So I bought the 3 and 6 inch Griot's polishers.

[gsmarquis]

I have been using the cheap 50$ DA we all know of. I went ahead and bought the Griot's 3 and 6 inch polishers after using the $50 dollar HF and enjoying the job. I plan on using a 5" vented backing plate with 5.5" lake country thin pro pads. All I know as far as polishes is the cg v line. I have a ton of the product left. From all the things I am reading it's subpar polish. Bought it before finding autogeek. Should I abandon 50$ worth of vline and go for the 105/205 combo?

[PaulMys]

No.

Abandon the v line and get Griot's creams. You'll be as impressed with these as much as your new machines.

[Rsurfer]

No.

Abandon the v line and get Griot's creams. You'll be impressed with these as much as your new machines.

Or the Menzerna line.

[Kamakaz1961]

Or the Menzerna line.

+1 on Menzerna FG400 and Super Finish 3500 or Super Finish 3800

[dlc95]

I'd use up the CG stuff on beater cars, and integrate Meguiar's Ultimate line.

[Eldorado2k]

Get both Griots Boss Correcting Creams but stick with your plan of M205. IMO it’s way better than the Perfecting Cream.

[Route246]

Get both Griots Boss Correcting Creams but stick with your plan of M205. IMO it’s way better than the Perfecting Cream.

In my systems engineering world there have been adages,

"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" - old days
"Nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco" - dotcom days
"Nobody ever got fired for buying Okta" - current single sign-on framework

In the detailing world,

"Nobody ever got fired for using M105/M205"

[rlmccarty2000]

I would use the CG V stuff on headlights and beater cars. You can always use V32 and V34 and follow up with a good finishing polish like Menz 3500. Menzerma products are better in every way.

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Yeah CG stuff has no bite
Here's good ones to get
In no specific order

Angelwax ressurection and redemption
The last Cut by Jace
GYEON compound + and Polish
3D AAT stuff
Shine supply
Sonax max cut; EX, and perfect finish
Griot Boss cremes

As for GG3..get the 2 in conversion..or perhaps DA 2 rotary adapter and 1in rotary BP

[The Guz]

I have been using the cheap 50$ DA we all know of. I went ahead and bought the Griot's 3 and 6 inch polishers after using the $50 dollar HF and enjoying the job. I plan on using a 5" vented backing plate with 5.5" lake country thin pro pads. All I know as far as polishes is the cg v line. I have a ton of the product left. From all the things I am reading it's subpar polish. Bought it before finding autogeek. Should I abandon 50$ worth of vline and go for the 105/205 combo?

Get yourself some nice polishes that perform well and are relatively easy to use. In saying that M205 is nice. M105 is not my favorite compound. Short working time, hard wipe off and dusting were the biggest complaints I had about them. It's not a bad compound but there are better that perform just as good if not better.

GYEON Polish

Sonax max cut; EX, and perfect finish

To the op these are good. Sonax has a good line of polishes and I would recommend them as well. I would even toss cut & finish into the mix if one is looking for a one step compounding polish. User friendly and they don't dust other than perfect finish that dusts a little at least for me.

I have only used the Gyeon Polish and it is nice to work with. Not as much cut as M205 but finishes a bit better.