Folks,
I finally broke down and got a toy. Been searching for a low mileage car and this one had only 7,415 miles on it.
I started detailing the car right away but did not do any buffing until a couple of weeks ago.
There was a recent thread about the pinhole dots left on horizontal surfaces after polishing and this car has plenty of them on the hood. Not sure how to get rid of them so trying to ignore until the car is completely buffed. The plan is to take my time and buff a fender here and there. So far I am guessing about 80% to 90% correction. After the car is done I will do a final buff on the whole thing and seal with Opti-Coat.
Please remember that I am using products that are already in the closet. Three closets contain products and I am not buying anything else until everything is gone. The buffer is a Flex 3401 and I love this machine.
I started off by taping a few sections on the hood and buffing test spots until the best combination was discovered.
So, here it is....
Yellow CCS 6.5 inch pad with Menzerna SIP. White CCS pad with Menzerna Super Finish. This is followed with a Gray CCS 6.5 inch pad with Menzerna PO85RD. Passes were not counted. Instead I just watched how the product was performing and stopped to check the process frequently.
Forgot to mention the car was washed with Optimum car wash and then clayed. The pictures tell the story about how well the paint was maintained. Optimum No Rinse was utilized for the clay lube and the clay bar is DP Universal Detailing Clay .
Let me know what you think about it so far.
I finally broke down and got a toy. Been searching for a low mileage car and this one had only 7,415 miles on it.
I started detailing the car right away but did not do any buffing until a couple of weeks ago.
There was a recent thread about the pinhole dots left on horizontal surfaces after polishing and this car has plenty of them on the hood. Not sure how to get rid of them so trying to ignore until the car is completely buffed. The plan is to take my time and buff a fender here and there. So far I am guessing about 80% to 90% correction. After the car is done I will do a final buff on the whole thing and seal with Opti-Coat.
Please remember that I am using products that are already in the closet. Three closets contain products and I am not buying anything else until everything is gone. The buffer is a Flex 3401 and I love this machine.
I started off by taping a few sections on the hood and buffing test spots until the best combination was discovered.
So, here it is....
Yellow CCS 6.5 inch pad with Menzerna SIP. White CCS pad with Menzerna Super Finish. This is followed with a Gray CCS 6.5 inch pad with Menzerna PO85RD. Passes were not counted. Instead I just watched how the product was performing and stopped to check the process frequently.
Forgot to mention the car was washed with Optimum car wash and then clayed. The pictures tell the story about how well the paint was maintained. Optimum No Rinse was utilized for the clay lube and the clay bar is DP Universal Detailing Clay .
Let me know what you think about it so far.
