Motorhead Garage - Machine Polishing with Pinnacle - Episode 7

**MonoPed** · 02-14-2011, 09:15 PM

Got it on the DVR, but haven't watched yet...

**MonoPed** · 02-15-2011, 09:53 AM

That was a great segment - the kind that should be featured on Two Guys Garage.

**mcpp66** · 02-15-2011, 10:31 AM

Aw man I missed it. Is out there on youtube or any other site?

**mc2hill** · 02-15-2011, 10:45 AM

Very informative segment Mike.
That pad was nice and green when you got done. Did they edit out any mention of single-stage vs. clear-coat?

BTW, looking forward to speaking with you again at DF.

**mcpp66** · 02-15-2011, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

The machine polishing segment on Motorhead Garage just aired a second time did anyone get a chance to see it?

I was out all day working on segments for the What's in the Garage? TV show and it was over when I got back to the office.

It should show up here in the next day or two where it can be watched online...

Motorhead Garage TV Episodes

Aah, I didn't see this link.

**Dr Oldz** · 02-15-2011, 04:40 PM

Love the 50/50 shot of the white hood! VERY NICE!

**mcpp66** · 02-18-2011, 05:52 PM

Major bummer.......I went to the site to watch the 2/13 episode and while the link is on the page it's not yet working. Hopefully they fix it soon.

Mike Phillips · 02-19-2011, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by mcpp66

Major bummer.......I went to the site to watch the 2/13 episode and while the link is on the page it's not yet working. Hopefully they fix it soon.

It's working now...

Look for Series #1107 and then to the left of it you should see

CLICK TO WATCH

**MonoPed** · 02-19-2011, 10:34 AM

Mike,
In the three part videos you did for the Wolfgang Twins on the black Lexus, you made an "X" on the face of the pad with the products, but in this demo, you spread the Pinnacle Twins over the entire face of the pad. Is this because it was a single stage paint, or has this been found to work better for the PC and flat pads?

Mike Phillips · 02-19-2011, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by MonoPed

Mike,
In the three part videos you did for the Wolfgang Twins on the black Lexus, you made an "X" on the face of the pad with the products, but in this demo, you spread the Pinnacle Twins over the entire face of the pad. Is this because it was a single stage paint, or has this been found to work better for the PC and flat pads?

Showing the X-Pattern or the Circle-Pattern was a carry-over from the years of teaching classes at Meguiar's at their Corporate office in Irvine, California as that's the "protocol" we used at that time. I taught thousands of people how to use a G100 aka the PC to remove swirls and create a show car finish and all these people successfully did so using an X-pattern or a Circle Pattern. Meguiar's has been educating people how to polish paint as long as anybody and actually longer than most and they've been pretty successful at it using the circle or x-pattern for decades considering they introduced the world to the Porter Cable polisher for machine polishing paint.

To be frank, if you make a circle pattern or an x-pattern and buff a section, after a few passes the product spreads out and 100% of the face of the pad becomes wet with product and even more important... at that point 100% of the face of the pad is for sure working for you.

Priming the pad first just, key word, "ensures" that 100% of the pad starts working for you from the very first Nano-second you place the face of the pad against the paint and then turn on the switch.

Priming the pad is now a method being used and shown by Meguiar's as a part of their new DA Microfiber Polishing System.

The idea makes sense for any type of pad or product so it's now the way I show people no matter what the environment, be it in a class, one-on-one or on TV show or a how-to video.

It takes little longer to do since you have to spread the product out with your finger and then wipe your finger off versus just laying a strip of product onto the face of the pad setting your product bottle down and then going to work.

If you ever have a chance to make videos or show machine polishing on TV, (or any kind of TV work), you'll find out REAL FAST that EVERYTHING is timed to the second. As in minutes and SECONDS, so little things are a big deal and I hope when you watch the portion where I spread the product out over the face of the pad that you'll note I did it very quickly but still did a good job.

Last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we were shooting brand new segments for our TV show and the Director has a stop watch around his neck and times everything.

Great question!