by "yitznewton" (yitznewton)
Published 04/23/2017 at 17:52
by "yitznewton" (yitznewton)
Published 04/23/2017 at 17:52
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I’ve been on the fence about how far to go this year, but I just YOLO’ed about $400 worth of polishes & whatnot, including a Porter-Cable and accessories. Eager to see the extent to which I can correct some hazy clear coat on the S2000, along with the usual swirls and scratches. Too bad the repaint on the front bumper is a POS, otherwise the paint is in decent shape.
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
04/23/2017 at 18:26, STARS: 1
this. plus 20% off coupon. and cheap polishes=profit.
"avalonian" (avalonain19)
04/23/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 2
Could you do a write up? I wanna get a dual action polisher and I want to do it, but I’m scared of messing it up.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/23/2017 at 18:32, STARS: 2
Ditto.
"vicali" (vicali)
04/23/2017 at 19:11, STARS: 3
Nice, have fun!
The maguires forum is super helpful, also autogeekonline.
As scary as it sounds a random orbit polisher is actually the ‘safe’ tool- you would have to do something pretty silly to damage your paint with it.
Don’t forget to get some pads- I use one or two for correcting/polishing, and one for putting on wax. Velcro backed are the best, changing them is super easy. Mark the edge with a sharpie so you can monitor your pad speed.
On my PC wax goes on at 4 and polishes are around 3.5 speed wise.
Like I said, have fun!
"yitznewton" (yitznewton)
04/23/2017 at 20:04, STARS: 0
Yeah, I got inspired by the Autogeek 101 videos. Your tips are in line with what I walked away with from the videos. *cracks knuckles*
"yitznewton" (yitznewton)
04/23/2017 at 20:05, STARS: 0
I will, but check out the Autogeek playlist of Detailing 101 videos on YouTube. I found them confidence-inspiring.
"AM3R, lost another burner" (am3r17)
04/23/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 0
I bit the bullet and did the same about a year and a half ago. Took a while but it was very satisfying in the end. Not really difficult at all, either. I simplified it and used a 1 step polish/sealant since my car wasn’t in bad shape. Looked amazing after.
"StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8" (stndibnz1)
04/24/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 0
What yitzen said, or check out Ammo (Larry’s) videos. I watched them and did it myself to the Magnum. Came out awesome, not too hard either with the right tools.
"avalonian" (avalonain19)
04/24/2017 at 10:00, STARS: 0
Cool, I love those guys and I probably will. I’m just hesitant.
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
04/25/2017 at 19:10, STARS: 0
Autogeek is a good resource. Check out Larry Kosilla’s Ammo NYC YouTube channel as well. He had a great series on how he details.
Essentially you want to start with a DA since you can’t really burn through paint unless you’re purposefully trying since it’ll stop rotating if you press too hard on it. Get a good quality backing plate and draw a solid black 1-inch mark on one spot so you can tell if the pad is still rotating. You want to do a crosshatch movement as you polish. So go left to right, right to left as you go down then when you reach the bottom go up and down, down and up so you get all the curves of the car evenly. You should do small 3x3 feet patches of the car at a time so you get the best quality of compounding.
For compound I recommend compounding on a medium cutting pad (usually orange foam but ymmv) and then getting a more aggressive pad if it isn’t doing the job that well. After you compound the entire car it will be a little hazy. Don’t worry that’s supposed to happen. Go over the entire car with a Polish and a light or no cut pad (usually white foam but again ymmv) (depending on how aggressive the Polish is) and then do an isopropyl alcohol wipe down. Then you can either do a synthetic sealant or a wax. I layer both so a synthetic sealant and then after it cures I coat a wax on top.
Depending on how bad your paint is, you can get away with a Polish and a medium cutting pad and get the same results. Make sure you clay the car before compounding the car so you remove all contaminants.