rubbing compound creates minute white spots / speckles


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benet
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I keep coming across the same problem.

In the final stage of flatting and polishing minute white speckles appear in the epoxy. 

My process, 1 st coat , coating epoxy , 8 > 10 hr cure @ 20*

hand 120 dry sand , brush off dust , vacume.

2nd coat , coating epoxy 8 > 10 hrs cure @ 20*

hand sand wet - 320 > 600 > 1200 > 1500 > 2000

everything looks good at this stage even flat finish no blemishes really, just needs buffing up...

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machine polish - ( cheap electric car plisher ) onto wet surface -  farecla standard compound G 3 ( SPECKS APPEAR  Wink> farecla ploshiing compound G10 ( SPECKS REMAIN )

it does not always happen but it doeas happen a lot 

any ideas

Ben
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I would say that the compound is filling in minute holes in the surface, that is unless these white spots wipe off with your finger?
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neilb (04/05/2013)
I would say that the compound is filling in minute holes in the surface, that is unless these white spots wipe off with your finger?


I agree it is probably pin holes. What I have heard some do is to wash out the pinholes with alcohol and use air to blast out the compound residue.

Take some black boot polish and put a few coats on and buff. The black will fill the pinholes and the rest will be removed when polishing.

Yes its a crude way to make things look good but it works.

Fred    
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neilb (04/05/2013)
I would say that the compound is filling in minute holes in the surface, that is unless these white spots wipe off with your finger?


I agree it is probably pin holes. What I have heard some do is to wash out the pinholes with alcohol and use air to blast out the compound residue.

Take some black boot polish and put a few coats on and buff. The black will fill the pinholes and the rest will be removed when polishing.

Yes its a crude way to make things look good but it works.

Fred    


Boot polish is a wax product, wouldn't that essentially create a repellant film on the top, making a clear coat application a nightmare?

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Yes it is wax and you would not be able to clear on to that. I was just suggesting it if you are as done as you are going to go. Then the black in the wax would hide the tiny pin holes.

Fred   
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