Recent content by bcsteeve

I dunno... I kind of think I'll cut this habit short before I get too far in :) The amount of effort I put into that, I don't think I'll be too inclined to just go try random products. It seems, from what I read, by the time I find something that "works for me", it probably isn't even about...

I ended up doing the opposite. I spot polished the worst spots with meguiars ultimate compound and the orange pad... although that seemed to do very little... then I did the whole car with a white pad and ultimate polish... which also seemed to do very little. That took a LONG time, and I...

No, I'm using a 5 inch with chemical Brothers quantum pass... 5.5 inch I think they were sold as.

Thanks for the tip about marking the backing plate. I *thought* I could see it turning, but after marking I now see how easy it is to stop it from spinning. I hit it again and I think it has diminished the appearance at least a little. I'll do a few more passes today.

Pfft... nevermind. Apparently my photography skills are worse than my detailing skills, because I can't get a photo of the scratch. I took several pictures and you'd swear there's no scratch, but I can see it in person.

It is a Tesla Model S. I have not done a mark, but I can see it spinning. The area I was talking about is about a foot by six inches. I put 4 pea sized blobs of compound on the pad. I'll add a photo in a few minutes.

Alright, now what am I doing wrong? I've got a long but very fine scratch that's bothered me, so I thought I'd start there. By "fine", I mean it feels perfectly smooth to my touch. I certainly can't catch a nail on it at all, and if I close my eyes and feel with my finger/nail I couldn't tell...

I picked up a 2 year old car that has - in my estimation - very poor condition paint for its age. There are rock chips that I realize I can't do anything about other than paint, but there are also many fine (and not so fine) scratches. I recently purchased a porter cable DA on the cheap, went...

Until now, "detail" to me meant washing the car and then wiping down the inside too :) So this is my first attempt at really caring for my car. This is the first car I've really wanted to care for. I just finished going over all the paint with a clay bar. Now that I'm done, I'm wondering if...