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I thought of that since I removed the backing plate before but it is still there.

I did a few panels today, rear fender, side skirt, and door pillars. Used less product and went back to do 4...

I meant when I was done for the day. I rinse the pads in the sink with warm water to clean all the product out before letting them dry.
I am using orange pads, I do have a brush that I use between...

Lake Country 5" backing plate with Lake Country Flat 5.5" pads. The backing plate is marked so I can see rotation.

When I rinsed the first pad out the dip in the foam was still present and could...

I was following the pictures here for priming the pad and adding product. The three pea size drops are much larger than my drops (and larger than any peas I have eaten). I think my 10-12 drops...

The pad had been cleaned in the pic. After cleaning I would put 10-12 pea size dots around the outside of the pad.
When I did my first panel last week I was making a solid circle of product around...

Ok, too much heat. The funny thing is I tried this new technique to reduce heat. Previously I was using a lot more pressure and the machine was getting pretty warm as well as the paint. So I tried...

I've slowly been compounding my car one panel at a time when I get time. After a few small sections I usually run the pad on a towel for a second. Today I did a few panels and both times (one with a...

I finished up the roof and am fairly happy with the results and I'm going to order several pads and a 5" backing plate before I tackle the rest of the car. The single pad was getting pretty caked by...

So I finally installed some lighting in my garage so I could work without opening the door and letting all the heat and rain in. I don't know how builders get away with a single light bulb for a 2...

If it is just the hood/roof/trunk you could try vinyl wrap. Wrap itself would be around $150-200. I wrapped a white S2000 hardtop black to put on my silver car. It had a few flaws, a corner that I...

I used some eco stripper once before on furniture, it did almost nothing and I went and bought the good stuff. I'm guessing media blasting is out of the budget? Sand paper is probably the most eco...

I used Poorboys natural look on my previous car. I'm about out and going to order some 303 to try.

I've done a little research on windshield tint and plan to call around and get estimates. They...

Thanks for the replies and advice. I forgot to mention clay, I did clay the car before using the 3M system and usually would clay before the Meguiars 3 step system on my previous cars. I'll update...

My previous cars were new or had pretty good paint so my standard routine was to clay the car and then use Meguiars Deep Crystal 3 step system once a year and a wax between.

When I got my 2009...