hey guys,
obviously this is my first post, so i'm not sure if i'll be able to post pictures (i think there is a 10 post rule or something?)
anyways, like alot of you older more grizzled "vets," i've been lurking and reading from the shadows, wearing out the search button till it smoked and flipped through forum pages like an old battered news paper. Well, here i am, i finally mustered the courage to leave the ranks of lurker and become a more active member. In that process, i've decided to also leave the ranks of "Joe (wear-the-sh!t-out-of-your-elbow-while-trying-to-wax-your-car-as-a-weekend-warrior) Smith," and become "Joe (Holy-hell-that-dude-has-the-best-paint-on-the-block!) Smith."
That being said, i'm fairly confident that i'll be picking up the Porter Cable DA, i've been pouring over tons of threads/posts/websites regarding polish brand (Wolfgang, Meguiars, Poorboy and Pinnacle seem to be the overall favorites) at that point, i don't think i can go wrong, its just a matter of preference.
However, my questions seem to go resolved as i read on more and more.
Major questions are pretty typical but can't seem to get definitive anwsers in one concise thread! For example:
CCS pads vs. Lake Country. it seems from what i'm reading that LC pads are preferred and the CCS pads with the pockets are "gimmicky?"
My BMW paint. from most accounts, it seems that the BMWs (as are most germans) known to have paint more on the "harder" side, but i thought i read somewhere that the E46s in particular (mine is a 2006) are thought to have soft paint?
my condition: water spots/minor etching from water spots. typical swirl marks from improper washing technique etc etc.
I'm just trying to bring her back to her original luster, and i'm not going for a full correction, as typically we're in good shape here. that being said, i think the orange pad would be plenty enough to get me rolling.
I get lost when i start to read about the abrasiveness of polish.
if anyone wants to help guide me in the right direction, id be most thankful.
here is some pics of what we're working with:
typical paint condition:
After i powdercoated my wheels:
obviously this is my first post, so i'm not sure if i'll be able to post pictures (i think there is a 10 post rule or something?)
anyways, like alot of you older more grizzled "vets," i've been lurking and reading from the shadows, wearing out the search button till it smoked and flipped through forum pages like an old battered news paper. Well, here i am, i finally mustered the courage to leave the ranks of lurker and become a more active member. In that process, i've decided to also leave the ranks of "Joe (wear-the-sh!t-out-of-your-elbow-while-trying-to-wax-your-car-as-a-weekend-warrior) Smith," and become "Joe (Holy-hell-that-dude-has-the-best-paint-on-the-block!) Smith."
That being said, i'm fairly confident that i'll be picking up the Porter Cable DA, i've been pouring over tons of threads/posts/websites regarding polish brand (Wolfgang, Meguiars, Poorboy and Pinnacle seem to be the overall favorites) at that point, i don't think i can go wrong, its just a matter of preference.
However, my questions seem to go resolved as i read on more and more.
Major questions are pretty typical but can't seem to get definitive anwsers in one concise thread! For example:
CCS pads vs. Lake Country. it seems from what i'm reading that LC pads are preferred and the CCS pads with the pockets are "gimmicky?"
My BMW paint. from most accounts, it seems that the BMWs (as are most germans) known to have paint more on the "harder" side, but i thought i read somewhere that the E46s in particular (mine is a 2006) are thought to have soft paint?
my condition: water spots/minor etching from water spots. typical swirl marks from improper washing technique etc etc.
I'm just trying to bring her back to her original luster, and i'm not going for a full correction, as typically we're in good shape here. that being said, i think the orange pad would be plenty enough to get me rolling.
I get lost when i start to read about the abrasiveness of polish.
if anyone wants to help guide me in the right direction, id be most thankful.
here is some pics of what we're working with:
typical paint condition:
After i powdercoated my wheels:
