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Re: Pictures & Comments: 2021 February 3-Day Detailing Bootcamp Class More.... Sunday Morning - Wetsanding by hand and machine plus Mike Phillips Scuff & Buff Technique 1963 Plymouth Fury Drag Car - Brand new basecoat/clearcoat paint job 1937 Ford Slantback Streetrod...

Here's an article I wrote that discusses and shows what I've termed the ghosting footprint for any brand of orbital polisher, free spinning or gear driven. The pictures use a 21mm to show this ghosting footprint because the LARGER measurement is simply easier to capture with a camera. The...

Hi Tony and welcome to AutogeekOnline! :welcome: First - It would be great to see a picture of your Dragster! Second - there are a LOT of ceramic options on the market today. It will make your head spin trying to research them all. One of the easiest coatings to use are what most of us...

Sure. There's a little bit more backing on the back of the pad than the size of the factory FLEX 3401 backing plate but it's a complete, 100% NON-ISSUE. I turn and churn the OLD RUPES foam pads on the BEASTS all the time. The OLD RUPES foam pads work GREAT on all the FLEX BEASTS - the...

:updated: The Ram Truck has arrived. Truck looks good under Florescent lights... I wiped-off a corner of the hood so I could do the baggie test and inspect for swirls. The paint feels ROUGH like sandpaper This truck sits outside a body shop every day. What's that mean? I...

Just to chime in, The housing where the factory 5" backing plate attaches IS 5" in diameter. You can see that via this picture Here's another view... It would require a major major engineering design to create an adapter that would fit the 5" diameter housing to then hold a...

More..... The Supa Beast and the CBEAST will ship with a 4 7/8" backing plate. Let's just call it a 5" backing plate. There is an optional 5 3/4" backing plate, let's just call it a 6" backing plate. IF YOU WANT TO TURN AND CHURN THE LARGER SIZE FOAM PADS ON THE Supa BEAST and the...

Just to add.... Here's a really simple approach that would also get you into machine polishing. If you're going to take care of your own car - sooner or later you're going to want to get into machine polishing as hand polishing is for the most part a waster of time, energy and resources...

Nothing wrong with using a paint cleaner, but for all the time and work, you might as well use a REAL polish and get ALL the benefits of a paint cleaner PLUS you'll remove any minor paint defects. There's always been so much confusion over paint cleaners that I finally wrote an article for this...

Makes sense now. Looks great considering it's not paint but a plastic membrane. :dblthumb2:

If you've never machine sanded but have confidence that there's plenty of paint - it's safer than hand sanding because the sanding marks will be more uniform in depth and overall. You'll need something like a Porter Cable polisher with a 5" or 6" backing plate. An interface pad and the disc...

Just to add... When foam gets wet with product - it becomes SOFT and loses its cut. When foam gets wet with product - the liquid IN the pad hold HEAT into the pad and this plus the violent action of an orbital polisher, plus pressure plus TIME destorys pads. Your pads will last longer if you...

Swap out pads often. I talk and write about this topic more than anyone in the car detailing world. My guess is I also have more articles on the topic too... This is from 2015 How many pads do I need to buff out my car? How many pads do you need with an AIO or cleaner/wax? Lots of info...

Thanks and welcome to AGO! :welcome: Here's your picture, Nice! :dblthumb2:

See what I wrote about pads with designs in the face of the pad here, HELP! Can't finish down without micro-marring on 2015 Ram 2500 The Meguiar's SMAT Twins are good for hard paint. If the Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound is older than a year - I'd probably not use it on car paint. :bolt...

Here's the nutshell answer. Fibers are a form of abrasives. Fiber pads will CUT paint better than foam. So "yes" a microfiber pad will work better to remove any defect better than foam. Here's the problem - because each of the fibers that make up any fiber pad can CUT the paint, (even...

More... Okay, let me use the "quote" formatting function of a vBulletin forum to breakdown the questions and answer them.... By the word DETAILING For the truck, Waterless wash with SONAX Glass Cleaner - PJ did wash it at a Coin-Op before arriving. Clay - Pinnacle Ultra Fine Clay...

Oh my gosh! I think they would be a tick on the difficult side to wring out. The point of their humongous GSM and size is you DON'T wring them out. You don't need to. They hold enough water that like I said in my review, So these work differently than the old school leather chamois or...

Here's the other Z28 I dried using the larger towel after washing. The larger towel had PLENTY of room for more water even after drying a full size GM car. And "no" the paint, wheels and tires did NOT look like you see above after just washing. There were a few other things done to it...

One more thing... I was impressed enough with this towel that I'm going to re-take pictures and updated this article to include these towels. Things you need to wash a ceramic coated car by Mike Phillips I love and use flat weave waffle drying towels like the Guzzlers you see on the cart...