Recent content by flyboylr45

I also just ordered an iBrid nano long neck. This detailing thing is a slippery road, pretty much like my other hobbies. ;-).

I was really happy with the results I guess I should've just used all Rupes products from the beginning. I did polish the car with HD Poxy and a white Rupes pad and it turned out great. Super easy to remove the Poxy after letting it sit for about an hour.

I know I'm a little late on this thread, but since there was a discussion on the C7 here is the sticker from mine. Is there a special way to take care of the Napa leather inserts? I assume this is real leather. Any suggestions?

Initially they were Rupes pads. I'm glad to say that I went to a local distributor and he took a look at the car and suggested the UHS combo. It worked awesome. I'll take some pics tomorrow as its raining right now. I really like the UHS with the gray pad. ;-).

So, today I've been trying to get the swirl marks out with the Rupes 15 and HD Adapt. I started using the green pad and the Adapt. At one point I was kind of satisfied with the results, but it wasn't perfect. Then, the green pad disintegrated. Now I'm stuck using the blue pad, and been getting...

Here is mine in the garage.

Well, I pulled the trigger. Bought a Rupes 15 MK2. Already sold my Makita 9227C and have the Festool up for sale. Those 2 will pay for the Rupes. Going to detail the car next week when I get back from a business trip. I'll post some pics of before/after. Thanks guys for your help.

So just for my sake of knowing, you guys don't think the Festool will remove these swirl marks? I'm using LC CCS pads with it. Should I even try it? When I did this on the Mustang, I used the Makita polisher. I'm just a little "chicken" on doing it with the Vette.

Well, yes. I also believe in buying good once. So if the Rupes is better than the GG then that's what I'll get. Now, I assume there's a billion opinions on the 15 vs the 21. Dare I ask, any suggestions? My two cars are my wife's Honday Odyssey, a 2014 that's in need of a major detailing, and my...

Now, before I go spending another $$$, you don't think I can get good results with the Festool? If I have to, I'll get the tool required, specially for this car. I know Festool is known mostly for woodworking, but for someone like myself that does this to his cars only, is the difference going...

Well, just placed an order of HDadapt. I'm going to give it a try on Wednesday when it arrives. If it works, I assume I can go straight to a wax or do I need to do the HDspeed and then the wax?

Gotta start somewhere. lol I'm surprised I even remembered the login.

The car is a 2016 Corvette. The Makita is a rotary and the Festool is both, rotary and RO. I'm stuck as I feel I worked the paint pretty good, at least longer than I ever have and nothing on the results.

Hello, I recently bought a new car and today I tried taking the swirl marks off. I used Poorboy's SSR 1, 2.5, and 3 to no avail. I used LC pads with a Makita polisher and a Festool RO150. The only thing I can think of is that the polisher's useful life has expired. I tried these same procedures...