He used
Sonus Swirl remover (came with PC)
Megs 3 stage system but missed out no.1 as used swirl remover

Has Wax left to do but wont really make any difference to the swirls etc

Any ideas or recommendations? also I notice from other threads that people are not too keen on the 3 stage system and also that it is not supposed to be used with a PC so what should we use?

Thanks
Tim

 

[Rich]

Megs stage 1 is a chemical cleaner, Megs stage 2 depsite the name polish is a Glaze so neither will do much for the swirls.

The 3 main popular routes polish wise are:

Menzerna Intensive Polish and Final Finish(s)
Poorboys Super Swirl remover (SSR) Range
Meguiars #83 and #80

All work well.

For me, the Menzerna's are the most difficult to use but produce the best results in cut, gloss and finish.

When I first got the PC I tried both the Megs and Poorboys routes, I got on better with the SSR's when first starting out so stuck with them. Poorboys SSR 2.5 should be enough to correct most defects.

 

[Alan]

Rich can you use menzerna on the sonus sfx pads as in the, orange green and blue ones??

 

[Rich]

Orange Green and Blue are the DAS ones.

Works fine on them though, but I tend to use the Intensive Polish on a the White SFX polishing Pad and the Final Finish on DAS Blue.

When I need some more cut the I use the IP on DAS Orange and Yellow SFX. The Denser yellow SFX provides a little more cut than the DAS orange.