{"product_id":"gyeon-q2m-compound-medium-cut-lackpolitur","title":"Q²M Compound Medium Cut Paint Polish","description":"\u003ch2\u003eClearing medium scratches for good – GYEON Q²M Compound\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is GYEON Q²M Compound? GYEON Q²M Compound is a medium-cut paint polish that cuts medium scratches, swirls and holograms out of the clear coat while already pulling up serious gloss – for a defect-free finish, either as prep for a coating or as a standalone polish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the three-step polishing system, \u003cstrong\u003eGYEON Q²M Compound\u003c\/strong\u003e sits in the middle: more bite than a pure finishing polish, gentler than a heavy-cut compound. Exactly right for the job you meet most often — everyday scratches, swirl patterns and holograms left behind by machine work, all sorted in one pass with a good level of gloss already on the panel. The compound is built for a machine polisher and a matching pad, and it gives you fast, repeatable results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium cut – it gets on top of swirls and everyday scratches.\u003c\/strong\u003e Q²M Compound has exactly the right bite for the most common paint defects: wash marring, fine swirl patterns and light holograms are knocked back hard or removed completely in a single pass, without taking off more clear coat than you need to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHigh gloss straight out of the compound stage.\u003c\/strong\u003e Plenty of medium-cut compounds leave the paint dull and hazy, so you have to chase them with a finishing polish. Q²M Compound finishes down much better on its own: gloss after the compound stage is already high, which cuts the time you spend on the finishing pass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow dusting – cleaner work all round.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Q²M Compound formula keeps polishing dust to a minimum – less spent product on the car and around you, cleaner work and less wiping down between polishing steps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDay-to-day from Detailing1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Run Q²M Compound on a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-rotary-eccentric-heavy-cut-polierpad\"\u003emedium-cut pad\u003c\/a\u003e with a dual-action machine (speed 6–8). Always start on a small test spot and match the machine setting to how bad the defects are. After the compound step, finish with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-polish-finishing-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Polish\u003c\/a\u003e – for that last bit of deep gloss. Before you coat, always degrease with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-prep-entfetter-alkoholbasis\"\u003eQ²M Prep\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMedium cut vs heavy cut: when Q²M Compound, when Compound+?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicking between medium cut and heavy cut decides your result. Q²M Compound (medium cut) handles scratches down to a medium depth – everyday swirls, wash marring, light holograms and defects your fingernail just barely doesn't catch. On deep scratches, heavy holograms or really hard paint you go to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-compound-plus-redefined-heavy-cut-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Compound+\u003c\/a\u003e (heavy cut), which takes off a lot more clear coat. Rule of thumb: always start with the milder compound – if the result isn't there, step up to Compound+.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQ²M Compound in a two-step correction\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe standard programme in professional paint correction is the two-step polish: step 1 with Q²M Compound or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-compound-plus-redefined-heavy-cut-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Compound+\u003c\/a\u003e (defect correction), step 2 with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-polish-finishing-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Polish\u003c\/a\u003e (refining and deep gloss). Q²M Compound takes care of the correction step: every defect goes in this pass, the deep gloss comes in the finishing pass. Because Q²M Compound already leaves a good level of gloss, paint that isn't badly beaten up can sometimes be done one-step with the compound alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePad recommendation for Q²M Compound\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the best results with Q²M Compound we'd reach for a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-rotary-eccentric-heavy-cut-polierpad\"\u003eheavy-cut\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-cut-rotary-eccentric-polierpad\"\u003ecut pad\u003c\/a\u003e on the dual-action machine, or a medium-cut pad on the rotary. The pad decides your effective cut: hard pad + medium-cut polish = more effective cut, soft pad + the same polish = less. That gives you room to dial in to the defect level. After the compound step, swap the pad for the finishing pass with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-polish-finishing-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Polish\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQ²M Compound on different paint hardnesses\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaint hardness varies from brand to brand – German cars (BMW, Mercedes, Porsche) often run harder clear coats than Japanese or Korean ones. On very hard paint you can push Q²M Compound up a machine speed. On soft paint (a lot of Fiat and Renault models, for example) go careful – too high a setting takes off more clear coat than you want. The test spot is non-negotiable here. For extreme cases on really hard paint there's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-compound-plus-redefined-heavy-cut-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Compound+\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBuying advice: Q²M Compound for professional paint correction\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGYEON Q²M Compound is the first thing you grab when a car sits at a medium defect level. Paired with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-polish-finishing-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Polish\u003c\/a\u003e you have a complete two-step polishing system. As a full correction sequence we'd run: decontamination (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-iron-redefined-flugrostentferner\"\u003eQ²M Iron\u003c\/a\u003e + \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-tar-redefined-harzentferner-teerentferner\"\u003eQ²M Tar\u003c\/a\u003e + clay), Q²M Compound + \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-polish-finishing-lackpolitur\"\u003eQ²M Polish\u003c\/a\u003e, degreasing with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2m-prep-entfetter-alkoholbasis\"\u003eQ²M Prep\u003c\/a\u003e and coating with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2-mohs-evo-paint-coating-keramikversiegelung-lack\"\u003eQ² Mohs EVO\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gyeon-q2-one-evo-paint-coating-keramikversiegelung-lack\"\u003eQ² One EVO\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GYEON","offers":[{"title":"1000 ml \/ 1 liter","offer_id":57335242555727,"sku":"D1-GYEON-Q2MCOMP1000","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"4 fl. oz.","offer_id":57335238558031,"sku":"D1-GYEON-Q2MCOMP120","price":16.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/gyeon-q2m-compound-medium-cut-lackpolitur.png?v=1774646585","url":"https:\/\/detiiling1.com\/products\/gyeon-q2m-compound-medium-cut-lackpolitur","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}