I've seen folks buff out a car with 3M Imperial Machine Glaze. What is that best for?
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > I have just been slammed at both work and home the last few days, which > has precluded me from any lengthy responses to your questions. Before I > pass out for the night, I'll tell you what I think: > > You need both a polisher and a random orbital buffer. Harbor Freight stuff > works fine for me and has served me well so far. dumping several hundred $$ > into these tools that you might use a few times a year is a big waste in my > opinion. You also need a collection of pads and bonnets depending on the > materials you choose and a spur for cleaning pads. You'll spend between > $150-$200 on compounds and chemical, however, you should have plenty left > for future sessions, so the costs will be spread out over a number of > vehicles. > > You saw the highly oxidized finish on the S500, and the results I got > after probably 20 hours of work. If you're willing to dig into the finish > on your car, that's the sort of results that you can expect - BUT - you > can't cut corners, half-ass it, or skip steps. > > So let's start after you have wiped the finish down with some clean towels > and IPA cut 50-50 with distilled water: > > Step 1.) Ardex 1000 Plus applied using 1-1/2" wool pad on a 7" polisher. > As with any detailing work, start from the top and work down. I like to > divide the panels in halves and make sure I overlap. Work in areas no > larger than 2" x 2". Use plenty of pressure and lighten up as the Ardex > flashes off. When you're done with a panel wipe it down using a clean towel > and IPA. > > Step 2.) Ardex 1500 Plus applied using a Meguire's maroon wool pad and the > same 7" polisher. Use the same approach as Step 1. You should see the haze > start to disappear at this point. > > Step 3.) Now you're going to change over to the RA buffer with a yellow > foam cutting pad and Meguire's M105 Ultra Cut compound. Continue with the > same techniques as previously used. > > Step 4.) Again with the RA using a black finishing pad and some Meguire's > M205 Finishing Polish. > > Step 5.) Back to the polisher with a 3M Perfect-It blue polishing pad and > 3M Perfect-It Ultrafine Polish. > > Step 6.) Finish it up with some 3M Show Car Wax or my current favorite, > Collinite 845 Insulator Wax. > > This is for a really severe finish. You can start down the line a step or > two if you think the finish isn't that bad and backtrack if you don't get > the desired results. > > Dan > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 16, 2013, at 6:06 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> > wrote: > > > I will just buy some mothers or something. What about zymol? Seems like > that stuff used to be good > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
