What produces the ULTIMATE Shine

[brick]

Okay..what about a buffer?
Rpm's? Cloth on them good or not?
Menards,Autozone stores or ??
Are they decent enough or a waste of time to use?
Good to use on spray shine products for any added shine or why bother.
I'd like a buffer but don't want some slow rpm model.

 

[demarpaint]

Collonite 476S, if you're in a hurry their 845 Insulator Wax is good. Clean paint and a properly prepped surface is important, as with any good wax job.

 

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: brick
Okay..what about a buffer?
Rpm's? Cloth on them good or not?
Menards,Autozone stores or ??
Are they decent enough or a waste of time to use?
Good to use on spray shine products for any added shine or why bother.
I'd like a buffer but don't want some slow rpm model.

The Meguiars G110v2 is a good entry level unit.

You should look into the new Meguiars MF system.

 

[BBDartCA]

Just got done waxing one of our cars with a Mercedes cleaner-wax made by Meguires. I think its the same as http://www.meguiarsdirect.com/product_detail.asp?T1=MEG+A1216

For comparison, I did half of the hood with the cleaner-wax mentioned, and the other half with Meguires deep crystal paint cleaner, then their Gold Class wax. Same results in terms of final finish quality to the one-step product. But will see how good it looks in a month or so.

The final results for both look real good. This is a 2007 model car and its first wax job and both products were very easy to use.

 

[RTexasF]

Originally Posted By: brick
Okay..what about a buffer?
Rpm's? Cloth on them good or not?
Menards,Autozone stores or ??
Are they decent enough or a waste of time to use?
Good to use on spray shine products for any added shine or why bother.
I'd like a buffer but don't want some slow rpm model.


Those sold at auto parts stores and Sears are glorified wax spreaders and are useless. Step up your wallet to a random orbital polisher such as Griots's, Porter Cable, Meguiar's, or Cyclo. They use foam pads to do the work. The pads are different in their aggressiveness and used for different purposes. Thorough research on one of the many detailing sites like the Autogeek forum is required on your part. Plan on $300+ to acquire the basics.

 

[Vikas]

Don't be a sheep, do this scientific experiment on your *own* car.

0) Wash the car with a good auto soap
0.5) Clay it (or at least a panel which you want to do this experiment)
1) Buy Meguair's Ultimate Compound from Walmart ($8.00)
2) Appropriate applicators and microfiber towels ($5.0)
3) Select a 1' x 1' section of the car where the results would be most visible
4) Follow the direction on the bottle of UC and get that section done.
5) If you see amazing results, you can use a wax spreader.
6) Back to walmart and pick up their 110V under 6" polisher ($20)
7) Select another 1' x 1' section and now do it with the polisher. The trick is to apply just enough pressure to make sure it does not stop spinning. You are letting the UC do most of the work. This will NOT work on all the paints but on some it will give stellar results. You need to find if your car paint finish is one of that type.
8) Repeat step 7

- Vikas

 

[StanMI]

Originally Posted By: brick
Okay..what about a buffer?
Rpm's? Cloth on them good or not?
Menards,Autozone stores or ??
Are they decent enough or a waste of time to use?
Good to use on spray shine products for any added shine or why bother.
I'd like a buffer but don't want some slow rpm model.


You can get the PC7424 (may be the XP model but I'm not sure) from Lowes. They call it by a different number. I think their packaging says 7436, same machine.

Sealant I have had a lot of good results with is "Blackfire Wet Diamond". VERY easy on and off.