[VAC] Re: Swirl Marks

[Roy Lashway <rlashway@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am assuming you removed all the clear coat before using the Rolite 
products.  At first glance it appears you followed the the method I used 
(ck my web site  below, polishing section and see if it is not similar to 
your process).  About the best I can recommend is to polish again with 
the AP300, and your orbital buffer.  If you have access  to  using a 
Cyclo dual headed polisher try it out.  It works well with AP300 and 
leaves fewer polish swirl marks.  You will note in my polish report that 
I used a sealer (from Rolite) which I liked very well and it reduced the 
harshness of the mirror finish somewhat and the polish makrs are less 
noticable in bright sunlight.  Our old VAC friend Bill Scott always 
advised us to remember what we are actually doing is polishing out 
scratchs. In this case the more grandular pre-polish cuts well but leaves 
a lot of scratch.  The Metal Polish is finer and polishes out  the 
scratchs from the Pre-polish while the AP300 attacks the scratchs from 
the Metal Polish, etc..  Key is to keep on polishing until you get the 
finish you want.  One observation I might make is that the metal finish 
on the '79 airstreams is a tad bit softer then my '56 unit and my thought 
is the polishing with the heavy  pre-polish may have put in deeper 
scratchs that you will just have to keep working  at.   

Roy Lashway
'78 Argosy,'56 Bubble
WBCCI 1610     VAC
rlashway@zianet.com
web site: www.zianet.com/rlashway
   (polishing report included)