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Dawn wash Clay car Menzerna po85rd LC black pad on GG D/A Cleaned with Megs Final Inspection 34 Coat of Blackfire Wet Diamond.

Just picked up this toy for myself. No before photos, sorry, Car was full of buffer trails from previous machining. Work done so far. Purple wool on Makita with megs. 105 compound Lake county white polishing pad on Groits Garage with Megs. 205 Blackfire Wet diamond Coat of megs Gold...

Paint was trashed to say the least. Correction process.. Dawn wash Car clayed [no photo of clay bar, went from yellow to black] Purple wool on rotary & megs 105 compound White finish foam pad on Groits Garage & 205 polish Black Fire wet diamond for final protection. Before...

I have a 2 1/2 car detached garage, 24x24'. Garage isn't insulated and has an attic space above a slat floor which begins where the door finishes opening. I'm looking for opinions on heating this space only for the times I might be detailing once the cold weather sets in. Forget...

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Friend brings truck over to me for detailing of hood and roof only. Both are dull with heavy swirls and oxidation, dull shine still there. Steps taken, Wash, Clay, wash, compound with Rotary M105 and wool pad, brings back some of the shine, but did nothing to the swirls which look like...

I now use 105/205 combo due to recommendations from this forum. As for the 205. I find that no matter how little I use, it keeps on going forever, have to do a good wipe down to get the gloss back and see my work. Is this normal for 205? Use to use 3m polish, that would dry faster...

Car was full of swirls and light scratches. Car was washed and clayed with Mothers Clay. Washed again & wheels done with Z1 and dressed with Megs tire shine. The paint was done with Rotary, 7" Orange CCS and Megs 105, 4" pads for hard to reach areas and bumpers. Followed up with...

Think I'll keep this one when done, only 10,000 orig miles on it. Tomorrows work. All done. Car wasn't in bad shape, just the usual swirls and minor water spots. Swirls. Another before photo. After car washed and clayed, Megs 105/205 on deck and hood...

Paint wasn't too bad, just no depth to it. Mothers clay over entire car. Megs 105 on the hood with orange pad to correct small scratches and minor water spots. Megs 205 with white pad on hood and rest of car. Megs Gold wax. Wheels cleaned with 1Z and dressed with Megs tire shine. Megs...

This car was in bad shape, probably hasn't been waxed in 3 years. Paint dull & scratches everywhere. Owner said just do what you can, he didn't expect any miracles. Car was washed. Mothers clay used over entire car, forgot photos of the clay, it was black. Megs 105 & Lc yellow cutting...

Brought back from the dead. All oxidized, slight scratches. Photo on right is Before shot. Mothers clay 3M Yellow cutting pad and 3M heavy duty compound 3M dark polish & black polishing pad Meqs gold wax

Car full of water spots, fine scratches and swirls. Mothers Clay. 3M heavy duty compound, used wool on the hood, then Yellow foam pad. 3M polish dark color with black foam pad. Megs gold wax.

Ordering the megs, 105/205. What foam pads would everyone recommend for these 2 products, I have the 3m black finishing pads, which seam to work well with their polish. Need to know what brand and color of cutting pads for the 105. And what pad for the 205 polish. Looking at these...

Hi, first post here, hope someone can answer this. Have an older Makita polisher with 2 speeds, 2000 & 3800 rpms, I used years ago to compound cars. Just got all the new pads used now, foam. My question is, is 2000 rpms too fast for today's products?, someone told me me 1500 would be...