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As you know, I have a fairly cool sanding project I'm working on right now. It's this 1977 Pontiac Can Am. It has uniform horrible orange peel throughout each body panel. After I finish all the sanding, I'll be using a rotary polisher with a wool pad to buff out all the sanding marks...

You never know, the OP might like to take a fun hands-on class? Here's an older list of rotary how-to articles I've written, my guess is most of the information is just as accurate today as the day it was written. Pads, products and tools can change but techniques continue on. How to buff...

Just to chime in, the rotary polisher is an awesome tool, you just need to invest some time behind it to learn how to make it dance on paint. Wool pads, or more generically, fiber pads, always offer more cut on any type of tool, so just don't stay in one place for too long as you'll heat-up the...

Just to chime in... I trust Tunch Goren as a chemist and also an honest man. I chose to leave the geek and join the 3D team because I honestly love their products and use them professionally when I detail client cars. To say I love their products is another way of saying I love their...

***Bump*** Sending link to my good friends at Meguiar's. Mike Phillips

What did you use as a polisher? Regardless - see what I wrote here, Fibers are a form of abrasive - Foam Pads vs Microfiber Pads by Mike Phillips The way to fix it is to re-do the entire car only this time use a foam polishing pad with the UNO Protect and an orbital polisher. I would...

Here's the first car I detailed on that day... :buffing:

About a year or so ago I worked on a couple of old 2-door Fords that had been sitting in a barn for a number of years. The inside glass had some kind of film on it. Bucket List Buff - 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350 - Detailed by Mike Phillips Now that’s clean! :)

So glad you noticed this and brought this up in this thread. I just talked to Markus Parsley, the VP of IGL and he pointed out that the product is a concentrated so there is a little bit of we as consumers to read the directions and then if needed, dilute according to the directions and in...

Continued... I know Ken was interested to see some of the new tools, pads and products for machine polishing so I saved a section on the deck lid and let him polish it out. And "yes" - when the car left Autogeek it was right and tight. :props: Here's links to everything I used...

One more... This is a really nice pad for both paint correction and glass polishing. 7 inch RUPES Coarse Wool Polishing Pad I have also been using these for when I need more aggressive paint correction. These pads come in multiple sized, you can find them here, RUPES Wool Polishing...

More... Nope. My guess is any product on the market that actually does contain Cerium Oxidie is going to BOAST about this feature on the front label. Cerium Oxide is a Rare Earth Mineral. It's a unique abrasive set for abrading glass to remove defects without leaving any of it's own defects...

Now I understand. :cheers: To date, I'm not a user of the NEW RUPES coarse blue foam CP pads. The pads I show here, Review: RUPES NEW Contour Profile DA Foam Pads I love the yellow and white foam pads. I just find the "new" blue foam cutting pads are just a tick too hard and tend to...

Here's context for the colors... Almost weird? :)

Dark blues really showcase body lines and also metal trim. Here's an old school car in the same color temperature and like this Maserati, the color really showcases the car. Wetsanding - 1947 Ford Coupe Streetrod - Remove Orange Peel by Mike Phillips It is a tough choice. Both tools are...

Yes. Whenever I can use foam and it makes sense, I prefer foam. Sometimes fiber makes more sense for speed and efficiency because fibers are a form of abrasive. Fiber pads are like a coin. A coin has two sides. 1: One side of the Fiber Coin is it cuts faster because fibers are a form of...

I've read that somewhere before? The Professional Detailer's Hippocratic Oath Sometimes it's better to learn to live with a paint defect than to try to remove the defect. It's a case of turning a Mole Hill into a Mountain. Almost sad to say I have an article on this too... Don't turn a...

First... Paint cleaners only clean the surface of paint. They do not remove defects and they do not leave any protection behind. A cleaner/wax or AIO will do EVERYTHING a paint cleaner will do AND can remove defects and also leave protection behind. I've never used paint cleaners in my...

:updated: Here's an updated article with my personal pad recommendations for any of the BEAST family of tools with the larger backing plate. Mike Phillips recommended foam pads for the FLEX Family of BEAST 8mm Gear-Driven Orbital Polishers Foam pad options... Microfiber pad...

Re: Flex 3401 Chris Metcalf from FLEX North America says their are multiple reasons the original is being discontinued. From memory, 1: New model is improved, Quieter. Lighter. Smoother. Cooler. 2: Handle breaking was an issue on the original version, for example if the tool was...