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Quick question. I ordered blackfire wet diamond and will be doing a full detail/paint correction using a friends rotary when I am home. However, I don't have a rotary of my own. I can apply this polish by hand the same way I would with a wax correct? Just use it instead of a wax.
Quick question. I ordered blackfire wet diamond and will be doing a full detail/paint correction using a friends rotary when I am home. However, I don't have a rotary of my own. I can apply this polish by hand the same way I would with a wax correct? Just use it instead of a wax.
Its not a polish, its a sealant. It has no abrasive properties. Yes you can apply it by hand.
I personally don't have rotary experience, no. My friend however runs a small detailing business and has plenty of experience himself.
On The Tree
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Haha, I personally wouldn't apply it by hand, especially not at Swissvax CR pricing! I figure they were just hamming it up for video production.
And since you were going to borrow the tool, I'd recommend against it. A rotary is a high skill level tool and is not novice friendly. I'd strongly recommend a DA like the Griots Garage 6" or Porter Cable.
You mean polish, so I'm confused now.... Polish is an abrasive that should be worked by machine, the Blackfire Wet Diamond is a sealant that you can apply by hand or by DA buffer. You don't apply the sealant via rotary.
And since you were going to borrow the tool, I'd recommend against it. A rotary is a high skill level tool and is not novice friendly. I'd strongly recommend a DA like the Griots Garage 6" or Porter Cable.
And since you were going to borrow the tool, I'd recommend against it. A rotary is a high skill level tool and is not novice friendly. I'd strongly recommend a DA like the Griots Garage 6" or Porter Cable.
I am not borrowing the orbital, he is going to use it himself on my car. I am planning on purchasing the griots 6" as soon as funds allow.
Thanks again!
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Jeff
I'm looking to restore the gloss to my stock 17" clear coated WS6 wheels. I've read your thread on restoring these types of wheels but in it you suggest using a rotary... Is there any way I could m105/m205 them with the LC HT 3" pads I have and my trusty PC7424xp?
Also, I have the money needed set aside for a rotary. I've been holding off on it trying to get more experience with the PC before taking the jump. Which rotary would you say is a more "user friendly" polisher for a beginner to rotary polishers? Currently had my eyes on the flex...
I'm looking to restore the gloss to my stock 17" clear coated WS6 wheels. I've read your thread on restoring these types of wheels but in it you suggest using a rotary... Is there any way I could m105/m205 them with the LC HT 3" pads I have and my trusty PC7424xp?
Also, I have the money needed set aside for a rotary. I've been holding off on it trying to get more experience with the PC before taking the jump. Which rotary would you say is a more "user friendly" polisher for a beginner to rotary polishers? Currently had my eyes on the flex...
Staging Lane
Joined: May 2011
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1. I started using the Kevin Brown Method, "KBM" which helped a lot. Basically you are priming the entire pad with 105 instead of using pea size drops or making an "X".
2. Clean your pad often with compressed air or a foam cleaning brush.
3. Kevin Brown also told me to use a few spritz of distilled water to bring back the 105 but I haven't done this one. I will say I have tried to use different detail sprays to accomplish this and all it does is make things worse. The 105 thins out which makes it dry out faster and it doesn't cut as well. Just my experience with it.
After I started doing these two things the work time of the 105 improved and the dusting went down. IMO 105 is always going to dust some.
Staging Lane
Joined: May 2011
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I like the Cobra Waffle Weave Gold drying MF.
