Ready to get my feet wet on DA polisher

[Daniel Kinder]

Re: Ready to get my feet wet on DA polisher

Don't forget to buy alot of meguiars supreme shine mf towels! And get few pads of each as u will need a few just for 1 car.

If I may add to Jarhead's Great Advice! Yes, lot's of Meguiars Supreme Shine towels! Have about 50+ and love these Towels!! And need to order another batch! When they get to wore out or stained from Single Stage Paint I switch them over for other things.

http://www.autodetailingsolutions.net/x2020-12.html

Also need to get 4 of each pad/s when ordering, that's the average of about what I use for the compound/cleaning step alone, you never can have enough pad's!! Also you have to work clean,(1 reason I use this many plus saves my pads and last longer) because you don't want to keep grinding old spent product plus clear coat/paint into your paint. So keep those pads clean, Foam pad brush/ cleaning your pad on the fly/ pad washer (money well spent! and the best easiest way to clean before use on the next vehicle)And compressed air for those micro fiber cutting & finishing pads.

Thanks for the positive note Daniel. I was not aware that the norm is to have a few DA's. I am enjoying what I got but always the new model is much improved and at the moment I can only have 1 set since I only take them out every 3 months probably.
I did 2 detailing so far and it took me about 4-5 hours for a sedan car to do the Scratch Removal with Scratch2.0 , Polish with ultimate polish and then wax with ultimate wax.

Do you take this long or longer ?

About the norm for my Silver Package where I use D155 Paint Reconditioning Cream to do a 1 step polishing & a quick Interior Cleaning. 8 to 10 hours for a 2 step polishing Including Interior. And for a Paint Correction 15+ hour's, just spent right at 18 hour's on a Black Shelby Cobra Convertble that was a repaint and a pain in my HAIR!!!

I like scratchX but haven't used it in years, pick you up a bottle of Ultimate Compound and give that a try! about the first thing I reach for when doing a test spot. Haven't tried UW yet but my go to if I'm waxing is M26 paste, fast quick and easy. Plus I'm a Paste Wax Junkie, love the stuff!! M16 is still the best in my opinion!!

Glad your liking it though! Have any before & After Pics?

[Jarhead0754]

To add to Daniel is u want to keep cleaning the pad as it bogs down the da and then u won't get as much cutting going on.

Also look into adding a few ultimate wipes in there too once u get going, they r awesome towels!

[KY Gan]

Re: Ready to get my feet wet on DA polisher

HI Daniel,
I did not take the before shots. I was using DA Meguair polisher with Soft buff 2.0 pad ( Yellow Colour ) with Scratch 2.0 , Ultimate Compound and Ultimate Polish. Then I switch the the finishing pad 2.0 ( Black one ) for Ultimate Wax.

I got some hairlines on the door trims areas which I have managed to reduce quite a bit but not totally cleared off. I did this with 3-4 passes of scratch 2.0 and then one pass of ultimate compound. I did not dare to go further since I am new. BUt if you can have a look at give me some advice will be great.

Would we be able to remove too much paint by using ultimate compound and applying too much pressure ?

Thanks.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Ready to get my feet wet on DA polisher

Thank you Michael for the link. I'm pretty much sold on the new DA polisher, the new slim discs in each color. I'm thinking of purchasing the new 5" backing plate along with the 5" discs. What are the 3" backing plate and 3" discs used for mainly? And I'm guessing the microfiber discs are used to remove wax?

3" backing plate and pads are used on smaller or harder to reach areas where a larger pad just isn't practical. Things like A-pillars, inside the recess where the rear license plate is mounted, tops of bumper covers, etc.

The microfiber discs are actually used to provide additional cut over what foam pads can deliver when dealing with more severe defects and/or harder paint. They would actually be pretty terrible at removing wax and would likely mar the paint quite badly in the process. This article will give a full run down of the DA Microfiber Correction System.

[EF9]

Re: Ready to get my feet wet on DA polisher

3" backing plate and pads are used on smaller or harder to reach areas where a larger pad just isn't practical. Things like A-pillars, inside the recess where the rear license plate is mounted, tops of bumper covers, etc.

The microfiber discs are actually used to provide additional cut over what foam pads can deliver when dealing with more severe defects and/or harder paint. They would actually be pretty terrible at removing wax and would likely mar the paint quite badly in the process. This article will give a full run down of the DA Microfiber Correction System.

Thank you for clarifying Michael!