Great results from the 360, Joe. And love that regular cab Ram. (I could be biased though).
Question: I too am pretty new at machine polishing. Used HD Speed w/ the Porter Cable and 5.5 LC flat pads. Worked like a charm, and the pads were great. No gumming or streaking noticed at all. (I did however use Mike P's "clean on the fly" method, and plenty of pads). Are the LC pads CCS?
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Buy some thin pros in white and orange to use with AIO, and keep the CCS pads for compound and traditional polish? I have noticed how much more difficult 360 is to clean out of the pads but I'm new to this and didn't know any better.
Yes this is exactly what I did - in this attached pic you can see the white CCS pad that is all "pinked-up" and the orange Thin Pro is nearly new looking (but still has some product stuck in it) - both after using 360. What you can't see but can feel, is that both pads have a little sticky feel to them after using 360 (and thoroughly cleaning the pads with XMT pad cleaner). So I've moved exclusively to LC Thin Pro's for 360 - seems to be a better match (as Joe mentioned before).
Yes this is exactly what I did - in this attached pic you can see the white CCS pad that is all "pinked-up" and the orange Thin Pro is nearly new looking (but still has some product stuck in it) - both after using 360. What you can't see but can feel, is that both pads have a little sticky feel to them after using 360 (and thoroughly cleaning the pads with XMT pad cleaner). So I've moved exclusively to LC Thin Pro's for 360 - seems to be a better match (as Joe mentioned before).
ScottH
Did you go with all orange or did you get some white too? With a PC I find myself going for the orange pads far more often than the white ones. In fact the car I posted this weekend is the first I've extensively used the white pads on and that's because I did a 2 step and didn't need the extra cut.
Yes yes. My black Tahoe which was last treated by xmt 360 (my last bottle, sniff sniff) save for few post wash spay wax applications STILL beads and reflects over 6 months later. Looking forward to a complete detail with new McKees line within a month or so and will post.
Yes yes. My black Tahoe which was last treated by xmt 360 (my last bottle, sniff sniff) save for few post wash spay wax applications STILL beads and reflects over 6 months later. Looking forward to a complete detail with new McKees line within a month or so and will post.
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