...and had two packages for me. One was the underdrive pulleys, and the other was my order from ADS.



I need to convince my roommate to let me practice with his car.

In addition to the above package, I also have other items that I can finally take full advantage of with the G100. Poorboy's EX-P, Vanilla Moose Glaze, and #9 are three that pop to mind, and maybe the #26.

So, real quick, an overview of the steps I would use would be:

1- Wash with Gold Class
2- Clay
3- Buffer w/ #80 and polishing pad till scratches are gone
4- Buffer w/ #9 on a darker color w/ polishing pad
5- Buffer w/ #7 or the Moose Glaze with a finishing pad
6- Buffer w/ #26 or EX-P with a finishing pad

Now to find the nice little chart that's floating around that says what speeds to use... Gotta copy and save it.

Another question, is it ok to use the 6.5" pads with the counterweight on the G100 (it says 5" pads only.)

As a side note, you gotta love the smell of HD

TIA

 

Very nice, If you want to come out to CA you can practice on my truck ALLLL you want.

 

I love when the "Brown" truck comes !!

 

You'll be fine with the pads. That's what we all use I'm sure. Just don't go try and use an 8" pad on there.

 

I got my shipment from ADS yesterday. I wish this snow would go away so I could clean my truck.

 

Well, washed the Expy. Couple things:

1. That mitt is nice. A heck of a lot "plusher" than the orange microfiber mitt I was using from Wal-mart.
2. Hyperdressing is awesome. Went on nice and even with the spray bottle (which is awesome as well). Using 1:1, and the trim came out nice and shiny, but not greasy looking.

Also, I tried the PC on a small section of my hood, just as practice. More or less followed the steps I mentioned in the beginning post, using speed 3 to spread, speed 4.5-5 to work in. I got rid of most of the "big" scratches, but there's still these very thin "spider marks." At least that's what I could see by the street light. I'll see tomorrow if I can take some sun pictures. I'm thinking that I need to work in the #80 a bit more to see if I can get rid of those.

 

That really light marring that you're seeing is a result of either incomplete breakdown of the product or, maybe, too much pressure on the pad... or maybe too little product used (pad mar).

It'll take a little bit to get used to using the products so, don't fret. The PC, as you've seen, isn't a heart surgery tool so, just be patient with it and tinker -- you'll have it in no time!

 

OK, gotcha. I guess that's why I'm practicing on white, you can't see anything unless you are really looking for it.

For future reference, no pressure (or even light pressure) should be put on the PC, right? Just let the machine do the work.