I have a NBP type-s that I have been claying/compounding/polishing/sealing/waxing one panel at a time and the difference between a completed panel vs an uncompleted panel is absolutely astounding! I have tried my best to capture the difference between complete and incomplete panels but to no avail.

Is there a secret to it? I want to showcase my work because it has truthfully improved the appearance of the car 10x from what it was before and I'm not even finished yet. It's just downright astounding how much depth this nighthawk black pearl paint has. Looking down on the car from above it it looks like I'm looking at a calm lake. I love it.

As soon as I figure out my camera, I will post up some before & afters. The car looks dang near brand new now! Minus a couple obligatory paint chips due to the car having ~140k miles on it. I'll fix that with a touch up pen.

If anyone is wondering, here is the procedure that I have found to work flawlessly on my car. 4-5 passes with M105/griots buffer/uber yellow pad/speed 5 followed by 2-3 passes with M205/uber black pad/speed 3. I'm still having some scratches left behind, but I don't want to approach them too aggressively since I have already hit them pretty good with the yellow page & M105. Is there a general rule of thumb for how deep of a scratch that can be corrected without doing more harm than good?

 

If you can catch your fingernail in the scratch its usually too deep but you can buff it down some to make it less noticable.

I'd like to suggest a change in your protocol ... the black pad is a pad used to apply sealants and not for paint correction .. you should be using at the most an orange pad and the least a white pad and it will bring it up even more.

Do a little less with the yellow and 105 ( least aggressive more often ) and more with the 205 and an orange /white pad.

 

I've got two doors left tomorrow. I will give this a try. The uber line up comes with yellow(cutting), orange(medium cutting), green(polishing), and black (sealant/wax).

I'll give it a go with the M205 + green pad tomorrow after I do a panel with just the M105.

 

But use the green on speed 5 not 3 .. 3 is for wax / sealant application ..

 

Thanks Jesstzn. Any advice on how to get good pictures of my before and afters?

 

Dslr , slow aperture,lots of light and tripod

 

a 50/50 shot will show before and after.

 

Don't take the picture directly perpendicular to the paint, need to sort of angle the camera where it captures a light source in the background that brings out the flaws. I'm not a picture taking pro, but this works for me