What is your secret weapon

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ROCKNROLL

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When you discover an injury to your car like a mar or a scratch , (hate it when that happens ) what is your go to product that you have the most confidence in as your Secret Weapon ?

I had a situation of scratches due to an act of stupidity (mad at myself )
I have a couple of 3M products in my car arson that have been my emergency products....and it just came through again...just wanted sum thoughts on what has been sum preferred stuff for emergency's.

I have 3 M Perfect it three machine glaze
3 M Perfect it three rubbing compound

Both products are very good with foam pads by hand...obviously the machine glaze is less aggressive

:D
 
ROCKNROLL said:
When you discover an injury to your car like a mar or a scratch , (hate it when that happens ) what is your go to product that you have the most confidence in as your Secret Weapon ?
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M105. Worked with a machine it'll removed sanding marks and leave a nice finish. Worked by hand it takes anything out I've needed it to without marring. Just slap some wax over it and I'm done. Granted, if it's light marring I'd probably use something less aggressive to start... but I don't have to. Most versatile stuff in my cabinet.

YMMV..... TL
 
TLMitchell said:
M105. Worked with a machine it'll removed sanding marks and leave a nice finish. Worked by hand it takes anything out I've needed it to without marring. Just slap some wax over it and I'm done. Granted, if it's light marring I'd probably use something less aggressive to start... but I don't have to. Most versatile stuff in my cabinet.

YMMV..... TL
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Since you brought that company up, off topic....I just got their wash bucket today,they added a grit guard....its very nice...a good play for the money !
sorry for the OT....:D
 
105 medium cutting pad, SSR2 finish pad both on rotary then PWS with DA finish pad and it's like looking into a mirror. no fillers so no re-appearing tricks.
 
tuscarora dave said:
105 medium cutting pad, SSR2 finish pad both on rotary then PWS with DA finish pad and it's like looking into a mirror. no fillers so no re-appearing tricks.
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Ok, lets put this into perspective,maybe I should have engineered this thread a little different...:yikes:
Ok ,you are at work in your D/D...or it could be your favorite ride,and you find that a worthless large frame bird deposited a projectile on the top of your front quarter panel, it sat there in the sun for a period of hours...when you get home, you have to take action....you find that the deposit has already started to naw into the clearcoat.....so you grab a pad or a m/f towell and your secret weapon....where do we go from here ? :rant:
 
ROCKNROLL said:
Ok, lets put this into perspective,maybe I should have engineered this thread a little different...:yikes:
Ok ,you are at work in your D/D...or it could be your favorite ride,and you find that a worthless large frame bird deposited a projectile on the top of your front quarter panel, it sat there in the sun for a period of hours...when you get home, you have to take action....you find that the deposit has already started to naw into the clearcoat.....so you grab a pad or a m/f towell and your secret weapon....where do we go from here ? :rant:
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For starters, you could keep a small bottle of Spray & Wipe and a MF towel in the vehicle to address bird droppings as soon as you see them.

An instance like you mentioned about "naw into the clearcoat" - if it's already etched, it is most likely going to take a heavier polish to level out the surrounding paint to "remove" the etch.

Just in general - I have been using the M105 / M205 combo on the Flex DA. That's one heck of a secret weapon.
 
ROCKNROLL said:
Ok, lets put this into perspective,maybe I should have engineered this thread a little different...:yikes:
Ok ,you are at work in your D/D...or it could be your favorite ride,and you find that a worthless large frame bird deposited a projectile on the top of your front quarter panel, it sat there in the sun for a period of hours...when you get home, you have to take action....you find that the deposit has already started to naw into the clearcoat.....so you grab a pad or a m/f towell and your secret weapon....where do we go from here ? :rant:
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First you could do what Jared says below .... but if it did get as far as you said, then Professional Polish will take care of almost any problem with the proper applicator ;)
JaredPointer said:
For starters, you could keep a small bottle of Spray & Wipe and a MF towel in the vehicle to address bird droppings as soon as you see them.
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JaredPointer said:
For starters, you could keep a small bottle of Spray & Wipe and a MF towel in the vehicle to address bird droppings as soon as you see them.

An instance like you mentioned about "naw into the clearcoat" - if it's already etched, it is most likely going to take a heavier polish to level out the surrounding paint to "remove" the etch.

Just in general - I have been using the M105 / M205 combo on the Flex DA. That's one heck of a secret weapon.
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Is the flex machine too much for a beginning polisher ? or shout I think about a PC ?
 
ROCKNROLL said:
Is the flex machine too much for a beginning polisher ? or shout I think about a PC ?
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I don't think so. A PC is a fine machine, however I really don;t use mine anymore seeing as how I have the Flex. It does all I need, and could get by if it were the only machine I had.
 
ROCKNROLL said:
Since you brought that company up, off topic....I just got their wash bucket today,they added a grit guard....its very nice...a good play for the money !
sorry for the OT....:D
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For future reference, most bakeries get their glaze (good on donuts, not so good for filling swirls) in 5 gallon buckets. Larger places like Wally World and K Mart throw 'em away by the dozens. I've had some saved for me and they included the lids. :)

No free grit guards though. :mad:

TL
 
I agree with Jared that S&W should be standard fare for situations as you described.

Steve brought out a good point as well. PP is my go to product for this and many other kinds of problems when the vehicle is parked at home. PP is a very versatile product. I am sure that recent bird spotting you mentioned would be easy pickings for the product that solved my water etching problems that I had experienced a few years ago. PP is very pad and machine dependent. Used with proper pad and machine one will be surprised to find how much cutting power PP actually has.
 
ROCKNROLL said:
Ok, lets put this into perspective,maybe I should have engineered this thread a little different...:yikes:
Ok ,you are at work in your D/D...or it could be your favorite ride,and you find that a worthless large frame bird deposited a projectile on the top of your front quarter panel, it sat there in the sun for a period of hours...when you get home, you have to take action....you find that the deposit has already started to naw into the clearcoat.....so you grab a pad or a m/f towell and your secret weapon....where do we go from here ? :rant:
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JaredPointer said:
For starters, you could keep a small bottle of Spray & Wipe and a MF towel in the vehicle to address bird droppings as soon as you see them.
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JP gets it right, again. Add to that, try to always maintain your finish with a fresh coat of sealant or wax. As Ben said oh those many years ago...
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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. And in the case of your vehicles paint finish, prevention is always better than the cure. If the worst case presents, you have some good recommendations above.
 
For those little scratches or scuffs I whip out my Makita with a Lake Country white and some Menzerna Super Finish. It's a supremely manageable pad and polish combo that, 9 times out of 10, it gets the job done. :bigups
 
OCDinPDX said:
For those little scratches or scuffs I whip out my Makita with a Lake Country white and some Menzerna Super Finish. It's a supremely manageable pad and polish combo that, 9 times out of 10, it gets the job done. :bigups
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Thanx, I will take a look at that product ! :D
 
If I disclosed my secret weapon it would no longer be a secret now would it?

No, seriously, my secret weapon would have to be Menzerna PO205 and LC orange pads on either DA or rotary depending on severity of the issue.
 
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