My First Go with the Makita 9227

[BoostedBeaver]

I am still awaiting a part of my shipment which will get here Monday, but I could not wait this long. This is what I got.







I ordered some 105 and some lake country pads but that is what will be here Monday. I had an old car with some horrible paint so I decided to give it a shot. Here is what I started with.



I the washed the portion I plan to buff and clay bared the surface to my satisfaction.

There are some clearcoat cracking issues so I decided to sand it smooth.



Next I used the wool pad and some turtle wax rubbing compound to remove the 1500 sanding marks. Boy what a difference.





I then switched pads and used the Meguairs 205 polish with the polishing pad.





Lastly a coat of mothers wax was put on.



I also did a side fender in the same fashion. The reason for sanding the fender is due to the orange peel.



Cleaned and clayed



1500 sanding for the orange peal



Turtle Wax rubbing compound with wool pad





Meguairs 205 and polishing pad



Mothers Wax



Before left side of tape



After



Let me know what you think and if you see anything that I did totally wrong.

Robert

[BobbyG]

Robert,

I think that's a great car to start learning and the results do look impressive! It's nice to see some wet sanding and the finish work to go along with this....Don't wool pads do a great job!!

Keep up the nice work!

[BoostedBeaver]

Thank you for the compliment. So far the wool pads do seem to do a great job. This is my first time even using a buffer so I do not know how they will compare to th assortment of LC pads I have on the way. The LC pads will be smaller so that i do not get so much splatter on the curved pannels and it should be easier to handle. Thanks for taking a look and I will see you around.

Robert