[MBZ] I guess since poos is too busy...
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
Re: [MBZ] I guess since poos is too busy...
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
Re: [MBZ] I guess since poos is too busy...
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
Re: [MBZ] I guess since poos is too busy...
You don't drink the IPA? --R (sent from my miniPad) On Sep 16, 2013, at 8:48 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
