question about meguiars products

Chip Douglas · 07-08-03, 04:59

Hey all, i'll try to make short, meguiars makes a lot of products, yet after reading this forum for a while, i've come to realized only some meguiars products come up, not all, or most.

i've managed to find a local carquest dealer who can get me anyone of em (professional line that is, as i got the consumer line at my local canadian tire).

considering the great many people that attend this forum, id tend to believe that, we could list all of the meg's products that are used by people on this forum, and this would really save me a lot of trouble as well, as im getting ready to do couple of paint jobs, and also, now that i know i can get any meg's prof. products, im suddenly more interested in them

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honestly they re a LOT of them meguiars products and i wont hide taht im a tad lost among all those compounds,polish and glaze, i mean why so many ? I know that a lot of you rave about the DACP, which i have in mind, but i wonder though how agressibve it REALLY is ?........some say it is qite agressive and others say it s not....i really am confused here

DACP i guess is loved a lot cause it does a lot of things all at once, and prolly leaves the car ready for topping or protection.

I have bought 3m machine glaze 5937, and wonder if the DACP wouldnt be a better bet to do my car as opposed to the 5937 MF..........my car is a metallic black toyota corrola 2001........the paint has tree sap, medium swirls, and tarnished a bit too.

--------> So to make a long story short could one or many of you list meguiar's products that always come up ?.....im sure only some are used and not the whole lot.....in other words, which are worthy of being bought, whether it is for paint, interior, or others?

Thanks a lot for your time.

P.S. if you know of a link, to answer the above dont hesitate.

take care

Jngrbrdman · 07-08-03, 05:06

Here's a little something to help you get on the right track. Its the relative abrasive level of Meguiar's products.

#85 Diamond Cut = 10
#84 Compound Power Cleaner = 9
#4 Heavy-cut Cleaner = 8
#1 Medium-cut Cleaner = 7
#83 DACP = 6
#2 Fine-cut Cleaner = 5
#80 Speed Glaze = 4
#82 Swirl Free Polish = 3
#9 Swirl Remover 2.0 = 3
#3 Machine Glaze = 1
They don't list anything at the 2 rating that I know of.

One of the reasons that DACP is so highly considered on Autopia is because it is a nice polish that lies somewhere in the middle of the scale. The abrasives break down durring the process and make an effective polish on all sorts of damage. I love the stuff. I've used a lot of the 3M line, and just like some people prefer Coke over Pepsi, I prefer some of the Meguiar's products over 3M (I'm also a Pepsi guy.

). DACP is one of the good ones that I really like.

Chip Douglas · 07-08-03, 05:36

Wow, this is indeed helping me a lot Jngrbrdman

Would you consider DACP too agressive a product to use on a metallic black, 2001 toyota corrola ? As i said it has tree sap, the finish is a tad tarnished, it does have some oxidation, how much ? i dont know though...................it has swirls, and some light scratches.

how does it compare to 3M 5937 machine glaze ? are both at 6 on the abrasiveness scale ?.............by the way, i too like megs more then 3M's, at least so far

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when using the rotary, which parts do you tape off ? What about the plastic bumpers ? do you use the rotary on them ? which are the parts you dont use a rotary on ? (this will be simpler

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i thought that maybe the rotary should be used on painted panels, then the PC on plastic bumpers, correct me if mistaken...............you seem and sound professional therefore i assume you know a lot, that is why im asking that much questions

Buddy, have no doubt, you re helping me here and i appreciate the time you take to type on here.

take care !!

Jngrbrdman · 07-08-03, 05:48

DACP may be a bit of overkill. It depends on the damage you are trying to remove. I used it on a 2003 350Z last week and it wasn't strong enough in some areas. I do things a bit different from other people do them. I like to use the product that I think would be the most effective first and then work my way down to the less abrasive products. I know that a lot of people do it the other way, but I do it my way to save time and product. It has worked so far. DACP has always been a good product to start out with. I've never felt that it was too agressive for the circumstances at all. If nothing else, it wasn't strong enough in some cases. I usually follow it up with something like #9 and that does the trick. 3M SMR is always a good one to follow up with. Those both have some fillers in them that make the car look tons better.

I'm too much of a chicken to use a rotary. I'm just a PC boy. Someday I'll move up the ladder but I'll have to run into something that a PC is just plain ineffective on. I don't mind taking the extra time that using a PC instead of a rotary may require. I've never been afraid of damaging the car with the PC. Using a rotary is something that guys like me with adult ADD shouldn't be doing.

I wouldn't use a rotary or a PC on plastic bumpers though. Especially with a product like DACP. If you are going to tape off your car then you should tape off everything that you don't want to polish. Usually that just includes the window trim, badges, and maybe the seams of the car. Taping takes too much time for me so I'm just careful around those edges and wipe off product right away if I get any on a surface I don't want it on. Polishes and compounds are hell to get out of textured bumpers and plastic, so avoid those surfaces as best you can. Just be careful and go slow.

3M 5937 machine glaze is a product I haven't used so I'm afraid I won't be much help there. I'm sure the answer is out there somewhere.