I just ordered all the below pads. What wax/polishing products should I use to go along with this stuff?
1 Porter Cable Flexible Pad Holder
14.95
2 Lake Country Polisher Pads 7.5"
Choose: Yellow Cutting
15.30
2 Lake Country Polisher Pads 7.5"
Choose: White Polishing
15.30
2 Lake Country Polisher Pads 7.5"
Choose: Black Finishing
15.30
2 Lake Country Polisher Pads 7.5"
Choose: Orange All-Purpose
Detailers Paradise
06-23-2004, 10:25 AM
LC makes our pads for us.<ul><li><a href="http://www.detailersparadise.com/pdf/PadToPolish.pdf">Pad and Polish</a></li></ul>
Seattle Scott
06-23-2004, 03:29 PM
White or Yellow - Menzerna Intensive Polish (IP)
White or Black - Menzerna Final Polish (FP)
Black - Klasse AIO or Wolfgang or? (I do AIO by hand because it doesn't need any "working time" after the Menzerna).
Hand - Klasse SG - You use so little product (2 oz. per car) a pad would just suck it all up.
Reason being you have a nice paint job and I think you race (I'm assuming you get a lot of stuff on the car then). The Menzerna will get the small scratches and swirls out, the Klasse or Wolfgang are synthetics that stand up pretty well and last a long time. The Klasse leaves a very shiny "cheap" look but some people put a top coat of carnuba on it to make it look deeper.
Generally speaking the orange and green pads aren't considered worth the money around here. I write the name of the product I use on the back of my pads so I don't contaminate them with multiple products, store them in open plastic bags and stack them all in a five gallon bucket.
Detailers Paradise has been pushing the einszett stuff and people seem happy with it. Menzerna just expanded their product line and people seem happy with it. Their initial offerings, IP and IP, are very well respected here and available at www.properautocare.com Their website also has a lot of instructions on product application using a Porter Cable. AutoGeek has the Wolfgang stuff and I think people were happy with it. 3M Swirl Mark remover and Imperial Hand Glaze/Imperial Machine/Hand glaze may have had their day and be fading into the sunset.
The PC is just a mechanical hand to make the job easier, more consistent and help you get thinner coats of product to buff off.
Seattle Scott
06-23-2004, 08:15 PM
are over the Internet. I am a Meguiar's bigot or a German products snob or something too. I favor Menzerna (polishes), Blitz (wax, Special Touch and vinyl treatment), Klasse (AIO and SG) and Wurth (rubber treatment, AC treatment, any of their chemicals) right now.
3M is decent but I doubt I will buy it again.
You do a little searching and you will find a lot of choices around here but most all are only available on the Net.
SCd_Walter
07-11-2004, 08:58 AM
You don't need a pad for every product either as long as you WASH it good inbetween.
Yellow should be all you need for a cut, unless your paint is really hosed, then go up one step. Then get white to finish. No need to get white and black. You are just wasting money at that point.
Make sure you get the velcro backed pads/and the backing pad.