Recent content by paul914

I have seen posts on this before but I cant find a definitive answer. Here in Southern California we get tons of what I understand to be bee droppings. They are small and yellow, sometimes a little brown when they dry. They get everywhere, and basically after cleaning my car there is usually...

I got a 5" backing plate and tried a couple different pad combos with the smaller plate. I used a B&S Uro-Fiber, and a 3D purple polishing pad. I felt like the Uro-Fiber gave a lot of vibrations and I didn't get any additional power from the thinner pad. The purple polishing pad from 3D was a...

Thanks for all the replies. I got it today and used it on my hood, which has some contours to it, and a fender to get a feel for it. I don't have new pads, so I just used what I had with the 6" backing plate. Started with a purple foamed wool, then an orange CCS pad, the older thicker ones...

I have been wanting to buy a new polisher for years. My last purchase was a Flex 3401 about 10 years ago. With the recent tool sale I bought the XFE-7 15-150. I was hoping to use it so I could polish my cars with a smoother polisher, and get into the long throw polishers that have gained so...

Re: NEW FLEX Cordless Polishers! It would be interesting to know if it works the same as the corded version. I heard the larger battery gives you the similar power to the corded version and the smaller battery gives a little less. These issues were covered in a recent review. This video may...

Re: NEW FLEX Cordless Polishers! Hopefully Im not veering too far off of the original intent of this post. It seems you have experience with the corded version, but according to this review the corded version is basically a wax spreader itself: FLEX XFE 7-15 REVIEW - YouTube Even with...

I just wanted to follow up on this incase someone else runs into the same issue. I looked at the video link and found it was my lighting angle. I posted some pics on this post to show, I took my lights and held them at an angle. Then I looked at an angle. I was able to find the swirls this...

Thanks for the follow up, pics, and the link. I have tried it with the lights out and totally dark in the garage. I will mess around with it some more tonight and see what I can do. I will watch the video too. It has to be a technique issue on my part. Thanks for the pics too.

Pictures say a thousand word right? I attached some pics of my equipment. Is this light in the pic what your referring to? That is what I used before my recent purchase of the Scangrip. I have used that light countless times on several cars, but on these new ones it wasn't cutting it...

Thanks for the advice. I have been holding them at about a 2-3' distance. I took a picture of me holding the Sunmatch 2 light so you could see the distance I am at. In my troubleshooting I have tried several angles. When I tried the other night I had all lights off in the garage, it was...

Thank you for the reply. I am not too concerned with getting it 100% corrected. I do like getting a good result when I polish though. The problem is, that I can't get it to the finish I want because I can't see what I am doing. I have not detailed in the sun yet with these cars (although I...

Also.. I would take a pic in the sun but its been cloudy all week. Thanks!

Hi, I know there are are some other posts on swirl finding, but I was hoping I could get some help walking through my situation. i have two 2017 Honda’s, one in White with metallic flakes and one in Silver with metallic flakes. I can see swirls in the sunlight but I was having trouble...