I had a breakthrough on Wednesday. I have put in at least about 15-20 hours of polishing at this point and I finally figured out what I was supposed to be doing. I had been polishing but not getting the results that I had seen on the web. What I had been doing was using too much polish, not using enough pressure, and moving too fast. When I slowed down, applied more pressure and made a few more passes over each section, I got the mirror finish that I was looking for. I have included 2 pictures that shows the difference.
If you look close at the aluminum in the hazy picture it looks like there is some white specks underneath the shinny aluminum. When I hit the same section over again the white parts dissapeared and the mirror fihish started comming out. When I was done compounding there were a bunch of swirrl marks. I then hit it with the cyclo and the same F7 Nuvite and the swirils dissapeared and the shine came out. I still have not cycloed with the final Nuvite S.
