Stangpede at Meguiar's this Saturday!

[Mike Phillips]

Stangpede at Meguiar's this Saturday!




Donuts and coffee served starting at 8:00am and class starts at 8:30am sharp! We'll see you all here tomorrow!

[Mike Phillips]

Ready to go!










Talking shop and stretching their legs, this club drove all the way up from San Diego to be at Meguiar's today!

[Mike Phillips]

A little bit on the rowdy side, all the same, these car guys and gals were a lot of fun to work with today!




The two little guys with Dad in this picture were polite and very well behaved and we think they had just as much fun as the big guys.

[Mike Phillips]

Sweeeet....







Hey! That's not what detailing clay is for?

[Mike Phillips]

Speed Racer with Speed Detailer!

[Mike Phillips]

Once in a while people come to MOL asking questions about using foam cutting pads on the dual action polisher, (G100/PC). Here at Meguiar's our current policy is to not recommend, nor sell people cutting pads to use to apply products with the dual action polisher because while they may remove scratches, they tend to scour and haze the paint and most people don't have the skill or expertise to recover from this when it happens.

Below is a picture of the hood on GTBrad's black Mustang.

• - In the upper left hand corner you can see swirls in the paint that were there when Brad bought the car.
  - In the upper right hand side is how the hood looked after he tried using a cutting pad on the dual action polisher. Note how scoured the paint looks. (Just to note, this was not a Meguiar's cutting pad).
  - In the bottom half of the hood, we removed both the swirls and the scouring using Meguiar's products and only our polishing and finishing foam pads.

The point is, using the correct technique, you don't have to resort to a foam cutting pad and risk scouring your car's paint to remove below surface defects and restore a show car shine!




Thanks for letting us work on your car Brad!

[Mike Phillips]

More pictures later, it's time to shut down Meguiar's Garage for the day, thank you everyone that attended today, you were really a fun group of car enthusiasts to work with!

[GTBrad]

Thanks Mike!

So I'm ditching this cutting pad since it's not "cutting it" in my process. (no pun intended)

I'll only use my cutting pad in conjunction with a bonnet for removing product.

Thanks Mike, for bringing out the true condition my paint should be in.

See you at the next Open Garage!

-Brad

[stangpede01]

Thanks alot for everything Mike. We learned a lot of information that will help us in the future. We will definitely sign up for next year's class. THANK YOU!


Here are some of our pics






Asleep in class?



Mike were you a CHP before? Or did you get that from a famous pose?







Here is the logo on everyone's car

[rrobello]

Thanks Mike, I had lots of fun and learned a lot. I will post my pics tonight after work.

[J-rod]

Looked like a good time.
Good job Mike and Stangpede.

[rrobello]

here are the pics I took....

Full gallery:

http://surfnsocal.com/gallery/MeguiarsDetailDay8-12-06

some highlights:








How to Claybar:


taped off for comparison:


ScratchX by hand:


Using G100 and Speed Glaze #80:


Swipe test to know when wax is dry:


Using Cutpad and Microfiber Bonnet to remove wax:


Final inspection; top is before (nothing done), right side is Scratch X by hand, and left side is G100 and #80








another hood:

[sneek]

awsome cars!!

hows the paint on the mustang, i am guessing its not hard but not soft eather

[rrobello]

Originally posted by sneek
awsome cars!!

hows the paint on the mustang, i am guessing its not hard but not soft eather

youd be correct in that assumption

[GTBrad]

Hey, sorry about the delay for my pics.
I had surgery today so I'm still healing

Here we go...

This car was baaaaad.


A little bit of nostalgia...


Mike: "Look, I can see myself now..."


Mike puttin' a little passion behind the pad...


Everybody gets to work...


The Saleen store!