what should i exchange/return

FivePoint.0 said:
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Keep what you have. M105 is a pain to work with, but you will get the hang of it. Or, you could exchange M105 for M100. M100 has all the attributes of D300(ease of use), except it cuts better, even better than M105.
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except I don't have a rotary (got the 7424), wool, or mf pads :/
 
Since I'm a noob and used m105 205 on my first detail...now currently working on my second detail I can say m105 can be hard to work with if you don't have a little experience...maybe any compound in this situation will be hard to work with especially if you lack experience . The issue I had was....I was correcting some real bad paint but didn't have the experience to know when the pad was dirty and the pad was grabbing the paint like bubble gum. I thought it was the pad need more m105 and I added more...it worked for about 20sec and same issue...on and on. Now I know that the condition of the paint plays a big roll in how long you can use one pad. I learned the hard way you can't do half or even 1/4 of a car with one pad and expect good results. In the process I read more here and decided to use a Micro Fiber pad and used compressed air to blow the pad clean between each section pass. It worked great....... M105 with MF pads on bad paint worked great and based on my one car experience(almost two) I would say go for it....but use a MF pad if you have a compressor to blow it clean but using 105 with little experience on a foam pad I would say no....or have a good understanding on how to tell it's time to change the pad. So my vote would be.....keep it all and read read read....

I got me a new used car 2009 maxima and I'm currently in the process of detailing it and the results(only my 2nd detail) are amazing. I'm using foam pads with FG 400 and SF 4000....hope to have pics up in the show and shine section in the next few days but did I say amazing yet..yeh it turned out great but only because of the posts here on this forum by thousands of people...so thanks everyone that posts in this forum in helping this noob out....Did I say amazing or wow yet :nomore: PICS coming soon.Im the MANIm the MAN
 
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drcasper said:
except I don't have a rotary (got the 7424), wool, or mf pads :/
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Several people are using it with a DA and getting great results! Yes, I've only seen it used with MF pads on a DA, but I would gather it would work great with foam pads as well.
 
Joelotto said:
Since I'm a noob and used m105 205 on my first detail...now currently working on my second detail I can say m105 can be hard to work with if you don't have a little experience...maybe any compound in this situation will be hard to work with especially if you lack experience . The issue I had was....I was correcting some real bad paint but didn't have the experience to know when the pad was dirty and the pad was grabbing the paint like bubble gum. I thought it was the pad need more m105 and I added more...it worked for about 20sec and same issue...on and on. Now I know that the condition of the paint plays a big roll in how long you can use one pad. I learned the hard way you can't do half or even 1/4 of a car with one pad and expect good results. In the process I read more here and decided to use a Micro Fiber pad and used compressed air to blow the pad clean between each section pass. It worked great....... M105 with MF pads on bad paint worked great and based on my one car experience(almost two) I would say go for it....but use a MF pad if you have a compressor to blow it clean but using 105 with little experience on a foam pad I would say no....or have a good understanding on how to tell it's time to change the pad. So my vote would be.....keep it all and read read read....

I got me a new used car 2009 maxima and I'm currently in the process of detailing it and the results(only my 2nd detail) are amazing. I'm using foam pads with FG 400 and SF 4000....hope to have pics up in the show and shine section in the next few days but did I say amazing yet..yeh it turned out great but only because of the posts here on this forum by thousands of people...so thanks everyone that posts in this forum in helping this noob out....Did I say amazing or wow yet :nomore: PICS coming soon.Im the MANIm the MAN
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thanks a lot for the lengthy write up :) by the time I start > finish my first project I will have a list of do's and don'ts and post them up for the fella that comes after me.. I've decided to keep the UC/UP from meguiar's and return the m105/205 combo . I will be getting 1500 and 4000 to have a mezerna kit, and will probably get the GG twins in my next purchase.. taking into account all the comments from pro's and nobs, the less I have to worry about a product being "difficult" the better... now my next debate is wether to return the XP and get the flex 3401 :D ... it's been raining a LOT here in SD and the wether is not detailing-frendly :/
 
drcasper said:
now my next debate is wether to return the XP and get the flex 3401 :/
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Going from a PC to a Flex requires a bit of a learning curve. IMO, You will be in for a surprise if you jump straight to a flex without the fundamentals.
 
I have both but only using the GG6 until I learn the basics and feel real comfortable using it. To me you should learn on a PC or GG6 and then move up to a move advanced tool that you can practice with based on some prior experience. You need to learn how to crawl, and walk........ and then move to the Flex in my limited experience. But on a side note...it's a smooth running machine. :props:
 
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drcasper said:
thanks a lot for the lengthy write up :) by the time I start > finish my first project I will have a list of do's and don'ts and post them up for the fella that comes after me.. I've decided to keep the UC/UP from meguiar's and return the m105/205 combo . I will be getting 1500 and 4000 to have a mezerna kit, and will probably get the GG twins in my next purchase.. taking into account all the comments from pro's and nobs, the less I have to worry about a product being "difficult" the better... now my next debate is wether to return the XP and get the flex 3401 :D ... it's been raining a LOT here in SD and the wether is not detailing-frendly :/
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Don't take anything in my post to you as a reason to return m105/205 I didn't intend that. I was telling you more about my experience and many of the pro's here use this as their primary polish. IMO it worked great with MF for a noob like me. I think having several different products including this one is the way to go as paint on different cars reacts differently to different products and
this is one of the polishes on the top of the list from what I have read so far. Just to give you an idea what I did on my first detail with the m105/205 combo and MF with very little experience and lots of learning from the great posters on this forum.

Check this out for a noob ---> http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/57743-first-detail-14yr-old-f150.html
 
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