4 Part Process Still Has Swirls?

Oh yeah, after I left her place, look what I had to drive down up in the hills to my familes ranch. Think I'm a happy camper when I have to drive my vehicle there? NOT

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woah was that crack in the windshield there before?! what happen!!??!!
 
87rx7chick said:
woah was that crack in the windshield there before?! what happen!!??!!
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Yes. My Mazda has TWO cracks in the windshield. It's called the state & counties down here never clean up the expressway. There are so many construction trucks driving on all the roads down here that they never have a tarp over them so crap is always on the roads. I'm sure you get the point.

btw - did you join the Texas Mazda Club?
 
SRHTX said:
Yes. My Mazda has TWO cracks in the windshield. It's called the state & counties down here never clean up the expressway. There are so many construction trucks driving on all the roads down here that they never have a tarp over them so crap is always on the roads. I'm sure you get the point.

btw - did you join the Texas Mazda Club?
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no mazda club yet. i been to busy with holidays and cleaning house and eating left overs.

btw , im looking for a used flex lol, if you know any one. of course no one is going to be selling their flex, since its such an awesome tool
 
Good luck on finding a used Flex.

btw - how is the paint looking on the RX-7? I went by to see Anthony & Ron on Friday but, they were closed.
 
SRHTX said:
Good luck on finding a used Flex.

btw - how is the paint looking on the RX-7? I went by to see Anthony & Ron on Friday but, they were closed.
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paint looks great, it looks like i didnt work enough on one headlight but other then that i'm ready for 205 and finalizing, heck i dont even know if i will need 205, i'll bring it buy anthony with all my black friday goodies and see what he says. i bought 6 different type of lake countery buff pads including the foam/wool you let me use, the purple one!
i think i orderd 2 orange one white one green and 2 gray.. i think, forget though!!!

i'll know on friday when the items come in.
 
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update.

got my flex in on friday. had some time finally today to test out my new toys,

since i used 105 with LC purple wool/foam pad i didnt have much of anything to really correct, while in my garage under fluro lights i noticed some haze surrounding the lights so i knew i needed to follow up with the next step, but there were no concerning swirls/spiderweb marks or even any noticeable trace of 105 OR the wool pad!!!

i used 205 with green LC ccs as directed on bottle. 3 heavy passes and 2-3 lighter passes.

i am working in the garage due to the weather, cold, foggy, damp and just miserable outside. after doing test area with green and 205 i was very pleased. the "hazing" around the fluro light reflection was cut in half and almost completely gone!!! the paint looked much deeper in color and i fell in love all over again!!!!


products that i have to follow up with are as follows(yes i know some of them do the same job):

poor boys polish and seal (came with flex)
poor boys EX-P (came with flex)
opti-poli-seal
meguiars NXT 2.0 "wax"
3m show car paste wax

i thought to my self "wow i dont have a glaze i'm missing a step"

so today i went to autozone. i remember them having a profesional line product from meguiars, the light tan bottle. but i forgot what product they had so i went down there with my fingers crossed.

sure enough they had #7 show car glaze!!!!!!!!! i was so so happy that i could pick some up since i dont have enough time before the show to order black hole or pinical cleansing lotion or any of the amazing products available for this glazing step pre-seal/pre-wax, post polish


so my next step is to use the #7 show glaze, then follow up with sealer (pb ex-p, pb polish and seal or opti-poly-seal) then follow up with a wax (3m show car paste wax or nxt)

Im the MAN Im the MAN

unfortunatly only pads i have are orange, white, green, black.

so i could apply glaze with green or black, and then apply the seal with black, and apply the wax by hand or with black
Feed back please


NOTE :
i know there are better products out there and yes i will buy them as well as more LC pads, but right now this is what i have and what i have done already!!!
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Your welcome. :laughing: :D :p

btw - it's not "that cold" there. I see it's about 55 there right now (5PM) where it's 74 down here. It will be in the 60s around Tuesday thru the rest of the week. You will be able to practice some more on the RX-7.
 
it was 49 outside my house and it was 55 in my garage but i got it up to 60, its chilly to me and the fog/moisture in the air made it difficult to use detail spray. i left condensation on the paint every time my hand touched too.

