Pics will be up later, i couldnt find my camera so i had to use my flip vid camera to get the befores and afters done. Anyways, ill start by saying this was: A) My first time using any type of machine to do some paint correction. B) The jeep is the usual, neglected/heavily oxidized/some surface rust Jeep. I choose 1 step because the paint has some major flaws that cant be repaired without body shop work, i didn't want to spend more time on making it look nice than i had too. C) I choose Megs UC because it was available locally to me, it was cheap and it seemed to have some good reviews online. Tools: PC 7424 Green Uber 5.5" pad Uber "Black" MF for buffing Megs UC I washed, then clayed the Jeep like normal. I had to use some bug//tar remover to clean up the paint in spots. Then i sprayed the whole thing with some 10:1 Megs apc, washed again, blew dry with the leaf blower and blotted dry in spots with a WW drying towel. -3 Hours Then i taped all the trim, door handles, fender flares (they were too beat up to use the pad on so i skipped them), misc other pieces. - 1 hour Then i got down to business with the PC. I primed the green pad, put 4 dime sized dots on it and worked the first panel on "1" to spread it out, then turned it up to "5" to start working. I repeated that process on the whole jeep. The only spots i skipped were the hood (freshly painted), fender flares, and roof. -2 hours Summary on UC: It worked very well for this job. It removed 75% of the swirls, and all of the oxidation. There were some deeper scratches i think a aggressive 2 step could have fixed but like i said i didnt want to spend the time fixing that stuff on a vehicle in this condition. I used two passes from left to right, then two passes top to bottom on the panels as i worked them. By the time i was done the compound was almost gone, and it buffed easily away to leave a nice finish. The paint had some discoloration, and oxidation that made it look rough. That is all gone now, and the paint has a nice even tone across all panels. The shine is great, and it looks MUCH better now. Its sitting at the end of my driveway for sale right now. Definitely eye catching the way it shines now
do you think maybe using a more aggressive pad versus a two step? maybe a orange or yellow with the UC?
Could be, but im still learning the ropes so its hard for me to say. I tried a panel with the less aggressive blue pad, and got (to me) identical results with the same amount of work. Hopefully tomorrow when i remember my camera at work Thats what i have been reading, which made my decesion to use it an easy one lol.
Updated with afters. I just realized the after shots are pretty bad compared to the befores....so you will have to use your imagination a bit. However you can see its much more reflective in the afters, proof the oxidation was removed.
