Jester7677
06-16-2017, 08:41 AM
The products, tools and cars I have are below for context. I'm a play it safe first mentality with the paint, but it's not working out on a few situations. Here are my questions:
1) Which Med/Heavy Polish to get? I like the speed of M205 with White or Orange pads for the lighter and easier spider webbing and making the paint glossy, but it does nothing for some of of the peskier lines. M105? M101? UC? I was thinking more toward UC but open for thoughts.
2) Pads and backing plate for Flex... As you can see below, for the Flex I have 6.5" CCS' but I wonder if I'm really missing something special by not changing up to a smaller backing plate and using Hybrids, Surfbuf or Microfiber. Thoughts? I think I'm fine with the pads for the PC as I'm using that for some of the tighter areas, which on the Audi is much of it. I do prefer using the Flex so going smaller on the backing plate is a thought.
Background
I primarily work on 3 cars, though I would like to get an occasional paid job. Those cars are...
2017 Audi TTS (Grey Metallic. Has a few stubborn spider web lines that M205 on any orange pad would not fix)
2014 Honda Civic (Grey Metallic. Has some Medium scratches masked by silicone from the used car dealer. Will probably have to Wet Sand with 3000 then polish)
2012 Honda Pilot (Silver. Has a few light scratches that M205 on Orange or White would not fix on 2 attempts)
The buffers I have are:
Flex 3401 VRG with standard backing plate and using 6.5" pads
PC with 3" backing plate and using 3.5' pads
Pads:
For use with Flex I have 6.5" Lake Country CCS Smart Pads.
1 Yellow
2 Orange
2 White
For use with PC I have 3.5" Lake Country ThinPro Foam Pad System
2 Orange
2 White
2 Dark Grey finishing pads
Product:
Light Polish: M205 (Enough to choke a horse, and I found it to work really well, so not changing this)
Med/Heavy Polish: NONE
1) Which Med/Heavy Polish to get? I like the speed of M205 with White or Orange pads for the lighter and easier spider webbing and making the paint glossy, but it does nothing for some of of the peskier lines. M105? M101? UC? I was thinking more toward UC but open for thoughts.
2) Pads and backing plate for Flex... As you can see below, for the Flex I have 6.5" CCS' but I wonder if I'm really missing something special by not changing up to a smaller backing plate and using Hybrids, Surfbuf or Microfiber. Thoughts? I think I'm fine with the pads for the PC as I'm using that for some of the tighter areas, which on the Audi is much of it. I do prefer using the Flex so going smaller on the backing plate is a thought.
Background
I primarily work on 3 cars, though I would like to get an occasional paid job. Those cars are...
2017 Audi TTS (Grey Metallic. Has a few stubborn spider web lines that M205 on any orange pad would not fix)
2014 Honda Civic (Grey Metallic. Has some Medium scratches masked by silicone from the used car dealer. Will probably have to Wet Sand with 3000 then polish)
2012 Honda Pilot (Silver. Has a few light scratches that M205 on Orange or White would not fix on 2 attempts)
The buffers I have are:
Flex 3401 VRG with standard backing plate and using 6.5" pads
PC with 3" backing plate and using 3.5' pads
Pads:
For use with Flex I have 6.5" Lake Country CCS Smart Pads.
1 Yellow
2 Orange
2 White
For use with PC I have 3.5" Lake Country ThinPro Foam Pad System
2 Orange
2 White
2 Dark Grey finishing pads
Product:
Light Polish: M205 (Enough to choke a horse, and I found it to work really well, so not changing this)
Med/Heavy Polish: NONE