TortoiseAWD
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Heh.SuperBee364 said:
With apologies to Larry Miller . . . "The difference in cut between M95/M105 and Powergloss is like the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it."
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Used M95 for the first time today...
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With apologies to Larry Miller . . . "The difference in cut between M95/M105 and Powergloss is like the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it."
Tort
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Edge makes wool pads with velcro for Malco and Presta, check and see if you can locate an auto - paint store that sells them.
SuperBee, it would be interesting to see how M86 compares to both M95 and M105.
M86 uses a similar abrasive to M105 but has a longer working time and slightly less cut. It is no doubt more user friendly than M105 yet quick to use without having to work it until its clear like M95.
So for those who are worried about the difficulty of M105, may actually prefer M86 over M95. On any given pad M86 will be more likely to finish LSP ready, so for those who want to go all the way to Ultrafina as a 2 step, then M86 may be the best option. So instead of trying to get a better finish out of M105 by going with a finer pad, it may be easier to just go with a slightly weaker compound.
I haven't used M95 but I've had very limited use of both M105 and M86. M86 is far superior in my opinion, as the larger percentage of lubricants make it less likely to hologram. M86 will sit right between M105 and Menzerna SIP with more cut than Powergloss. By changing the pads, it may be able to replace both compounds.
Your hands on technical review of M86 would be awesome! :xyxthumbs
M86 uses a similar abrasive to M105 but has a longer working time and slightly less cut. It is no doubt more user friendly than M105 yet quick to use without having to work it until its clear like M95.
So for those who are worried about the difficulty of M105, may actually prefer M86 over M95. On any given pad M86 will be more likely to finish LSP ready, so for those who want to go all the way to Ultrafina as a 2 step, then M86 may be the best option. So instead of trying to get a better finish out of M105 by going with a finer pad, it may be easier to just go with a slightly weaker compound.
I haven't used M95 but I've had very limited use of both M105 and M86. M86 is far superior in my opinion, as the larger percentage of lubricants make it less likely to hologram. M86 will sit right between M105 and Menzerna SIP with more cut than Powergloss. By changing the pads, it may be able to replace both compounds.
Your hands on technical review of M86 would be awesome! :xyxthumbs
SuperBee364
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TTWAGN, I'll have to pick some 86 up and give it a try. You might want to try M95, as well. It's a traditional compound, but it finishes down so very well. It seems to be much more consistent than 105 on it's ability to leave a very, very nice finish for a compound. Not LSP ready, but *very* often hologram and trail free. Great stuff. Megs is really putting out some great stuff nowadays.
105 is kinda losing it's appeal to me. I can't get it to consistently finish off well enough to go straight to a finishing polish. Much of the time saving from using 105 is not being realized, since an interim polish of SIP is sometimes needed before going to the finishing polish.
*So far* (and I haven't used it enough yet to know if this is the rule or exception), I've been able to get 95 to finish off well enough to go straight to final polishing. M95 takes a bit longer per application than 105, but saving the middle step more than makes up for it. 95 seems to finish darn near as well as SIP on the cars I've used it on so far.
105 is kinda losing it's appeal to me. I can't get it to consistently finish off well enough to go straight to a finishing polish. Much of the time saving from using 105 is not being realized, since an interim polish of SIP is sometimes needed before going to the finishing polish.
*So far* (and I haven't used it enough yet to know if this is the rule or exception), I've been able to get 95 to finish off well enough to go straight to final polishing. M95 takes a bit longer per application than 105, but saving the middle step more than makes up for it. 95 seems to finish darn near as well as SIP on the cars I've used it on so far.
imported_Denzil
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I'm going to remain stubborn and MAKE M105 work for me... even if it takes me the whole gallon!
I'd like to give M95 a shot though just to give it a chance. I'm afraid I'll like it more than M105 due to my lack of technique with M105 at the present time.
I'd like to give M95 a shot though just to give it a chance. I'm afraid I'll like it more than M105 due to my lack of technique with M105 at the present time.
SuperBee364
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bert31 said:
Right between the two.
With PFW it was usually just over a minute. I'm really hoping that the results I've gotten with it so far are what can be expected most of the time and not a fluke.