I just painted my civic, and then wet sanded it to 2000, and now im plaining on polishing it, i was wondering if you guys got any tips. also what compounds and wheels do you guys use?

 

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Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with an orange foam pad followed by Menzerna PO106ff with a white foam pad. Best brand of polishes hands down.

 

What ever products you use, be sure they are safe for fresh paint. 3M and Menzerna are some good brands, Menzerna products are pretty easy to find online. For a complete cut/buff I like to wet sand 2000 to 3000 wet Trizact on a DA, then buff out the 3000, which buffs out really nice and easy. Use a good buffing compound then polish. 3M perfect it II will do, or a better, more expensive compound. Then a good polish that will remove the buffing haze and bring the clear to a high gloss. As far as tools you will need a rotary buffer and a dual action, orbital polisher. Dynabrade makes exceptional air powered tools, as usual, you get what you pay for. Porter Cable/ Ultimate Detail Machine, Flex XC are good polishers. Lake Country makes good pads too. All this stuff can cost quite a bit if you have to buy all the tools and accessories yourself.

 

^^^^ What he said. Trizact 3000 foam sanding pad ftw. After using, there's hardly any polishing to do.