cdacda13

One my firebird, the drivers side door and front fender have with haze to them. The rest of the looks incredible after I just put some ICE liquid clay bar to it. (Still need to wax it.) Heres some pics:



The other side:


I'm thinking some polish will do the trick, but I'm not 100% sure.
Any Ideas guys.

Lazer

Yes polish it.

cdacda13

Thanks.
Should I go with a high or low abrasive polish?

nick418

I think your going to need a compound or a heavy cut polish for that paint. I recommend Menzerna Power Gloss or Poorboys SSR3. Then step it down with a mild polish and then you do a sealant and you should be ready for LSP (wax) Clay bar is a great way to start off, removing all the crap that was stuck on the paint over the years, but it will not remove swirls or oxidize paint by any means (inc wax as well).. Like i said a good heavy cut polish/compound is where i would start off. I recommend investin your money in a PC7424 with some LCC pads www.autogeek.net. good place to look thru for exterior care.
----------

to answer your question you should always start off the least abrasive product ,then work your way up if needed so. But that paint really needs to be waken up.. usually in most cases theres more then 1 step in polishing, working at the more abrasive polish and workin ur way down to a finer polish, to bring back the finish.

IROCThe5.7L

I agree with Nick418. I think you might be able to get away with SSR2.5 with an orange pad though.

nick418

that would be a great start, then step it up with a yellow pad if that doesnt work. if neither work a compound should come into play like ssr3. i love poorboys products,however, they dust like a ****

IROCThe5.7L

Yea, a lot of people seem to be switching to Optimum products because they do not dust.

nick418

i heard many good things about optimum. Especially the opti seal they make. I use Menzerna on my cars, they dust little but great results, i should get some optimum and try it out. I heard there products are better for rotary machine tho? Ive seen great results with a PC/opti combo.

Formulabruce

Nick is correct and you will be actually removing the layer of oxidized clearcoat that is there. Be sure to use a wax or polish with High UV protection after as your clearcoat will be thinner.