This was me just playing around with my Metabo rotary, pad combinations and XMT #3. I just wanted to see how fast the rotary was and of course the learning curve…I’m still new to the rotary and I’m trying to practice as much as I can and my Jeep is the perfect vehicle to practice on, the pictures will illustrate why I use the Jeep lol.
On to the process:
Wash
I washed my Volvo using Pinnacle Shampoo and had some left over so I decided to wash the hood of the Jeep and break out the Metabo rotary. Weather was great today 11…slush town lol..oh but tomorrow it goes back to it’s norm…snow and -3 ish lol.
Clay
I had the Meg’s clay bar (white one) and so I didn’t want to use my Pinnacle clay I thought I’d use the Meg’s. The Meg’s clay bar doesn’t have much bite but it had to do.
Polish
I used Edge 2K green with XMT #3 and then Edge 2K orange pad with XMT #1 and both with the Metabo rotary. Must say the rotary is much faster, XMT seemed to break down fast. One thing I did wrong though is I took to large of an area. You will see in the pictures how I split the entire hood up and I should have split it down further just for my self but I just wanted to see the limits of the rotary and the polish. The rotary and the PC are the same when it comes to surface area to polish, stick to the 2 x 2 lol..I knew better but I thought I’d try to stretch it and well it didn’t work out.
Glaze
Since I like the Glaze so much I thought why not use it, this I applied by hand. I wanted to try to use the rotary but I just couldn’t see me doing it with the rotary so I just did it by hand. Nice and think, let it sit till it hazed and then removed by hand with a MF towel. I really like the Glaze and the smell too.
Wax
Since the color is white I used the Liquid Souveran, now I used this same wax on my Lexus and I was really pleased with it and on white it makes the white look like milk. Gives a nice wet look…you’ll see what I mean.
Well on to the pictures:
Before and during the process.
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The poor thing has never been pampered and it really shows.
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Me claying the hood.
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I wanted to tape the areas just to help my self and I wanted to test the polish and the Metabo rotary. I know, the size of the panels are big but just goffing around lol..:o
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The tools to tackle the hood.
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Now I think I may have over done it with the polish but it seemed to work okay for me for one area....on the rest of the panels I used less polish and it did good too. So not sure which is right for now...just trial and error for me for now.
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Did the two panels on the right side on this picture and the reflection is really showing.
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Half of the hood completed...not to shaby for an old beater.
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Again completed half the hood and there is the pad to show how it looks. Oh almost forgot, that's my
helper holding the Metabo...what would I do with out my helper.