What's the Best Polishing Compound?
Selecting the right polishing compound is key to achieving fast, effective, and high-quality results. The best choice of compound depends on:
- What surface you’re polishing
- What defect you’re resolving
- What level of finish you need
Step 1: What Surface Are You Working On?
Before selecting a compound, first identify the type of surface you're polishing:
- Automotive Refinish & Bodyshop Work → G360 or G3 Range
- Industrial, Marine, GRP & Composite Applications → Profile Range
Step 2: What’s the Task?
The best compound depends on what you’re trying to achieve.
- Removing sanding marks & refining fresh paint? → High-cut compound needed
- Polishing out swirls, oxidation, or light defects? → Medium/fine cut compound needed
- Polishing GRP, marine, or industrial surfaces? → Specialist industrial compounds required
Step 3: Choose the Best Polishing Compound for the Job
Best for Automotive Refinishing & Bodyshops
- Best for removing sanding marks and defects → G360 Super Fast Compound
- Best for removing swirls and holograms → G360 Super Fast Finish
Best for Industrial, Marine & GRP Applications
- Best for restoring plugs and moulds → Profile 100
- Best for removing sanding marks and heavy defects from production and tooling gelcoat surfaces → Profile 200
- Best for eliminating P1200 scratches from GRP, painted and lacquered surfaces → Profile 350
- Best for eliminating sanding marks and defects, paint, lacquer, acrylic and plexiglass → Profile 400
- Best for Final Finish & High Gloss → Profile 700
How to use them
Take a look at our Solutions Finder to see some examples of the different processes for the different tasks.
Need advice? Contact us with your technical enquiries.
Featured Polishing Compounds
G360 Super Fast Compound is designed to rapidly eliminate sanding marks and minor defects from painted and lacquered automotive surfaces.
G360 Super Fast Finish is designed to rapidly eliminate swirls and holograms from painted and lacquered automotive surfaces - ideal on darker colours after using G360 Compound.
Profile 100 EXTRA Heavy Cut Paste Compound - commonly dubbed "liquid sandpaper" - is a coarse, aggressive, water-based compounding paste for tough resins and gelcoats.
Profile 200 SELECT Coarse Cut Liquid Compound eliminates sanding marks and heavy defects from production and tooling gelcoat surfaces.
Profile 350 PREMIUM Liquid, an exceptional boat polish, efficiently eliminates sanding marks, rejuvenates gel coat surfaces, and achieves a superior high gloss finish. Especially effective on dark colours, this versatile product serves as a comprehensive one-step solution or can be integrated into a two-step compounding process to attain an even higher gloss and minimise swirl marks.
Profile 400 ADVANCED PLUS Fast Medium Liquid Compound eliminates P1500 sanding marks and defects from paint, lacquer, acrylic, plexiglass and gelcoat surfaces, leaving a high gloss.
Profile 700 FINISH Light Cut Polish and Swirl Remover eliminates minor defects and swirls from paint, lacquer and gelcoat surfaces, leaving a mirror shine finish