I think I might take the dive and buy a porter cable to polish the car. The car needs it bad and I have been trying to hold off on buying it and now I think the time has come.

My question is what pads I need? I don't want to spend 100 dollars on pads yet so if I could narrow it down to 3 different pads that would be great.

Also what is the best brand for a polisher?

Thanks guys. Any other info that might be of use in this first time experience would be appreciated

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Civicman86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think I might take the dive and buy a porter cable to polish the car. The car needs it bad and I have been trying to hold off on buying it and now I think the time has come.

My question is what pads I need? I don't want to spend 100 dollars on pads yet so if I could narrow it down to 3 different pads that would be great.

Also what is the best brand for a polisher?

Thanks guys. Any other info that might be of use in this first time experience would be appreciated</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you need to any kind of paint correction of just some polishing to make the paint pop?

definately get an OC Orange (light cut), White (little is any cut), and a Blue (finishing, glazes, waxes, sealants)

Maybe a yellow pad but you probably wont need that right now.

For a polish, menzerna is the best IMO but pricey, and Optimum Polish is a great polish, sun friendly, and is affordable.

 

well back when I thought I was taking care of the car I wasnt. I have cobweb scratches from not using a good towel to dry the car off. I would like to try to get rid of all those. I have a few rock chips that I'm going to try to fill with touch up paint (not really sure how to do that and make it look good).

 

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in that case i would get optimum hyper compound as well, you can try the orange pad but a yellow will work faster. keep in mind you will be buffing for a LONG time with a PC to get out swirls, as it isnt fast even with a rotary.

you can try:

OHC with an orange pad followed by OP with a white pad, and then your choice of wax/glaze on the blue pad

use the highest speed (6) for the compound and polish, and bring it down to 2 or so for the wax.

 

Alright sounds good.

Just for kicks, how long is a "LONG" time?

I dont have any swirls currently on the car just very small scratches from shitty towels.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Civicman86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alright sounds good.

Just for kicks, how long is a "LONG" time?

I dont have any swirls currently on the car just very small scratches from shitty towels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

honda paint it soft, but i dont know what ur paint loosk like but plan of spending all day buffing.

 

I will snap some pics tomorrow. Im still a noob, but a perfectionist. Maybe I'm thinking its worse than it is.