fjames
04-27-2007, 11:34 PM
First, thanks to all you people for sharing your experiences - the car I hope to, if not restore, at least get back to respectable, would have no chance if not for this place.
I used the PC for the first time today on my practice car, a `03 Accord, teal, in pretty good shape. Products are SSR2.5 and SSR1, with LC 6.5" orange, white and black pads. Car has some linear "swirls" but not terrible.
Based on what I accomplished with the stuff available, I`m having doubts whether I can do anything with the black `00 Honda I`m aiming at. It was buffed by a local "detailer" with a rotary, wool, heavy compound, and has mucho swirls from that. It had mucho swirls to begin with, plus some dog scratches. I`m hoping that it looks like what it`s supposed to look like after the rotary, and I`m telling myself that one swirl or 100 is meaningless (IOW it just looks bad, but to the PC it doesn`t matter I`m hoping.) A lot of what`s on the black car is what you guys call holographs I think. Some look like they`re inches under the surface in the right light.
Anyhow, I decided to buy, just now, some 4" pads. Got CCS orange, along with a white and red for tight spots. Question is - what do you think is more aggressive, a yellow 6.5" or an orange 4" with the same product (SSR2.5.) I`m hoping the answer is orange 4" because I don`t have the yellow 6.5" - forgot to buy it. But if I`m right about needing more than I have, and the yellow is the consensus, I`ll pick one up. I can`t believe how much money I`ve spent in the last week (RMG, EX-P, bug stuff, glass stuff, wax, PB-PP, and more in addition to already mentioned.) I plan to mix the RMG with the PB stuff to reduce dusting and increase work time, like scottwax does with the Mezerna (because I bought the RMG before I realized it didn`t play well with the IM 845 that I really want to use - hence the EX-P as a buffer.)
Geez, I really sound like a noob huh? Because I am! LOL
The question here though, is the 4" orange vs. the 6.5" yellow LC pads.
Thanks again, you guys are great.
I used the PC for the first time today on my practice car, a `03 Accord, teal, in pretty good shape. Products are SSR2.5 and SSR1, with LC 6.5" orange, white and black pads. Car has some linear "swirls" but not terrible.
Based on what I accomplished with the stuff available, I`m having doubts whether I can do anything with the black `00 Honda I`m aiming at. It was buffed by a local "detailer" with a rotary, wool, heavy compound, and has mucho swirls from that. It had mucho swirls to begin with, plus some dog scratches. I`m hoping that it looks like what it`s supposed to look like after the rotary, and I`m telling myself that one swirl or 100 is meaningless (IOW it just looks bad, but to the PC it doesn`t matter I`m hoping.) A lot of what`s on the black car is what you guys call holographs I think. Some look like they`re inches under the surface in the right light.
Anyhow, I decided to buy, just now, some 4" pads. Got CCS orange, along with a white and red for tight spots. Question is - what do you think is more aggressive, a yellow 6.5" or an orange 4" with the same product (SSR2.5.) I`m hoping the answer is orange 4" because I don`t have the yellow 6.5" - forgot to buy it. But if I`m right about needing more than I have, and the yellow is the consensus, I`ll pick one up. I can`t believe how much money I`ve spent in the last week (RMG, EX-P, bug stuff, glass stuff, wax, PB-PP, and more in addition to already mentioned.) I plan to mix the RMG with the PB stuff to reduce dusting and increase work time, like scottwax does with the Mezerna (because I bought the RMG before I realized it didn`t play well with the IM 845 that I really want to use - hence the EX-P as a buffer.)
Geez, I really sound like a noob huh? Because I am! LOL
The question here though, is the 4" orange vs. the 6.5" yellow LC pads.
Thanks again, you guys are great.