Dreamer2

I originally paint corrected my car with medium/heavy pads. There were some scratches that did not come out so i decided to live with them. I recently read that I could press harder on the machine as an option. I did so and was able to remove those scratches 90% without doing any other paint damage. My question is, instead of pressing harder, would it be better to just use a more aggressive pad?

Gixxerman

Using the correct compound is important, you can get a coarser grained compound for heavier scratches with more "cut" I am not standing there looking at it to say for sure, but be wary of how much clear you have left in that area and be careful

CamarosRus

but be wary of how much clear you have left in that area

Im often reading how hard Corvette Clear is, BUT how do you know how
much Clear you do have......You DONT Know

When I was Polishing my Grand Sport that came from TX , with a lot of front
facia Clear Coat chips I was polishing agressively and filling in tiny chips with
a paint pen and all the other steps........

I even went so far as using those Velcro backed 2" Tri Zac 2500 & 3000 Discs.......
Eventually I went thru the clear, size of a quater........

Removed front Bumper and had it repainted to the tune of $500 at a high quality
shop........Then added PPF....

Dreamer2

As I said, I removed 90% of the scratch without going further and will live with it. How do you know or see that you went too far. My paint still looks fine.

Grzldvt1

Bottom line without a paint depth meter you don't know. If it is garage kept and out of the sun, probably will take years before an issue shows up and that would start with a milky spot where you did the heavy correction, followed eventually by the clear peeling.
If it sits outside in the sun, that above process may happen sooner than a few years.
As a guess without actually seeing, if you were able to clear it, it might not be deep enough to cause and issue but Gixxerman is correct with his thinking

Dreamer2

I have used McGuires Ultimate and Chemical Guys Clear Cut. What is a more aggressive compound than those?

TCW

Been there, done that!

Tom