Critique my first AG order before I submit

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How does this look for my first AG order. PLease feel free to add or take away anything that you feel is not needed.




All White Wash ShMITT Free Bonus!
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The Guzzler Combo Kit
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Pinnacle - Wolfgang Souveran Kit
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New! Pinnacle Souveran Liquid Spray Wax
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Poorboy's Super Slick & Suds Concentrated Car Wash
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The Grit Guard Insert - Red
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Porter Cable 7424 & Pad Kit with CCS pads!
FREE BONUS
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Poorboy's SSR1 Light Abrasive Swirl Remover 16 oz.
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Poorboy's SSR 2.5 Medium Super Swirl Remover 16 oz
 
Please let everyone know what car and paint color this will be used for. Older car, newer car, light paint, dark paint, condition of paint, etc. All the stuff you have listed looks good to me as far as everything I've been reading on the boards.

I guess you'll be doing the detail thing on a regular basis.

One thing you forgot....CLAY!
 
Sweet. What a great start. You might consider adding clay & clay lube.
Wash-Clay-Polish-Protect.
 
Looks good to me, if anything I would just switch the SSR's to Optimum Polish and Optimum Compound, or even some stuff from Menzerna. I'd also pick up some clay and clay lube, what about Micros (for glass and paint)? you have any?
 
I looks like you have all of the bases covered except clay and microfiber towels for removing products. Other than that I wouldn't change anything ... mighty fine products that you'll be getting.
 
Surfer said:
Looks good to me, if anything I would just switch the SSR's to Optimum Polish and Optimum Compound, or even some stuff from Menzerna. I'd also pick up some clay and clay lube, what about Micros (for glass and paint)? you have any?
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that was going to be exact advice.. SSR takes a while to break down and dusts.. optimum will not dust and is easier to work with... either that or the XMT line as it desgined for a PC
 
MadOzodi said:
Please let everyone know what car and paint color this will be used for. Older car, newer car, light paint, dark paint, condition of paint, etc. All the stuff you have listed looks good to me as far as everything I've been reading on the boards.

I guess you'll be doing the detail thing on a regular basis.

One thing you forgot....CLAY!
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I have a 2007 Lexus IS250 that is jet black. It doesn't have anything but just a handful of minor swirls. Would the XMT 360 be a better choice than the PB products? I will be detailing this regularly and it should be pretty much spotless at all times. I still have ane more claybar from my Zaino tht I can use. I did clay the car before I applied the Zaino about 8 weeks ago. Should it be done again?
 
Surfer said:
Looks good to me, if anything I would just switch the SSR's to Optimum Polish and Optimum Compound, or even some stuff from Menzerna. I'd also pick up some clay and clay lube, what about Micros (for glass and paint)? you have any?
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Why these other products over the PB line?
 
jburreson said:
Why these other products over the PB line?
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Don't get me wrong, I love Poorboys products, but Optimum and Menzerna are at the top for polishes, Optimum has long works times and no dust, even the compound finishes down like a polish.

edit - my biz partner has a black IS350, great car, just wish it had a manual trans. Lexus paint is pretty soft, XMT360 should work fine on light swirls instead of a full polish. I still say grab Optimum Polish as if XMT 360 doesn't work you have something to step up to.
 
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jburreson said:
I have a 2007 Lexus IS250 that is jet black. It doesn't have anything but just a handful of minor swirls. Would the XMT 360 be a better choice than the PB products? I will be detailing this regularly and it should be pretty much spotless at all times. I still have ane more claybar from my Zaino tht I can use. I did clay the car before I applied the Zaino about 8 weeks ago. Should it be done again?
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Someone more knowledgeable needs to chime in on your question. I was lucky enough to not have any swirls on my MS3, so I went straight to the Klasse Twins and WGDGPS. Something's tuggin at my brain saying XMT 360 needs to be applied by machine.

BTW, my mom has a 2007 IS250 that is the red color (can't remember the name) and I need to take the swirls outta that also.
 
You should add the Pinnacle clay bar and get a gallon of the DP 4n1 to use as a quick detailer and a clay lube. You can never have enough quick detailer spray! I have learned that quickly! Other than that the wolfgang+pinnacle combo kit you have will be awesome on the black.
 
In my experiences personally, I would swap out the PC for the UDM. Overall its a much better machine to work with, and will yield great results. Price is the same as well.

As far as polishes go, will you be working in full sun? Just from my experiences the PB line seems to be the most sun-friendly polish I've tried, even though it dusts quite a bit more compared to OPT and Menz.
 
Do you have a PC? I see all them polishes, just wondering.
 
trlblazer3 said:
In my experiences personally, I would swap out the PC for the UDM. Overall its a much better machine to work with, and will yield great results. Price is the same as well.

As far as polishes go, will you be working in full sun? Just from my experiences the PB line seems to be the most sun-friendly polish I've tried, even though it dusts quite a bit more compared to OPT and Menz.
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I have never used a machine to polish before the the idea that the UMD can harm the paint freightens me somewhat.
 
sparkie said:
Do you have a PC? I see all them polishes, just wondering.
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I was planning on also getting the PC kit with the CCS pads.
 
While a little more powerful than the PC, the UDM functions in the same manner as the PC. You would be fine using the UDM at speed 5 for polishing with no major risk of burning the paint. Once you get a little more comfortable with machine polishing you would be just fine polishing on speed 6. All in all, I would say the UDM is almost as safe as the PC.
 
I have a PC and wish I would have waited for the UDM. I think the above poster is right, get the UDM. From the sounds of the review it seems to be way better than the PC. The PC doesn't have enough pop!
 
Gnarboots11 said:
I have a PC and wish I would have waited for the UDM. I think the above poster is right, get the UDM. From the sounds of the review it seems to be way better than the PC. The PC doesn't have enough pop!
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Trust me, the UDM is a better machine. Like I said in my review, I thought about purchasing a rotary, but the UDM will give me better results than the PC without the learning curve. While I can see the UDM burning the paint, you would have to use a lot of pressure and go extremely slow to run that risk. The reduced vibration alone is worth the upgrade IMO, plus you get the freebies as well.
 
Everything looks good bud, just swap that PC for a UDM and you will never need to look back :)
 
So the UMD is pretty much idiot proof? I don't want to screw up the paint on my new baby!
 
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