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Re: Old guy, new obsession
Originally Posted by
gdvan01
You know it!
I saw Frank Howard play...watched him hit a home run on a pitch that bounced in front of the plate. Had a nice conversation with him when he was the third base coach for the Mets, when they were playing the Phillies at The Vet. Welcome to the forum and to the obsession
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I'm 70, and still love to detail. Luckily. I'm extremely healthy. Come from a long line of centenarians. So hopefully. I can do this for many more years. My first da was a griots 6 ", and I still use it quite a bit. It's a great machine, and autogeek is a wonderful company to do business with.
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Re: Old guy, new obsession
Originally Posted by
Kamakaz1961
Welcome to AGO! My 1st DA was the Pc7424XP. You made a good choice! You will learn a lot from here. Once you drink the Detailing Kool-Aide you will become OBSESSED! LOL
Word of advice on your 1st DA Have patience and MOST of ALL have FUN doing it!
Pictures when you are done!
So, here we go.
Porter-Cable 7424XP
McKee's 37 360
LC polishing pads (white)
Primary goal - shine and some protection
Secondary goal - swirl removal
Wash, dry, clay and then I saw this. (first pic) Truly a 'what the...' moment.
The McKee's on the hood are before/after pics, Had to set the bottle on a MF towel after I was finished because it was so slick!
Fourth pic is how it sits now while I enjoy a tall Vodka and Iced Tea. With lime.
...and the last pic? Yup, that's splatter on the windshield. No matter how many times I told myself
to NOT pick up the polisher until it has stopped...
As far as the scratches go, the McKee's/white pad combo took care of about half of what was there.
There were also a few spots with light swirl marks prior to polishing today that were reduced by about half.
I have a couple of the orange light cut LC pads, maybe I'll try those to see how they do and then evaluate the need for a different product on the remaining light swirls/scratches on the hood.
Lessons learned:
- the windshield is one...
- as a beginner, you really need to focus on not matching the speed of your polishing with the speed of the machine.
Overall, I'm very pleased.
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Re: Old guy, new obsession
The way I look at it, a detail isn't complete with out a little splatter! Looks great and welcome to the forum.
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Re: Old guy, new obsession
Welcome,
Being a senior Geek I to have found a lot of good info here from people and Mike, He is right with the thin pads. In early post I got my grandson a polisher and thin pads they work great...
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