VEHICLES, CAMPERS, and BOATS > General Maintenance, How to/DIY projects
Paint correction
Bigdave_185:
New found spare time has brought me back to the pastime of detailing cars for $$
Lots of way to skin a car so to speak and as of 10 years ago this processes was long a hard. No fast fix at the time of 2003 to. Fix a messed up paint job or the car wash swirls or Texas pinstripes.
Here come 2020 and the products have completely changed.
When you used to have a high speed buffer to do this and risk smoking through the clear coat or worse picking up something and running it down the car scratching the whole car.
No days you use only a random orbital with 5-6 pads and smooth motion.
I have used a few brands
RUPES LHR15 III Black Random Orbital Polisher (Mark 3 Bigfoot) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P8C8CKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_4np4Fb24W24BB
Meguiar's MT300 Dual Action Variable Speed Polisher https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OTK5JHG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_xop4FbFZKGG0B
https://www.harborfreight.com/8mm-random-orbit-6-in-da-polishersander-64528.html
But i settled on the replacement from dewalt for the battery option and the vibration in the machine doesn’t wreck my arthritis in my wrists
https://www.dewalt.com/products/power-tools/sanders/20v-max-xr-5-in-cordless-variablespeed-random-orbit-polisher-tool-only/dcm848b
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Bigdave_185:
The next question is which point do you want to get involved in this. How invested into the tooling and product.
I currently have Adams polish products.
I currently have Meguires products in use
I have yet to make a choice on which I like other then pad choices
I like the Adams microfiber cutting pad, the Meguires pads seem to mat over more so.
This is the Adams
This is the Meguirs. The nap is shorter which lends to less places to absorb the grime
The other options are these foam pads that vary in density’s for different purposes. Your final step would be a really plush foam pad to evenly coat the product on the surface of the paint.
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Bigdave_185:
Let’s start with the ugly truth. Most people’s paint is terrible from these auto wash places. This is no exception
I intend to wet sand the whole truck instead of clay bar.
3m sells pads for orbital polishes. I have one that’s a bit used so I assume it’s more along lines of 4000 grit
I’ll show you a fresh 3000 and my used pad
You need to follow a overlap pattern right and left. Up and down.
The corners need to be watched so you don’t run through.
This is the used pad. Very little abrasion
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Bigdave_185:
Now to bring back a shine with
Using the red/pink adams pad with matching pink D300. Then D302, D301, finish with the M27. Don’t ask why the numbers don’t align in a order that makes sense
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Bigdave_185:
Now I’ll suggest you watch a few videos of this from the manufacturers my intent is to show how easy it is with out paying someone else
PinkD300
Four dime size drops. Gone are the days of tons of product wasted, it also doesn’t stain your trim and plastic. As long as you wipe it off.
That’s step two. Light even pressure and use the glare to look for left over sand marks, polish again if needed
Move to the next product on the next pad
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