Recent content by RAG

It seems that with the advent of M105 a few have found that a greater level of defects can be removed with a 1-step via a DA verses a 1-step with rotary. I don't know if this applies to just the Flex with it's forced rotation, or to other DAs as well? The holy grail for professionals has always...

Received my M205, M95 and new M105 about a week ago and wanted to share my findings so far, as I've have had a chance to utilize and experiment with these products on 2 black vehicles so far - 1 aftermarket paint job and the other was a Range Rover (I always "judge" products on more telling...

I'm just about dead out of my 2 gallons of 105, and I can't remember where I picked it up at...checking at Autogeek, $95/gal about made me choke :(

Now that I've had Ultrafina for about 4 months, I thought I'd share my findings (sorry fellas for being MIA on this board for the last year or so...just too busy with work, family, etc...but I'm still doing what I do...throwing down on cars every chance I get). First I should say I've...

Read a review from someone (Flashtool) that they bought the Makita rotary from Citrus Tool via ebay and received quickly (3 days). My Makita just died so I was in a hurry, and I couldn't believe it, it arrive from Citrus Tool at my door the next day (19 hours later to be exact). $175 shipped...

Just wondering what others have found to work best on those sticky clears? Those that have buffed hundreds of vehicles surely know what I'm talking about...those paints that don't let the buffing pad glide effortlessly over the paint, resulting in greater friction and thus buffer swirls (only...

I've been noticing a fair number of new cars coming to me with a grainy look in the paint/clear...obviously I'm not talking about the normal orange peel. This week I had a couple new cars (Tahoe and BMW) with the "grainy" look. It think it is simply the result of spraying with no sanding or...

Haven't had a chance to use M105 but a couple times since purchasing it, but like so many compounds (and Megs products in general), its "working" properties could be improved. Using 105 with a white CCS pad, I was able to improve the buffing characteristics substantially by adding...

The recent popularity of the M66 cushioned backing plate has me back to an idea I've been pondering for a year or two - a dual-sided hook and look foam spacer system for use with both foam and wool buffing pads. Similar to the dual-density foam pads that so many people like so much (except for...

Just got me to thinking on how much progress our industry has made in the last 3 or 4 years - it's truly been amazing! I just finished reading up on (and ordering) the M105 compound :) Most of of now realize that the most important part of a detail is the polishing and compounding (I know...

First, let me say that I'm "anti" on just about everything to do with avertising...I feel it's largely a waste of time and money. However, on rare occasion I just can't help myself from placing a card with a hand-written note on a "select" car - you know, the black car with buffer swirls all...

Edit - sorry for the confusion...I'll blame the wife, as she rushed me out the door this morning before I got to finish/edit. My point was that I keep coming across posts where people claim they've made ugly paint perfect with just two passes of the buffer...basically, not many people accurately...

I've seen reference to some having issues with having buffer swirls reappearing down the road after using Menzerna 106FF, or equivalent-based polishes. Some also feel that it isn't any good for removing defects, it'll only cover them up for a bit. Personally, I'll have to say that I have had...

We've had many good discussions on pads over the years here...I'd like to have another one about some of the popular pads out there: 1) Lake Country CCS - I'm thinking the consenus is that overall, the Lake Country CCS pads are the best. I must say I like them very much, though I'd like them...

Finally got to try out the Flex...really got to put it through the paces on a black Mustang that was so bad, that we (a NOOB Autopian and I) opted to sand the entire hood with 2000 before buffing. I like the machine and it appears to be superbly built, but I wasn't entirely impressed. I know the...