Best pad and polish to use for heavily oxidized paint???

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Hello, I am new to autogeek and just purchased a PC 7424 with the XL pad kit and have a few questions. I am going to be polishing something that is heavily oxidized and wonder what pad and polish I should use. I should probably use the yellow pad correct? What kind of Polish should I use? Thinking a swirl cutter? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! I should be getting the kit tomorrow.:D
 
Kobe24 said:
Hello, I am new to autogeek and just purchased a PC 7424 with the XL pad kit and have a few questions. I am going to be polishing something that is heavily oxidized and wonder what pad and polish I should use. I should probably use the yellow pad correct? What kind of Polish should I use? Thinking a swirl cutter? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! I should be getting the kit tomorrow.:D
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An orange 5 inch pad and Meguiars M105.
 
Oh yeah I was also going to ask how you clean the pads. I saw it comes with some kind of spray to spray on them and clean them. How long does it take to clean them and when do you know it is dirty enough that you need to switch to another pad?
 
Start out with the least aggressive method first. With out pictures it's hard to help. You can try megs 105, menz power gloss or menz SIP with a white or orange first. You will need to follow up with at least 2 more steps after that. Get a good finishing polish megs 205 or menz 106FA. that's just a start. Remember, pictures do help us help you.

Get some pad rejuvinator either DP or wolfgang. Soak them for 15 minutes then rub them down with your thumb. Repeat then rinse
 
I will try and get some pictures for you guys tomorrow. I didn't get any 5 inch pads. Does autozone or anyone sell pads? I want to get started tomorrow. I bought some Meguiars #6 and Meguiars #7 from AG with my buffer kit because I heard those 2 were good. I have several different buffing projects to do. Some with perfect paint and some that are fairly oxidized and one that is heavily oxidized. I have several vehicles and several tractors I want to polish. Thanks for the help.
 
Kobe24 said:
I will try and get some pictures for you guys tomorrow. I didn't get any 5 inch pads. Does autozone or anyone sell pads? I want to get started tomorrow. I bought some Meguiars #6 and Meguiars #7 from AG with my buffer kit because I heard those 2 were good. I have several different buffing projects to do. Some with perfect paint and some that are fairly oxidized and one that is heavily oxidized. I have several vehicles and several tractors I want to polish. Thanks for the help.
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5.5" pads and smaller are the only ones that really work with the PC. Pictures help and the type of car. Depending on the type of CC it has will tell you how you need to approach it.
 
If it were really really bad oxidation i would say a yellow pad. Polish wise, what the people said above me are great
 
joshs07redss said:
5.5" pads and smaller are the only ones that really work with the PC. Pictures help and the type of car. Depending on the type of CC it has will tell you how you need to approach it.
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I forgot I did get two orange pads that were 5.25" with my kit. Although all of my other pads are 6.5" Why would they have the buffer kits with 6.5" pads if they don't work? Not doubting you but I will be a little disappointed if if I bought the kit and they don't work good.:(
 
Does autozone or any auto parts store sell Meguairs 105?
 
Kobe24 said:
I forgot I did get two orange pads that were 5.25" with my kit. Although all of my other pads are 6.5" Why would they have the buffer kits with 6.5" pads if they don't work? Not doubting you but I will be a little disappointed if if I bought the kit and they don't work good.:(
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I'm not sure why they put these pads with the kits. I got some when I bought my PC kit. 5.5" pads are the way to go with the PC. Maybe you can trade the bigger pads for some smaller pads here on AG? Autozone doesn't sell M105 and I don't think they sell pads. If they do sell pads, I want to say that it's the Meg's pads. They definitely don't sell CCS pads though.
 
joshs07redss said:
I'm not sure why they put these pads with the kits. I got some when I bought my PC kit. 5.5" pads are the way to go with the PC. Maybe you can trade the bigger pads for some smaller pads here on AG? Autozone doesn't sell M105 and I don't think they sell pads. If they do sell pads, I want to say that it's the Meg's pads. They definitely don't sell CCS pads though.
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Well that sucks. I spent more to get all the pads and they don't even work good with them.
 
If you haven't opened them, I'm sure AG would exchange them. Their customer service here is very good. Send a PM to Meghan. You'll want at least 3 of the orange, white, and blue. Also, if you want, it's a good idea to get the 4" pads for tight spots and for tough scratches.
 
joshs07redss said:
If you haven't opened them, I'm sure AG would exchange them. Their customer service here is very good. Send a PM to Meghan. You'll want at least 3 of the orange, white, and blue. Also, if you want, it's a good idea to get the 4" pads for tight spots and for tough scratches.
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I haven't opened them yet because they come in tomorrow.:D I was really wanting to start using the PC tomorrow so I really hate to send them back but I don't want to use them if they won't do as good.

Does anyone sell the Meguairs 105 in store or do you have to order it online? Thanks for the help!!!
 
There might be a body shop type store local to you that sells stuff like that. You can use them...it's not like they're not going to work at all...you will just get better results with the smaller ones...trust me. Bigger pads are good for rotaries.
 
If you have a Carquest in your area you may check them out. They sometimes have some things in there that I would not expect.
 
Well I got everything today and tried it out. I started with the free 5.25" orange pads and was very pleased and after they got dirty I went ahead and used the 6.5" pads(mistake) and joshs07redss you were right I should have just shipped them back. If you apply any pressure at all the 6.5" pad won't spin on setting 3 on the PC. The smaller pads do a much better job. I like the feel of the 5.25 pad much better as well. Oh well it still looks good.:buffing:
 
Kobe24 said:
Well I got everything today and tried it out. I started with the free 5.25" orange pads and was very pleased and after they got dirty I went ahead and used the 6.5" pads(mistake) and joshs07redss you were right I should have just shipped them back. If you apply any pressure at all the 6.5" pad won't spin on setting 3 on the PC. The smaller pads do a much better job. I like the feel of the 5.25 pad much better as well. Oh well it still looks good.:buffing:
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You need to set the pc on 6.
 
Kobe24 said:
Well I got everything today and tried it out. I started with the free 5.25" orange pads and was very pleased and after they got dirty I went ahead and used the 6.5" pads(mistake) and joshs07redss you were right I should have just shipped them back. If you apply any pressure at all the 6.5" pad won't spin on setting 3 on the PC. The smaller pads do a much better job. I like the feel of the 5.25 pad much better as well. Oh well it still looks good.:buffing:
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I'm glad everything worked out. Like Asphalt said...put the PC on 6 and go to town. Now you get to stock up on 5.5" pads.
 
I was just running it on 3 to evenly spread the polish like the video showed and then I did put it on 6. Thanks for the help guys. I will try and put up some pics here in a minute.
 
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