Ultimate Products 1000 - Manual (Page 9)

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step : Polish until the polish film is nearly
gone. as you work the polish, the film will
get lighter until only a slight haze remains.
at this point you can stop and inspect your
work. you can remove the remaining pol-
ish haze with a buffing towel or a microfi-
ber bonnet over a dry foam pad.
MAINTAINING & IMPROVING
PAINT GLOSS
It is polishing, not waxing, that offers the most improvement in the overall
appearance of automotive paint. If you wax over bad paint, it’s still bad
paint. When you use an abrasive polish to correct paint damage (scratches,
oxidation, swirl marks, stains, water spots, etc.), you are removing a thin
layer of bad paint to reveal a fresh finish. Obviously you can only do so
much abrasive polishing before you wear out (thin or completely remove) the
paint finish, so only polish as much as necessary to keep your car’s paint in
good condition.
Buffing pads and polishes come in different levels of aggressiveness to
make your polishing tasks faster and easier. You can use an aggressive pad
and polish combination to quickly remove paint defects or severe oxidation,
but it won’t reveal the full gloss potential of your paint. Just like polishing a
jewel, you must use several grades of polish to bring out the final radiance.
If your paint is new or like new, it is rarely necessary to use heavy abrasives.
You can use very mild pre-wax cleaners and glazes to maintain the factory
finish or create a finish that glows like a gem. To do so, use a fine polish and
a soft foam polishing pad, and work the polish in until most of the polish
residue is gone. Remove the remaining polish residue with a quality buffing
towel or a microfiber bonnet over a dry polishing pad.
To maintain your car’s high-gloss shine, polish it 2-3 times a year. Select a
fine polish or pre-wax cleaner.
To insure best results move the polisher back and forth (east-west) in a slow,
sweeping motion, overlapping each pass (by 50% of the pad width) with
the previous, and then switch your pattern to up and down (north-south). In
most cases, it is not necessary to apply more than a couple pounds of pad
pressure. Heavy polishing may require more.
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