Calendyr
06-12-2013, 04:58 AM
Hey guys,
I hope the constant rain is not getting you down. I have been waiting for it to stop for over a week now so I can do some detailing ;)
Ok so a few newbie questions:
1. I am a bit confused about APCs and degreasers. I just spent over 500$ in products and equipment yesterday and I only have the basics it seems. I still have to buy and APC and degreaser since they did not have anything that seemed interesting at my local store. Can I use household products like Fantastic Orange Action (APC) and Hertel Bio Degreaser for the car?
2. I have to go buy a DA today. Only thing I was able to find yesterday was Meguiar's DA Polisher. I did not have enough money on me and did not want to load a credit card so I will go back today to get it. It comes with a backing plate and a few pads. I don't understand how backing plates work. Are all the pads compatible with all the backing plates or do I need specific pads for specific plates? I will need more pads so I don't want to buy something and then find out it's not compatible. The way I understand it pads seems to be velcro mounted. Is that the same for all pads and plates?
3. What pads should I get? The choice of polishes and compounds was super limited at my local store. I ended up buying Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and Meguiar's Ultimate Polish. I would have prefered M105 and M205, I think they are the new technology but unfortunatelly the only other product they had in stock was Turtle wax and I did not what to go with that... might be good, I have no idea but in my mind Turtle wax seems to be a low end product. So back to the pads, what is the best to start with for the products I have?
4. I could not find any hard wash to remove waxes from paint. All they had was soft washes and also washes with wax in it. Can I use dishwashing liquid to do it, if so what concentration is recommended?
So that's it.
Daniel
I hope the constant rain is not getting you down. I have been waiting for it to stop for over a week now so I can do some detailing ;)
Ok so a few newbie questions:
1. I am a bit confused about APCs and degreasers. I just spent over 500$ in products and equipment yesterday and I only have the basics it seems. I still have to buy and APC and degreaser since they did not have anything that seemed interesting at my local store. Can I use household products like Fantastic Orange Action (APC) and Hertel Bio Degreaser for the car?
2. I have to go buy a DA today. Only thing I was able to find yesterday was Meguiar's DA Polisher. I did not have enough money on me and did not want to load a credit card so I will go back today to get it. It comes with a backing plate and a few pads. I don't understand how backing plates work. Are all the pads compatible with all the backing plates or do I need specific pads for specific plates? I will need more pads so I don't want to buy something and then find out it's not compatible. The way I understand it pads seems to be velcro mounted. Is that the same for all pads and plates?
3. What pads should I get? The choice of polishes and compounds was super limited at my local store. I ended up buying Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and Meguiar's Ultimate Polish. I would have prefered M105 and M205, I think they are the new technology but unfortunatelly the only other product they had in stock was Turtle wax and I did not what to go with that... might be good, I have no idea but in my mind Turtle wax seems to be a low end product. So back to the pads, what is the best to start with for the products I have?
4. I could not find any hard wash to remove waxes from paint. All they had was soft washes and also washes with wax in it. Can I use dishwashing liquid to do it, if so what concentration is recommended?
So that's it.
Daniel