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Removing Light Scratches on my Focus RS using Rubbing Compound

LonestarRS

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I recently tried Mothers 08612 Professional Rubbing Compound and HD Speed All In One Polish/Sealant and the results came out great. Big thanks to [MENTION=132]GhostRS[/MENTION] for the product suggestion.

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I followed these steps for applying the Rubbing Compound.
[video=youtube;rIK3Dcg09gk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIK3Dcg09gk[/video]


For HD Speed All In One Polish/Sealant I followed these steps.
[video=youtube;Yn_VdNFUBFk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn_VdNFUBFk[/video]
[video=youtube;AnrsLtDSzb4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrsLtDSzb4[/video]


Results from first round of polishing. You can see it removed a lot of the spider webbing and fine scratches.


 


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Looks AWESOME [rockon]

Pick up some HD Poxy to put over the HD Speed and the protection lasts about 5 months.
You can find it on Amazon.
 


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I was quite surprised how easy the HD Speed came off, should of used this products years ago haha.
 


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I actually ran home at lunch and washed off the RS... it was caked with salt and crud.
 


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[MENTION=132]GhostRS[/MENTION] what do you recommend for brake dust? Ive tried Meguiar's but it doesn't seem to work very well.
I really like Sonax Wheel Cleaner. You can get it on Amazon.
Honestly, I personally only use warm soapy water- I'm all about constant cleaning so it doesn't take more than that to get anything off them.
Also, I usually use wheel wax- helps TREMENDOUSLY with repelling brake dust and grime. You almost just have to rinse off your wheels.
 


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I really like Sonax Wheel Cleaner. You can get it on Amazon.
Honestly, I personally only use warm soapy water- I'm all about constant cleaning so it doesn't take more than that to get anything off them.
Also, I usually use wheel wax- helps TREMENDOUSLY with repelling brake dust and grime. You almost just have to rinse off your wheels.
Thanks I'll give it a try too lol.
 


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Hey this stuff works pretty good. Its pretty pricey so I may save this stuff for the days that it's super dirty.
 


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Yeah its the Sonax, how often do you use this stuff?
Anytime my wheels are bad.... or on my client's wheels.
But like I said before... I keep my wheels nice enough that on a regular basis so that I just have to use soapy water.
 




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