55 may not be "cold" to alot of people. but it is a bit chilly to me. so i worked in the garage.


btw please read my above thread #67 i'd really love some feed back
87rx7chick said:
so my next step is to use the #7 show glaze, then follow up with sealer (pb ex-p, pb polish and seal or opti-poly-seal) then follow up with a wax (3m show car paste wax or nxt)

Im the MAN Im the MAN

unfortunatly only pads i have are orange, white, green, black.

so i could apply glaze with green or black, and then apply the seal with black, and apply the wax by hand or with black
Feed back please


NOTE :
i know there are better products out there and yes i will buy them as well as more LC pads, but right now this is what i have and what i have done already!!!
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"87rx7chick" looks like your finding your process, products, tools, technique & good luck with your new skills.

I think that what Steve did by helping out another member here was more than COOL & you should be recognized for going above board to help her (87rx7chick) out. Cudo's to you Steve & it's people like you that STEP-UP that makes this world a better place. :dblthumb2:
 
87rx7chick said:
update.

so my next step is to use the #7 show glaze, then follow up with sealer (pb ex-p, pb polish and seal or opti-poly-seal) then follow up with a wax (3m show car paste wax or nxt)


unfortunatly only pads i have are orange, white, green, black.

so i could apply glaze with green or black, and then apply the seal with black, and apply the wax by hand or with black



NOTE :
i know there are better products out there and yes i will buy them as well as more LC pads, but right now this is what i have and what i have done already!!!
:buffing:
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The M07 Show Car Glaze is a very oily product, (it's supposed to be), and my personal experience is that it doesn't apply well with a really soft finishing pad, it's just too gushy. So if you want to apply by machine try a polishing pad like your white polishing pad. For the Flex 3401, probably a speed setting around the 3 or 4 would owrk best.

You could also apply by hand using a clean, soft foam or microfiber applicator pad.

Couple of tips,

Thin application
Apply a thin coat to a panel at a time and then remove with a clean, soft microfiber polishing cloth.

A panel = a Door, or a Hood, or Fender

Don't let it dry
#7 doesn't not need to dry nor should you allow it to dry, it's a WOWO non-abrasive pure polish or glaze.

Remove in stages
Usually if I use this product I would apply to a panel then get most of it off the panel and then make a second and maybe even a third pass, that is don't try to rub it 100% off from each square inch you're working on in real-time. Remove most of it off the panel, it's okay is you leave behind a few smears here and then just get most of it off, and the re-wipe the panel and be sure to fold you microfiber to a clean, fresh side.


Been around since the Model T
M07 Has bee around since the early 1920's and the head chemist at Meguiar's told me he's never touched the formula, so the only one that has created and modified the formula over all these years would be Frank Meguiar Jr. and after him Malcolm Meguiar, both of whom are no longer with us.


The glass bottle to the far left is only post-WWII but it's been around since the 1920's. The bottle second from the right came out during the transition of the name change from Sealer & Reseal Glaze to Show Car Glaze.

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detaildave said:
"87rx7chick" looks like your finding your process, products, tools, technique & good luck with your new skills.

I think that what Steve did by helping out another member here was more than COOL & you should be recognized for going above board to help her (87rx7chick) out. Cudo's to you Steve & it's people like you that STEP-UP that makes this world a better place. :dblthumb2:
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:wow: :cruisin:
 
87rx8chick Dont discredit the Poorboy's stuff... I absolutely love EX-P sealant and it's priced well. The glaze has been impressive everytime I have used it but it is an extra step for most. Throw some natty's red on top of the EX-P it for a big :xyxthumbs:.

How was the Foam-wool purple LC pad to use? I need to try this one out. I am also gonna have to pick up some 205/105 I think.... I just hear to much good stuff about them. I have been playing with the PB SSR line up... and have used Poli-seal a ton customers cars.

Little trick for guys using Poli-seal... Add 1 ounce of opti-seal to the poliseal and mix well for extra protection and longevity out of your AIO! Check the optimum boards for the exact mix ratio.
 
Da Fats said:
87rx8chick Dont discredit the Poorboy's stuff... I absolutely love EX-P sealant and it's priced well. The glaze has been impressive everytime I have used it but it is an extra step for most. Throw some natty's red on top of the EX-P it for a big :xyxthumbs:.

How was the Foam-wool purple LC pad to use? I need to try this one out. I am also gonna have to pick up some 205/105 I think.... I just hear to much good stuff about them. I have been playing with the PB SSR line up... and have used Poli-seal a ton customers cars.

