Recent content by gulfcoaster

I did clean the pads on the fly, using a microfiber towel and hand pressure while spinning the disk--Like I have seen Mike Phillips do in his instructional videos. Still a lot of gunk on the pads and the microfibers were essentially caked flat by the Ultimate Compound polish. (referring to Lake...

5" pads don't come in till next week but today we had a break in the rain. So I used my 3" pads on the hood and front fenders. A ton of paint defects and oxidation came off in the pads--should have taken photos of pads for the thread. Will be easier next time with 5" pads--I learned today that...

<p>1st time trying a DA polisher</p>

Progress Report: First time was a small success! Well I tried to upload photos to an album to show the results inline, but AGO was unable to upload photos at this time-- I'll try that feature another time. Photos attached however. Test subject: 17 year old white Jeep with some obvious...

<p>1st time trying a DA polisher.</p>

Awesome, Eldorado!--just in time, I was about to head to the store! Money and frustration saved! -- I'll just make due with my 3" Lake Contry pad and backing plate then until the larger Lake Country Backing Plate arrives in a week or so.

Thanks for the added suggestions here, I can certainly try the lighter polishing out first. Since I don't have any other products to play around with for a bit, I'll probably pick up a bottle of polishing liquid and another clay bar locally and do some test areas on at least the older Jeep with...

Gentlemen, thanks for the advice. I'll order 5" LC pads and some Ultimate Polish before starting in. Likely get a Nanoskin Autoscrub DA pad and hand pad. I have a newer 08 BMW with silver paint in very good condition. And a 98 Jeep Wrangler with good but aged white paint. I expect I should...

Hey all, I'm new to detailing and have not yet found info on how and whether I need to strip the existing wax off before doing a paint correction. I bought the following products: 1. DA polisher (Harbor Freight with 6" flexible backing plate) 2. Meguiars Ultimate Compound 3. 3" Lake Country DA...