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Is Optimum Hyper Polish water based product? I'm trying to determine which Lake Country polishing pads to get and noticed they have Hydro-Tech pads for water based products. Otherwise I was thinking of buying the flat 5.5" pads. Also I noticed they have 3 different polishing pads for flat...

Another question I have is Optimum Hyper Polish water-based polish? If so should I be buying this Lake Country pad? Lake Country Hydro-Tech 5 1/2 x 7/8 Inch Foam Pads 3 Pack - Your Choice!

I looked on Auto Geek and for Lake Country pads I only see 5.5" flat pads but not 4" flat pads. Also I didn't see any red 5.5" Lake Country flat pads. I noticed there are 3 different levels of polish pads. Should I also get/need the blue pads? For the Hyper Polish, perhaps I'm not searching...

Thank you ski2. I'll do some more reading but I've learned that it's always better to learn through those who's been through the experience so more than likely I'll take the great advices given on this thread! For DG105, I assume you should also get the bonding agent? I would like to take...

Very nice. Had I known about all the things you could do to make your car look new again I would have kept my 2002 Acura TL-S longer. In my opinion it was still in great condition but if I could do what you could do to bring the shine and polish back I probably would have kept it for few more...

LOL! Thank you for the good advice and sharing your great knowledge! :dblthumb2:

Thanks for the tip on the Optimum Hyper Polish. Only reason I had 64oz was that was the only size I saw but it seems other sizes are available. I thought that was rather huge, LOL! :p Also Buff & Shine pads are indeed 5.5". My mistake for putting 5". I'll take a look at lake country foam but I...

I'm going to wash it at the touch-less drive through and come home and do hand wash using Optimum No Rinse. So claying in cold weather is ok? What is DG 105? Today it is 11 degrees outside and it's 31 degrees in my garage without any heater. If I pick a little warmer day and use space heater...

Thank you for the article. I'll read it when I get home. When I was asking about if you should do Opti-Coat first or PPF first opinions seemed to vary but to me it makes sense to get the paint polished and coat it first. I would've prefer to have all of these done by the same installer...

LOL. Yeah my wife thinks I'm nuts for wanting to wash the car in the garage and now she'll see me returning bunch of stuff even before I use it. :D Dewalt was a smoking black friday deal which was ~$110 so not sure if that'll fund any thing much. If I return that and the 3M pads, compound and...

All - How is this package? Optimum Porter Cable 7424 Kit Remove swirl marks and paint flaws Is there a similar package using Griots Garage GG 6"?

Thank you for all your guidance at Club Lexus. I had few more questions I wanted to ask the experts. I'd never thought there was so much to detailing a car! :)

Thank you Mark for all your inputs. Great people like you make sites like this very worth-while! I'm assuming Collinite 845 can be applied in below freezing temps? I'm planning to return all the stuff I bought and get the Porter Cable 7424XP, or the Griots Garage GG 6" as you recommend. Are...

I was wanting to go with Xpel Ultimate but installer talked me into Suntek Self Healing film. I was planning to have it installed middle of January sometime. They seem to be about the same with Xpel having longer warranty but installer said he'll warranty for life. When I asked him if having...

Thank you. I guess I'll be returning bunch of stuff I just bought! My wife will think I'm little more crazy now.... LOL! :D

Understood. I guess I'll probably have to to wait until spring to do both Opti-Coat 2.0 and PPF. :( It sounds like 3M products and Dewalt 849x buffer may not be the right tools also based on some comments here. I tried to get this done professionally but price was ~$800 and I thought it wasn't...

I just purchased the Dewalt 849x from Amazon during Black Friday special for ~ $110. What do you mean by serious damage? What is the proper way to use this type of buffer? I guess I didn't know the difference. Also why do you indicate 3M ultra fine polisher may not be safe? I won't use the...

I do also have 60,000 btu weber propane grill in the garage I could use to heat up. :) It gets little more complicated since I want to do the paint protection film soon. I would like to polish and opti-coat before they PPF the full bumper, full hood and full fender. If opti-coat can't be...

Thank you for your reply! I really appreciate it. My garage is not heated although it is indoors and I could put my space heater near by. I don't think the temperature in the garage would be more than 30 or 40 degrees. Thanks for confirming that no compounding is needed for brand new car.

Hi, This is my first post and I'm hoping someone here can provide me with some guidance as I'm pretty new to all of this. I just purchase brand new 2014 Lexus IS350 and I would like to Opti-Coat 2.0 which I purchased from AutoGeek.net. Since I live in MN where temperatures are currently...