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Porter Cable convert......(pics for proof)

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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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Looks great man..I love my porter cable.
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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kpowr82.....thanks, and um...........no, no hose clamps yet....

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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 01:22 AM
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OMG that looks awesome!
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 06:50 AM
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Looks great.
I need to get a PC. My car has so many scratches that show up in the sunlight.
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 07:09 AM
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My top three detailing items are:

1. Porter Cable polisher
2. Micro Fiber towels
3. A water softener for my hard water, eliminates the concerns about water spots when washing the car.

Your car looks fabulous. Makes me jealous knowing no matter how much prep work and effort I put into my pewter paint, it will never look that good. Oh well.

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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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Got any other pics? any closer of the Rims-are your calipers red? id love to see like a nice 1/4 panel shot or something cuz im debating on what color to paint mine and RED is what people tell me-black and polished/chrome are my other options
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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Got any other pics? any closer of the Rims-are your calipers red? id love to see like a nice 1/4 panel shot or something cuz im debating on what color to paint mine and RED is what people tell me-black and polished/chrome are my other options

Blu Beast? ^
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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Very nice job! I haven't seen NBM look that good in a long time. How much are those Porter Cable polishers, and where did you get it?

Tony
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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I picked up mine at Lowes...$99.
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 12:20 AM
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Sorry for the ignorance, but what are Menzerna twins applied with the 7424 and a Porter Cable, I assume some kind of buffer, but not for sure.
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 10:42 AM
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HOLY **** thats nice.
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by solobaric
Sorry for the ignorance, but what are Menzerna twins applied with the 7424 and a Porter Cable, I assume some kind of buffer, but not for sure.
The Menzerna twins are two polishes made by Menzerna (Intense Polish and Final Polish, I believe).

Porter Cable 7424 is a random orbit sander/polisher that everyone has used with amazing results. This page should be helpful:

http://www.properautocare.com/porcabpolac.html
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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Like I said, the PC, with a water softener (that's all the Mr. Clean autodry is), and micro fiber towels makes cleaning a car soooo much easier with far better results than not having those three.
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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Thanks for the link Lawman!

Hey Blu Beast, will you run through the steps in order for us novices. And by Z2 I assume you are talking about Zaino? It's all I have ever used for my car. I assume you used the Menzerna in conjunction with Z. Also, where are you guys getting this Menzerna, never heard of it. Is it a two stage product similar to Zaino? I have a black car and the swirls in the hood and spoiler are driving me crazy!
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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You can also get the Menzerna polishes at the place I linked above:

http://www.properautocare.com/mengerbespol.html
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Very nice job! I haven't seen NBM look that good in a long time. How much are those Porter Cable polishers, and where did you get it?

Tony
Tony, you can get a PC at Lowe's for $99. I recommend buying some good pads, polishes, and towels to go with them. It's about $200 to get started, but those supplies will last a long time.

I use Lake Country pads, Menzerna and Poorboy's polishes, and Pak Shak towels.

www.topoftheline.com

www.pakshak.com
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 09:30 PM
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Now that's what I call a mirro-like finish! Very sharp!
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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Wow!!!! That Is Nice!!! Very Sharp!!!!!
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 07:00 PM
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Awesome looking Chris! Damn those blue car look nice!
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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02WS6Bird......here is an "archive" shot to give yopu the answer on the color.....Red, and Blue go perfect together....I don't have a front 1/4 shot that shows it off, I'll try to get one for ya...




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