Polishing Pads

[liver]

What has everyone found the best pad to be for the mk5 golf from their experience?

I have light swirls but only have basic meguires pads the cutting pad, polishing pad and finishing pad.

The products i have are meguires 83 and 80 and also some g3

cheers for any advice

Regards

Liver

[JPC]

those pads should be fine

[craigy123]

the polishing pad and #83 should deal with the swirls not a problem, then glaze using #80 and the finishing pad, should give you pretty good results 

what are you using DA, or rotary?

[liver]

those pads should be fine

cheers for that

the polishing pad and #83 should deal with the swirls not a problem, then glaze using #80 and the finishing pad, should give you pretty good results 

what are you using DA, or rotary?

ive got a kestral DAS-6 mate

[craigy123]

That should do the trick not a problem mate, as I said the 83 on a polishing pad or in areas where the swirls are that little bit worse step up to the cutting pad. It will take that little bit longer with a DA but the results you can achieve are still impressive. Have you got site lights to help you find the swirls and defects etc?

[liver]

no i havnt mate but i can get hold of them for when i do my car.
 Also got a unit i can do it in to keep it out of the wet

just orderd some more products from clean your car too

looking forward to getting stuck into my car when i can get round to it

[craigy123]

I find site lights to be a big bonus, they help show everything that bit clearer.

What other products did you order?

Just make sure to mask the plastics and trim up 

[stealthwolf]

I think I have the same pads but I got Menzerna polishes with mine.

You need to continually assess the paintwork to ensure you're hitting it right and step up the abrasiveness to match. Start with the lightest compound and finishing pad. If there are still swirls, step up to lightest polish + polishing pad. Then step up to to medium polish + polishing pad etc. Jay should be able to give more details or have a look on detailing world for an awesome thread on polishing.

Important things are technique and time.

[JPC]

Sorry I've not had mch input to this thread, Been very busy finishing at like 7.30 - 8.00 most nights!

Anyway, you should be ok with the polish and pads you already have. The important thing, like stealth and craig have said just take your time and work your way up to the strongest combo.

Make sure you have a bright light source to check progress but bear in mind halogens can hide alsorts. That's why you won't find me using them much ;)

Hope this thread helps you out

[stealthwolf]

I was on the iPhone earlier so couldn't link but here's the DW guide clicky

[craigy123]

Make sure you have a bright light source to check progress but bear in mind halogens can hide alsorts. That's why you won't find me using them much ;)

Hope this thread helps you out

i really need to invest in a sun gun, but there fairly expensive 

[JPC]

Yeh they are expensive, but you can't be a full time detailer without one. It Is as important as your polisher! Lol

I wouldn't recomend anyone other than a detailer to buy one, purely for the cost of it. But if you are charging people for work, you need to know it's right. With halogens you can't always make sure it's right. That's also why I've got huge metal halide floodlights in the unit, that show up EVERYTHING! Haha. You just have to work to that benchmark

[liver]

cheers for all the information people, its all been taken on board.
I've been on detailing world quite abit some of the corrections on there are amazing.
 
Relly impressed with cleanyourcar, ordered y'day and my products will be here today.

will let you all know how i go on when i get time to do my car

[liver]

great service from clean your car, ordered my products at this time y'day and ive now got all of them on my desk at work