Recent content by dshreter

I know this is bizarre, but sometimes thats just how things are. Where I have to park my car at home, small soft plums fall on my car. I'm not worried about them scratching the car, but they land on the car and the skins, juice, and pulp stick to the car. I figure fruit can be acidic, so I was...

So I've had a few threads started here I realize... I'm not having much luck with my porter cable. Here's some background: Tried polishing with my optimum compound and polish with someone else's PC- wound up with a hazy finish. My own PC wasn't working right, figured out I'm missing a...

I want to polish some acrylic plastic, and I was wondering if I could safely and effectively use my 7424 and optimum polish to get the scratches out. Its unpainted acrylic....

So I recently purchased a large porter cable 7424 polishing kit and I've been having a heck of a time with both the PC, and my polishes. Well I've finally figured out half of whats wrong. The rivets on my backing plate rub against the counterweight, making the pad unable to spin freely, instead...

Cliffs Notes: Spent a crap load of money on a PC, pads, optimum polishes to get swirls out of my white Audi A3. PC doesn't work right, polishes leave a dull finish but do remove scratches. Need help. So I tried polishing my car for the first time, with a 7424. I used optimum compound with an...

Tomorrow I'm setting out to use my new porter cable, and polish a car (my car) for the first time. The plan is to use Optimum Compound and Polish, and maybe finish up with Poli-seal. I may decide I don't need to Poli-seal, and I'll finish the job with Klasse SG like I've been using. In...

I'm about to embark on polishing my Audi A3 with a porter cable for the first time, and just got all my pads and optimum polishes. To be honest I'm a little bit nervous about my first go, and I don't want to wreck my paint on my first shot. I tried out my optimum polish, then optimum compound on...

I tried searching the forum, but didn't find anyone posting a similar experience. Do other people find that their sheepskin wash mitts smell offensively? The first time I washed my car with one, a viking brand mitt, I kept smelling something bad, like a musty smell, or rotten or something, and...

I picked up a Viking waffle weave microfiber drying towel at the local Kragen, and maybe its just me, but this towel seems very stiff! It has no plushness at all. I can't really tell if its inducing scratching on my finish because my car is already swirled, but it just doesn't feel like it would...