Recent content by Jake342

+1 or +2... not sure home many yet, but the sidekick is a very powerful machine for its size!

1. Buy the same type of shelving and line them up 2. face you racks holding your five gallon containers towards the shop floor 3. cover up your unsightly barrels 4. use a lot of zipties to clean up your wiring/plumbing 5. build shelving around the equipment/products you have on...

Awesome work as always!

I like to use the wheel woolies in the places my fender well brush can't reach. Shouldn't be any reason to take your wheels off just for regular maintenance of the wheel wells. Also a diluted APC works well for me.

So as the title says... What is everyones thoughts on the two Rupes 3-inch polishers? Would you buy one over the other? Say for instance, air wasn't a big deal and the user had ample amount.

I missed the thread when it first came out, but now I'm definitely in! I'm also from Columbus so we should get hooked up sometime. I'd be willing to supply the spot for a few members to get together and do a car. I don't have a really huge shop at my house, 25x25, but it is just my detailing...

You could use the white pad with the swirl remover and then jump to a green pad with a DIFFERENT, finer polish, to further refine you buffing of the swirl remover. In my opinion, considering a white car, I believe the white pad and swirl remover will finish out nicely! But I have never tried...

Yes you could go to a green or gray pad with a polish after the swirl remover and white if there were still defects left behind. I'm not positive what paint you working on so use the least aggressive method and do a test spot. Most likely if you choose to use the swirl remover and white it will...

You will be fine with only the orange and white pads. Use the orange as the compound and white to polish if your going to be doing a two step correction. The red pad is for applying waxes/sealants and won't have any cut even if you were to match it up with a polish. I prefer to hand wax or seal...

Awesome job!

Welcome Overladen! lots of good information on the forum

Tell me about it! Luckily it will be getting fixed on Friday! Then back to detailing. :doh:

Awesome looking car! Congrats on your purchase. Also wanted one personally.

Good job. Your skills are impressive. Didn't even take an over the top car to make me say WOW.

Hello to all and welcome to my first post ever on the Geek! I'm 18 years old and just started my senior year in high school last week. I'm just a weekend perfectionist who enjoys cars and most importantly detailing. I also participate in football and track after school daily. Now that my...