Cquartz UK work without polishing paint?

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My wife has a new white Acura RDX and it doesn't have any swirls. can I follow all the steps below and still have Cquartz UK bond to the paint?

1. Citrus wash
2. Trix
3. Clay
4. Eraser
5. CQuartz UK


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I wouldnt put it on without polishing the paint first. Even though its new I'd be scared I'd miss a swirl or paint defect only later to find it after I applied to coating. Thats my luck though.
 
Every car should receive at least a light polish before putting on any type of coating, even if it is just a quick pass with something like reflect.
 
There are 3 IMPORTANT steps to prepping the surface to be coated
  1. Chemical decontamination
  2. Mechanical decontamination
  3. Polishing

#1 The chemical decontamination serves to remove ferrous, tar, and other weakly bonded contaminants without affecting the paint
#2 The mechanical decontamination serves to remove any stronger bonded contaminants. The process unfortunately does have a strong chance of creating some micro-marring (scuffing)
#3 The polishing serves to 1) Clean the pores of the paint; 2) Abrade the clear coat (or SS) to refine or correct the minor paint defects (marring, fine swirls and minor oxidation). This step assures you to leaves behind the best possible substrate for coating. Any defects you leave behind at this point will be trapped under the coating (or may interfere with the coating bonding process)

In my opinion, a light polish is the least you should do, but I always advocate getting the paint to the "best" state of correction prior to coating, which may require you to add one step of "compounding". Are either of those steps necessary? No but as they say YMMV as far as coating longevity :)
 
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