Recent content by wild.bill

My car is like this every spring. First thing is don't touch any painted area. I get the windows clean enough to move it. When its near water I rinse it down, then hit it with a foam canon and let it sit for about 5 minutes, and then rinse it down again. Now its clean enough to touch so you can...

In bought my PC as a sander at Lowes and it came with a 6" backing plate that takes paper with a sticky back. I usually use 100 or 120 grit with it. It works better than any palm sander that I have ever used. Its also a great way to learn to keep it flat because it will try to walk on you if...

use a 12 gauge extension cord and the motor will run cooler

I have a Flex 3401 and a PC

07 Vette

Same thing happened to mine, so now I just use it without the handle.

The car that I did last week I did not get all the pine sap spots out because they were deep enough that I could feel them and in some spots could see that I would be through the clear before they came out. Good luck with your new hobby

I am sure there are many who will not agree with me, but if you are new to using a DA stay away from things that are more aggressive. You can always make two - three or more passes which is better than doing any damage. When I got my Vette there was a scratch that I made 9 passes on before it...

Welcome, I live a little south of you in Acton Ma. I did a car a few weeks ago with M105 that was not scratched quite as much as yours. I had excellent luck using 4" pads on the PC for the bad and hard to reach spots. You can make the 6 1/2" pads work, it just takes more passes to get there...

You can change the backing plate on the Flex to a smaller on that will take the 5 1/2" pads, but I like the 6 1/2" pads. on the Flex. You will see lots of people that like to use the 5 1/2" plates on the Porter Cable buffer because it has much...

Hi, I am new here as well and just went through the process of deciding what I needed for a car that has a hard clear coat and needed a lot of work. With the wide range of products available its not easy to decide what to use, and I found that I needed to start by asking myself what was I...

Hi, Just joined the forum a few weeks back and just received my first order from AG. I have a vette that I detail for shows and I do my DD and friends cars. Everyone likes pictures so here are a few from a friends car that I just did in the last couple of days. Its been raining so the after...

I was talking about the PC kits with 6.5" pads being sold, and I have heard about and own a rotary (with 7" pads) and a Flex. Use them when I want more or faster cut rather then smaller pads on the PC for large area's. I only use smaller pads on the PC when focusing and a small problem area. I...

I use the porter cable with 6.5" pads all the time with no probles. What no one has said yet is that the technique used is a large part of the results. I have put some tape on my backing plate so I can always see how fast its rotating. You did not say what setting you had it on. At low setting...