From my limited experience, Turtle Wax chrome polish is more abrasive than Mother's, which is more abrasive than Optimum Metal Polish. So that's my most aggressive to least scale:
I've used a 6.5" orange one before, worked okay, lasted well. Would almost prefer a flat pad in the future, or a 3M waffle. Sorry I can't answer all of your questions, but that's my limited...
Well, I hated to strip the M21 and didn't want anything weird to happen compatibility wise, so I went with a coat of Pete's 53 on the M21 and it looks great.
I have M21 because I was just trying something different before a car show later this week. Having tried that, now I'm thinking I maybe should have stuck with what I normally use. So my question is...
My other thought was to try and salvage it with a wax as a LSP, ie Fuzion or BFMS. The M21 really isn't bad, just not quite as slick as I'm used to. But how much does that matter once the sealant...
I put a coat of M21 on my black show car and although it looks pretty decent, not sure it has the pop of some of my favs, like BFWD and UPP. Can I go ahead and stick one of these sealants right on...
Meguiar's #7 applied by hand
3M Medium Cut Compound applied by Makita rotary with orange kompressor pad
DG501 applied with Griot's GG6 with blue LC pad
Malco Showroom Shine QD...
The most impressive car I've owned was a '65 Shelby Cobra replica with aluminum body, aluminum block 427 side oiler stroked to 482ci, aluminum case 4 speed toploader. I had it chassis dynoed at...
That's a tough call. I can't tell from the pic how "vintage" it looks vs. just something that any used car dealer might have put on. I still have the trunk lid chrome metal dealer emblem from my...