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Old 06-28-2009, 10:52 PM
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Well since everyone else has been posting pics i thought i would. I had some bad scratches on my hood but i got most of them out.
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Menzerna Power Gloss Yellow CCS Pad
Menzerna SIP Orange CCS Pad
TC-3 blue pad
All with 7424 Porter cable
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Old 06-28-2009, 10:57 PM
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Damn, you did a good job on that man.

Looks good!
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Looks great!
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Cleaned up Nice!

I gotta do my NBM SS. Its got some areas I dont like
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Looks awesome - really took care of the swirls, but I really do think you're missing out by not using a finishing polish and pad combo after SIP.
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Does anyone have any good tips going about claybarring? I did it once and it took me for ****** ever. Spray and clay, spray and clay.
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firehawk#682:
Excellent improvement. Be sure to check your towels and wash mitt that new lines won't be inflicted on the surface.

Any micro-marring or dulling haze that may be inflicted with the SIP/combo can be removed with the Menzerna PO 106 FA "Super Polish" and black foam finishing pad.
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Looks good man, what hood is that?
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Originally Posted by Brickyard
Looks good man, what hood is that?
Its a firehawk
Old 06-29-2009, 04:47 PM
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fggn awesome job man .you get mad KUDOS
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Nice job, looks great !

Cheers,
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nice results!
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Originally Posted by Steve@Tropi-Care
firehawk#682:
Excellent improvement. Be sure to check your towels and wash mitt that new lines won't be inflicted on the surface.

Any micro-marring or dulling haze that may be inflicted with the SIP/combo can be removed with the Menzerna PO 106 FA "Super Polish" and black foam finishing pad.
Yes i have since improved on my washing supplies. I just had to experiment with alot of different stuff to figure what was the best. I now wash it by hand every time and i switched over to your waffle weave towels to dry it which i like much better then what i used before. I also found a better wash mitt to use. This is the first time i have bought and used your products and I am very happy with your them and will continue to buy from you.

I was going to finish with your swirl cutter on the white pad but i didn't find the need to. Maybe i should of tho or would the Menzerna PO 106 FA work better? Im still learning so any suggestions are appreciated.

Oh and thanks for the comments so far.
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If you have any areas that you feel need a little more concentrated attention or see hazing/micro-marring from the SIP or PG, Swirl Cutter/white or black pad or the Menzerna 106FA/black pad would further refine the surface. You can test them in a future episode on a small section and examine the results.
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That looks awesome, man! How long have you been using that combo?

Also, what made you use the yellow pad first instead of the orange?
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That was the first time i used the yellow pad you can definitely feel its more aggressive then the orange tho. I just wanted to make sure i got all the marks out so that y i decided to try the yellow. I think next time i will finish it off with either swirl cutter on white then tc3 on blue or do what Steve said with the super polish on black. I don't have the black pad yet tho.
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Nice improvement!
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Very nice improvement! Now go out and do a little photshoot so we can take that beautiful car in as a whole.
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Looks great Trevor. You sure had some scratche and swirls before...didnt ya!
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nice job, this reminds me i need to get mine out and wash it up


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