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that would get with me on a saturday and help me understand and get better with the rotary and compounds/polishes? Just looking for some help from a fellow Autopian!

Do you guys have any luck with any of the Optimum polishes on GM clear. Im doing a car right now. Black Impala. Ive tried OHC/PFW, OC/PFW and I can get a good amount of scratches, scuffs and swirls but not all of them. They are either deep or Optimum is not really good for hard clears. To...

compounds and polishes. Do we have a chart anywhere or anything for this type of information. Im curious because I can be an impatient person and wondering what polishes and compounds have a short work time.

I need some help here pretty bad. Im working on a 2001 black chevy impala. Im using Optimum Compound with PFW at around 1500-1700 and I cant seem to get much of the defects out. Do I bump up to hypercompound or increase my pressure and speed? Also when the areas that do clean up and I use...

the porter cable? I bought myself some 3.5 pads for the pc.

As I have come to find out over time and doing some reading, GM has some some really hard clear. Would I have any issues using HC or OC with a PFW? Or would I be better of grabbing up some SIP and 106ff?

When you guys are using your rotary, how do you go about working on very small sections or panels? Im talking about areas that a 6.5" pad wont fit. Do you hase 4" pads? Ive seen areas where 4" pads wont fit.

First of all I guess I want to ask this. Is poliseal ok to use to clean paint every so often? Not to use it for correction but just to clean it up and leave a bit of protection? I have never tried it with the rotary and I want to. Should I use a white pad or black pad? What rpm? I used...

Which vacuum would you guys go for out of these 2? Lemme know if there is another model if one is better. I dont go mobile, tho sometimes I will do it for my parents. Most of what happens, happens in my garage. RIDGID 4 Gal. 5.0 Peak HP Portable Pro Vac - WD4050 at The Home Depot...

Im using up my gallon of simple green and looking to get away from using this stuff. Anything else you guys reccomend in placement of this? Megs Super Degreaser or something of that nature or just stick to using my Megs APC (not the +).

How do you guys clean your Little Green? I have lime really bad at my house. Its starting to clog the water line. Can I run vinegar or clr through it?

Where do you guys get your glass towels? Im currently using a small cobra WW but I want to get away from that. it eats up my product and i want to save it for drying. Id like to use MF but does it matter if they're made for glass or just use a regular one? looking for something that comes in...

Is there any issues with using a wax on top of poli seal? I was gonna use 2 layers of IW845. If there is what can I do, I use it to clean the paint and some minor blemishes.

So im out in the garage today to get the hhr ready for winter. I figured id go ahead and try out my onr sense ive had it all summer and never touched it. Put in some cap fulls of solution with a couple gallons of water and used a grout sponge for the first time. Id have to say I felt retarded...

Its that time of year again! What is everyones method of heating the garage? The ones of you that do not have gas. I dont and im all electric and I want something to help with the cold this winter. Im thinking something small like a propane tank with top mount heating element.