This is a semi complicated situation, so please bare with me as I give a little history to this. I started out detailing on my personal vehicle ('13 Mustang) in May 2013 after its purchase. I learned a lot through watching videos/reading articles plus slowly gaining experience, but never got into paint correction. Skip to August 2015, I started as a manager for a Commercial Dealership Detailing Outfit (they provide detailing services for many different dealerships across the area). Over the next 6 months I learned a good bit including interior cleaning, getting more comfortable with paint correction (DA Primarily), etc. Now that I am getting comfortable with more intensive detailing I am starting to focus on my end goal, which is business ownership (Private sector).
Right now I am looking at the product end of it, primarily the paint correction side. My resources at the dealership are kind of limited to what they allow me to order, and I am not quite ready to go at it with a rotary.... so it leaves me looking to making the best use of the DA. Current list of paint correction supplies for the DA (doesn't include the Dewalt Rotary): 2k grit sand paper, Meguiar's Diamond Cut 2.0 Compound (even though it's not DA approved), FPF True Touch Compound, Meguair's 66 Quick Detailer, Malco Swirl Remover, Ardex Seal-B Dark Car Polish, Meguiar's Red Soft Buff Pad, Buff N' Shine Microfiber Cutting Pad, Lake Country Orange Medium Cut Foam Pad, and Meguiar's Yellow Soft Buff Pads. To make this even more interesting all the pads we have are old/worn, and even after cleaning still makes any heavy imperfection correction an interesting adventure. This also makes it hard for me to judge if it's the product that isn't cutting well enough, or if it's just the pad (and I can't order new pads until next months chemical order). Granted I know it's a DA and not a Rotary, but I keep reading/hearing in my research, that with products like M105/M205 and the right pads you can get close to rotary results.
So what are some go to pads (foam, microfiber, wool/blend) and products for the DA that will get me on the right track/started? I can't buy an entire wide assortment of pads and products right now to make a complete collection, just looking to get the basics covered. A bonus would be pads/products that are versatile enough that I could also use them while at work for when my limited resources aren't cutting it. One day I will be able to afford a random orbital, but until then I have to work with what I have. Beyond that any insights/suggestions appreciated in the 101 of moving into private sector detailing.
Right now I am looking at the product end of it, primarily the paint correction side. My resources at the dealership are kind of limited to what they allow me to order, and I am not quite ready to go at it with a rotary.... so it leaves me looking to making the best use of the DA. Current list of paint correction supplies for the DA (doesn't include the Dewalt Rotary): 2k grit sand paper, Meguiar's Diamond Cut 2.0 Compound (even though it's not DA approved), FPF True Touch Compound, Meguair's 66 Quick Detailer, Malco Swirl Remover, Ardex Seal-B Dark Car Polish, Meguiar's Red Soft Buff Pad, Buff N' Shine Microfiber Cutting Pad, Lake Country Orange Medium Cut Foam Pad, and Meguiar's Yellow Soft Buff Pads. To make this even more interesting all the pads we have are old/worn, and even after cleaning still makes any heavy imperfection correction an interesting adventure. This also makes it hard for me to judge if it's the product that isn't cutting well enough, or if it's just the pad (and I can't order new pads until next months chemical order). Granted I know it's a DA and not a Rotary, but I keep reading/hearing in my research, that with products like M105/M205 and the right pads you can get close to rotary results.
So what are some go to pads (foam, microfiber, wool/blend) and products for the DA that will get me on the right track/started? I can't buy an entire wide assortment of pads and products right now to make a complete collection, just looking to get the basics covered. A bonus would be pads/products that are versatile enough that I could also use them while at work for when my limited resources aren't cutting it. One day I will be able to afford a random orbital, but until then I have to work with what I have. Beyond that any insights/suggestions appreciated in the 101 of moving into private sector detailing.
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