Recent content by coop creek

Thanks for the reassurance, everyone. I see that he (Brian) has a following, I went here because I wanted some outside/unbiased information. Yes, we have very hard water here, I did not realize this was a particular issue with coatings. Thanks again.

I am back. I got a lot of help from this forum some time ago and I can now polish my Harley without issues. After getting through the learning curve of machine polishing, I have not had an interest in learning how to do a ceramic coating. So I have a new, gray Lexus NX, and I would like to have...

OK, so this is a follow up on my issue polishing the concave surfaces of this fairing with a Griot's G8 and 3'" pads. The fairing really has no flat surfaces, it is either convex or concave, and it's hard to keep the pad spinning. I did a number of things differently this time. First, I...

Mike, when you are sanding glass shouldn"t you be wearing something to protect your lungs?

I have a Griot's 3" backing plate, the vented one pictured in the link in post 4, that came with the G8 machine. When I am polishing the batwing fairing on my Street Glide (Harley) the pad stalls or chatters when I try to polish the concave area, requiring me to hold the pad at all kinds of...

thanks everyone, that's what I was looking for.

yes, I bought this for my Griots G8 random orbital polisher and of course, it doesn't fit because it is for a ROTARY tool, duh. Is there a way to make it fit or should I just return it or give it away?

yes, I got the samples today, thanks again. The Wolfgang polish is easy to use and leaves a perfect finish. the other product was leaving haze and scratches. I don't think technique explains it. It's the polish.

Here's an update, I polished the whole bike today with Wolfgang finishing glaze. This stuff is really, really good. It got out all the hazing and tiny scratches on the batwing faring that were left/caused by Chemical Guys V38. I did 4 or 5 passes I think. I did all the other...

Mike, thankyou very much

I have a Griot's 3" polisher and I'm using Griot's 3" black foam finishing pads. I stopped working on the bike to think a little while I'm waiting for Wolfgang polish.... I've put the paint cleaner aside and I'm concentrating on the machine polishing which is causing haze. there's a bunch of...

So this is really enlightening information, especially about the amount of technique required for hand polishing. It's possible the scratches are occurring when I'm wiping off the paint cleaner. I'm using really nice microfiber towels. I might be putting on too much product or not letting it...

It's acting like it has abrasives in it, either I'm doing something wrong or it's the wrong product for the paint.