Little trick for guys using Poli-seal... Add 1 ounce of opti-seal to the poliseal and mix well for extra protection and longevity out of your AIO! Check the optimum boards for the exact mix ratio.
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i didnt discredit anything. did i? i used both ex-p and polish-seal on my car in the last 2 days....

105 and 205 are amazing

lake country CCS pads are also amazing.


i dont know about only using one brand for everything. not one brand can be amazing at everything can they? maybe they can but i just like trying new things

and besides, if your compound and polish work so well and create SUCH a glossy surface. everything else just.. well i honestly couldnt see much of an improvement from 105 to 205 to polish seal to seal to wax... it all looked the same because the polish and foam/wool pad were just SOOO good!!!!!! and the tool of course !!!
 
87rx7chick said:
well i honestly couldnt see much of an improvement from 105 to 205 to polish seal to seal to wax... it all looked the same because the polish and foam/wool pad were just SOOO good!!!!!! and the tool of course !!!
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he he he............ :props:
 
Wish I had done a littel more research before pulling the trigger onthe pc xp but oh well... I think a rotary is soon going to be in my future and hopefully Asphalt Rockett will be good enough to give me a couple pointers to speed me through the learning curve. I would love to be able to finish out my vehicles with a rotary like he does :)

If I could go back I'd probably get the griots from wha tI am reading about it lately.

Has anyone tried the 6.5 foamed wool pads on the PC ?
 
Da Fats said:
Wish I had done a littel more research before pulling the trigger onthe pc xp but oh well... I think a rotary is soon going to be in my future and hopefully Asphalt Rockett will be good enough to give me a couple pointers to speed me through the learning curve. I would love to be able to finish out my vehicles with a rotary like he does :)

If I could go back I'd probably get the griots from wha tI am reading about it lately.

Has anyone tried the 6.5 foamed wool pads on the PC ?
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the foam wool pad i've found is very very mild. like i said before when i used steves it left almost no marks what so ever on my paint. i had a few here and there that looked like normal washing marks. i used 105 and the purple foam wool pad. its great, very mild yet very very effective.:dblthumb2:
rotory is over rated. lol!!! i used one at first and it removes alot of material. i dont think i would recomend it for OEM application. maybe mike can chime in about that. i had aLOT of clear coat to learn on.. 3 coats of thick clear on that bad boy.
 
Da Fats said:
Wish I had done a littel more research before pulling the trigger onthe pc xp but oh well... I think a rotary is soon going to be in my future and hopefully Asphalt Rockett will be good enough to give me a couple pointers to speed me through the learning curve. I would love to be able to finish out my vehicles with a rotary like he does :)

If I could go back I'd probably get the griots from wha tI am reading about it lately.

Has anyone tried the 6.5 foamed wool pads on the PC ?
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Hopefully this week we can get together and I can show you how to work a rotary correctly.:dblthumb2:

87rx7chick said:
the foam wool pad i've found is very very mild. like i said before when i used steves it left almost no marks what so ever on my paint. i had a few here and there that looked like normal washing marks. i used 105 and the purple foam wool pad. its great, very mild yet very very effective.:dblthumb2:
rotory is over rated. lol!!! i used one at first and it removes alot of material. i dont think i would recomend it for OEM application. maybe mike can chime in about that. i had aLOT of clear coat to learn on.. 3 coats of thick clear on that bad boy.
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There is nothing wrong with a rotary on oem paints, you must remember it is not the tool that does the damage, it is the one working the tool that does.Im the MAN
 
Dana

I am free all week except monday and friday if you have anything coming up this week.

If its on thursday I'd have to head out around 3 or 4 pm so I can get to work by 7pm :)


chris
 
87rx7chick said:
rotary is over rated. lol!!! i used one at first and it removes alot of material.

i dont think i would recomend it for OEM application.

maybe mike can chime in about that.
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It's all about choosing the right tool for the job. The rotary buffer offers a lot of correction power but before a person can use the power for good they must first learn to use and control the rotary buffer.

If this venture was your entrance into machine polishing then you started out with the hardest tool to learn to master but the best tool for removing sanding marks. As for OEM paints and re-paints, the rotary will work equally well on both systems but with factory paint you always have the thin factor and the fully cured factor and with repaints you usually have a thick film-build to work on and generally speaking softer paint as long as you get on it within a few days to a few weeks depending upon how the painter mixed the paint.

:)
 
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