sunstealth
10-06-2010, 03:40 PM
so i just discovered the autogeek forum after having been for a little while on meguiar's online and autopia forums and lurking around, i discovered this more complete forums.
My name is Mario and I am from Quebec province, north shore of Montreal. Always had an interest in keeping my cars top shape and realised a wash&wax didn't remove all the marring winter induces.
long story short, i bought a rotary on clearance at a local hardware store , the thing was not bad and i tryed a buff with turtle wax rubbing compound and the supplied pad, all on a black 1999 grand am, total and miserable fail.
learned from my error, bought a pad set and meguiars products, tried again, was better but i burned trough the clear coat and the rotary motor died.
i then went to canadian tire and bought the simoniz rotary that was on sale with the money back from the broken tool
2 year standby...... to a month ago
had to polish a 2008 nighthawk black pearl civic (girlfriend's car) and i borrowed a PC 7424, not a bad tool but still i prefer the rotary feel. The civic was swirl free when i finished.
did a 2009 white pearl subaru WRX 3 days after, it was a full detail but only a wash & wax due to budget (and the paint was near perfect)
last week was a deciding factor on my technique, black F250 king ranch, spiderweb,swirls and scratched all over (my uncle truck) i did a test with my products, the truck was 50% better but not good enough for me, i told him to wait till october 10th.
yesterday i had a friend with a white 2004 come over to polish his car, made a deal with him, buy me stuff and I wont charge you a dime to polish/detail it!
so now i have a new 3M eggshell black polishing pad, presta ultra cutting creme, presta chroma swirl remover and I bought myself a wool pad and ordered a pint of M105
im going to include a picture of the difference on my friends corolla paint.
keep in mind the car was washed twice before!
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3900/051010069.jpg
My name is Mario and I am from Quebec province, north shore of Montreal. Always had an interest in keeping my cars top shape and realised a wash&wax didn't remove all the marring winter induces.
long story short, i bought a rotary on clearance at a local hardware store , the thing was not bad and i tryed a buff with turtle wax rubbing compound and the supplied pad, all on a black 1999 grand am, total and miserable fail.
learned from my error, bought a pad set and meguiars products, tried again, was better but i burned trough the clear coat and the rotary motor died.
i then went to canadian tire and bought the simoniz rotary that was on sale with the money back from the broken tool
2 year standby...... to a month ago
had to polish a 2008 nighthawk black pearl civic (girlfriend's car) and i borrowed a PC 7424, not a bad tool but still i prefer the rotary feel. The civic was swirl free when i finished.
did a 2009 white pearl subaru WRX 3 days after, it was a full detail but only a wash & wax due to budget (and the paint was near perfect)
last week was a deciding factor on my technique, black F250 king ranch, spiderweb,swirls and scratched all over (my uncle truck) i did a test with my products, the truck was 50% better but not good enough for me, i told him to wait till october 10th.
yesterday i had a friend with a white 2004 come over to polish his car, made a deal with him, buy me stuff and I wont charge you a dime to polish/detail it!
so now i have a new 3M eggshell black polishing pad, presta ultra cutting creme, presta chroma swirl remover and I bought myself a wool pad and ordered a pint of M105
im going to include a picture of the difference on my friends corolla paint.
keep in mind the car was washed twice before!
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3900/051010069.jpg