Quote Originally Posted by madkatz View Post
im not saying that it was your case, but you were concerned about clear coat thickness and orange peels are a good indicator that you still have a thick clear coat left, usually when a car has orange peels now matter how small its basically a good sign that your clear coat is still thick and not yet damaged, conversely if a car no longer has orange peels you better stay away from using too much compounds and polishes where scratches removers are somewhat an in between product between the two, you have to use a polish, glaze will only fill them and after a few washes its basically gone

so to sum it short checking for orange peel will really help to determine whether you need clear coat, whether you could still use scratch remover or polish or if its near the base coat already
Any idea of how thick of clear coat was abraded using the scratch remover by hand using light pressure?

Thanks for all your help.