2012 Dodge Challenger + Menzerna Color Lock Makeover

Robert worked almost 2 hours on the hood alone eliminating deep scratches and swirls.He is an animal and since most of a cars immediate visual is on the horizontal panels he kicked but.Detailing tip of the day: Do not use a squeegee to remove water from your car after washing.But then again that might put you guys out of work!!! Disregard my tip of the day.LOL.:nomore::buffing:
 
Pictures just about ready...

Takes a little while to go through them all, pick out the ones that are in focus, rename each picture with a numbered file name, crop out the fluff, resize to 800 pixels wide, upload into the gallery and then insert into the thread with descriptions.

Takes a little while but then the pictures are easy to see for anyone without having to go to some lame photo hosting site and struggle through some type of slide show...


Hang tight...


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LC Microfiber for the 1500

LC Flat Foam Pads for the 4000 and the Color Lock.

Just a quick note on the Color Lock Wax this product went on very easy and wipe off with no effort at all. The green rolled edge microfiber towels literally slid across the finish as you started to break open the wax.
 
Sailfish said:
LC Microfiber for the 1500

LC Flat Foam Pads for the 4000 and the Color Lock.

Just a quick note on the Color Lock Wax this product went on very easy and wipe off with no effort at all. The green rolled edge microfiber towels literally slid across the finish as you started to break open the wax.
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Thank you, do you clean those the same as the foam pads?
 
What a hot car last night!
I know that Ken left with a big smile on his face!
I work with Menzerna products and had just finished up a black SRT8 Charger so I was familiar with the paint system and hard was not the best way to describe it, I'd say like concrete hard!
But as always Menzerna did the job, finished off beautifully and the LC MF pads were a dream to work with!
The thicker pad seemed to glide right over the paint and even with the forced rotation of the Flex 3401 it was a pleasure to use!
Thumbs up to LC for coming up with that one
I was wiped out after spending two hours on the hood so I let the other guys spread the wax but it came off extremely easy and left an awesome shine!
Can't wait to add that to my Menzerna arsenal!
 
You guys used thick and thin microfiber pads , but aren't the thin ones for DA polishers and the thick ones are for rotary, is it alright to switch them up or stay with what they recommend? I only see thin ones for the Da polisher on the website. Sorry for so many questions kind of new with machine polishing , that's why I signed up for your boot camp in January.
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
We were using 90 PSI compressed air with an air squirter to blow the fiber and fluff them up again.


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Re: 2012 Dodge Challenger + Menzerna Color Lock Makeover
You guys used thick and thin microfiber pads , but aren't the thin ones for DA polishers and the thick ones are for rotary, is it alright to switch them up or stay with what they recommend? I only see thin ones for the Da polisher on the website. Sorry for so many questions kind of new with machine polishing , that's why I signed up for your boot camp in January.
 
Italian Guy said:
You guys used thick and thin microfiber pads , but aren't the thin ones for DA polishers and the thick ones are for rotary, is it alright to switch them up or stay with what they recommend?
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I've been asked a lot since microfiber pads have been introduced which pads for which tools and here's what I know...

For tools with a free floating spindle bearing assembly, the thin, stiffer microfiber pads work well.

For any of the gear-driven tools, for example rotary buffers and the Flex 3401, then microfiber pads with a thicker foam core buff better while thin microfiber pads are grabby.

By the words buff better I mean they are not grabby like the thin pads and thus it's a LOT easier to guide and glide the buffer over the paint without fighting the grabbing effect.

This is why I had both Robert and Paul test out the different types of pads on the same tools with the same products on the same paint system, so all variable were reduced to just the thickness of the pad.

Then instead of me "telling" you what's what, I suggested that anyone interested in their opinions based upon real-world experience to post to this thread and ask the guys that joined me for this project..



Italian Guy said:
I only see thin ones for the Da polisher on the website. Sorry for so many questions kind of new with machine polishing , that's why I signed up for your boot camp in January.
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Great questions!

I know people have these types of questions... that's why I set up this experiment... to provide accurate answers verified but multiple sources.



Here's Robert testing out the thick LC Ultra MF Pads and Paul testing out the thin LC Ultra MF Pads

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Sailfish said:
LC Microfiber for the 1500

LC Flat Foam Pads for the 4000 and the Color Lock.

Just a quick note on the Color Lock Wax this product went on very easy and wipe off with no effort at all. The green rolled edge microfiber towels literally slid across the finish as you started to break open the wax.
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Did you prefer the thick or thin microfiber pad and with which polisher did you prefer it with?
 
Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Then instead of me "telling" you what's what, I suggested that anyone interested in their opinions based upon real-world experience to post to this thread and ask the guys that joined me for this project..
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Thanks Mike,

I found that the thick pad from LC was much easier to work with while using the forced rotation of the Flex 3401. The LC pad was not grabby and contoured nicely with the body lines on the hood, front valance, plastic hood nose and wheel area.

Conversely the thin pad though nice was very grabby with any contour change in the body panel.

So if safe is the game I would opt for the thick pads, since I saw no real difference in the thick (LC) pads and the thin pads ability to cut into the clear coat.



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Sailfish said:
Thanks Mike,

I found that the thick pad from LC was much easier to work with while using the forced rotation of the Flex 3401. The LC pad was not grabby and contoured nicely with the body lines on the hood, front valance, plastic hood nose and wheel area.

Conversely the thin pad though nice was very grabby with any contour change in the body panel.

So if safe is the game I would opt for the thick pads, since I saw no real difference in the thick (LC) pads and the thin pads ability to cut into the clear coat.
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Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.



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Looked at the video. Unreal shine!! Looks awesome!! Great work guys
 
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