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[smack]

Originally Posted by MattyL

Just picked up DA and rotary. Honing skills on old mustang fender I have laying around.

Bimmer is Anthracite Metallic.Beautiful color, just begging to shine!

So you recommend going w/ the compound for the rest of the car also. Would you do this on softer paint or just b/c of this being BMW paint?

Since you just picked up the tools what pads and products do you have to use for the job? That will better help us decide where to go for your situation.

Don want to be ignorant but you wont have nearly enough skill to rotory the BMW just by doing one or two panels. You will be better off with the D/A.

[MattyL]

Originally Posted by detailgod

Since you stated you gonna attack it with a rotary i am just guessing you already have some products on hand. If so what products do you already have? And do you jave a DA?

Just a rotary. Figured that would suffice b/c I had planned on applying any LSP by hand, thus rendering the DA unnecessary if I have the rotary for correction. Might consider a DA though if it saves time!

I have ~ 1/4 bottle of 3m compound and even less of their Perfect-It (guy I work with had them laying around).

Not much of a selection yet, but I want to familiarize myself w/the machines b4 I start laying out $ for the products to use on the new car. I have an extra mustang fender i'm practicing on.

[MattyL]

Originally Posted by smack

Since you just picked up the tools what pads and products do you have to use for the job? That will better help us decide where to go for your situation.

Don want to be ignorant but you wont have nearly enough skill to rotory the BMW just by doing one or two panels. You will be better off with the D/A.

So you're telling me I won't be a pro after just 1 mustang 5.0 fender?!?! ha!

Purchased a foam 6 pack (Lake) and chose their yellow, orange (2x),green,blue, gray. No red b/c applying any LSP by hand.

No go on the rotary, huh? Damn, I was working with a friend's porter cable that he's letting me borrow and bought my own rotary thinking I could learn on the pc and then step up to the rotary relatively quick.

Prob got ahead of myself w/the rotary then.

[smack]

Borrow your friends PC when you are ready to go and then do the car with those pads and PC. I would hate to see you burn paint with the rotory on accident.

Find a beater and practice on that with the rotory before you touch a nice car with it.

Let me put it this way, I will go through the ins and outs of the PC in 20 minutes and let you do my BMW's but I will go through an hour of use with a rotory and not let you touch your neighbors car with it.

[smack]

Take a look through my thread on what products were used to turnaround the Corvette. It was all done with the Meguiars G110v2 D/A.

This way it will give you somewhat of an idea on what works and where to start.

VictoryRed's Corvette meets Mikes Detail Shop

[MattyL]

Originally Posted by smack

Take a look through my thread on what products were used to turnaround the Corvette. It was all done with the Meguiars G110v2 D/A.

This way it will give you somewhat of an idea on what works and where to start.

VictoryRed's Corvette meets Mikes Detail Shop

Thanks for the info.

Wow. That Vette's paint was in phenomenal condition before anything was even done to it.

[Kinalyx]

Originally Posted by smack

Borrow your friends PC when you are ready to go and then do the car with those pads and PC. I would hate to see you burn paint with the rotory on accident.

Find a beater and practice on that with the rotory before you touch a nice car with it.

Let me put it this way, I will go through the ins and outs of the PC in 20 minutes and let you do my BMW's but I will go through an hour of use with a rotory and not let you touch your neighbors car with it.

If that doesnt show how much faith people have in the PC or other non forced rotation DA's, nothing will.

Well put Smack

[smack]

Originally Posted by MattyL

Thanks for the info.

Wow. That Vette's paint was in phenomenal condition before anything was even done to it.

Thank you. I wanted to show you what is possible with a tradional D/A.

Originally Posted by Kinalyx

If that doesnt show how much faith people have in the PC or other non forced rotation DA's, nothing will.

Well put Smack

Thank you. Thats why I hardly ever touch my 849x. I more or less picked it up on a great fathers day deal that I couldnt pass up. I get more use out of it at work than I do at my side jobs at home. (Im a body man so I need that rotory.)

But I am wanting to try my hand at the 3401.

[Kinalyx]

Im really wanting to check out the 3401 as well. I am, however, just a hobbyist and dont need one in any way. They do look really nice tho.

shawn

[Divine Details]

Originally Posted by Kinalyx

Im really wanting to check out the 3401 as well. I am, however, just a hobbyist and dont need one in any way. They do look really nice tho.

shawn

I just ordered my 3401 should be here Tuesday can't wait.