Ty you'll love the GG, and it'll make you wonder why you didn't get one long before now.
The saving grace of only going with a polish is that you can use pads with heavier cut. Now take Megs 205 for instance, it's not the lightest cutting polish out there and as such it can do some correcting on it's own.
(That is a GOOD thing!) :xyxthumbs:
What I'm getting at is even with the orange pads, a polish doesn't do a lot of cutting. Then for another vehicle you can use them with compound and get more cut.
For that matter there a LOT of different choices, just within the Meguiar's stable that offer cutting capabilities from a lot, to middle of the road, to almost none at all. (
Well some stuff actually doesn't have any cut at all.)
Here's one chart of Megs products Left side = most cut, to Right side = least cut:
Here's another that has a number of products:
Bottom line is there is no *right* or *wrong* pad/compound/polish combination that'll give you a bad result, to the point where you can't fix it. That Ty is the fun of it all. Try this, try that, and you'll come up with what YOU like to work with.
Since 101 came out it has become a serious contender. So much so that guys have stopped using 105 and just reaching for 101. I'm guilty of that myself quite often.
With that I'd like to say I've been working on my Caddy this week,
which has stupidly hard paint BTW! Figured I'd give it a good buff and try some new sealants on her. (
Going to do some side by sides of BF Crystal Seal & WG Deep Gloss Liquid Seal.) Now the Caddy normally spends its time outside, 24/7 and hardly ever gets driven. Just sits in the driveway with all the weather, leaves and sticks, beating down on it (
and getting into all the nooks and crannies). Last time it was detailed and buffed at all was fall of 2011.
In working on the horizontal (worst) surfaces I found that I needed much more than a polish and first started to reach for 101 then told myself I'd save that for customers cars. In doing so,
I have fallen in love with 105 yet again!!! None of the problems with 105 drying out and/or balling up have bothered me at all. Even had to break out yellow pads to get to the stubborn stuff and get it done, and its just working perfectly. Its scary actually.... because the paint is so hard, (AND SILVER)... it is finishing down unbelievably nice for such an aggressive pad/compound combo. :dunno: Had you told me it would finish down like it is doing I'd have told you you were nuts! Then again... it may just be me (and being comfortable with 105).
So yeah... you might find yourself working with a polish and a cutting pad, or working with a compound and a soft pad. Just never know till you get into it. That Ty is where the fun of it is, and why we all spend so much time obsessing with it all. :buffing: :laughing:
