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...

so 

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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Thanks , i think your both right but im not sure that boot polish will help as im not doing it on carbon but multi colored patterned cloth. 

and i dont have air tools.

I have previously posted with this issue and found another fix by washing with wd40 but its not perfect and i would dearly love the problem to not occur or at least know what im supposed to try to do to stop it from occurring..

I have just gone back to the surface starting at 320 wet and it took a lot of sanding to get rid of the speckles. and then i did the same process but did the compound and finsh by hand to keep a close eye on what was going on. 

Its better but its still not perfect.

The picure is a BEFOR shot

Here is a picture of what i wahttp://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/0c605f08-62d2-4065-ad2c-c9a0.jpgs dealing with...
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