Originally Posted by
Stokdgs
reidharrington --
Welcome to posting on the forum !
Anything labled AIO ( All in One) is not going to really correct the paint like a true compound or polish... Instead it will try to correct, polish and leave a product on the paint to protect it... This never works... It will also have clay in it to fill in and hide all the paint defects it cannot remove, so you will end up with a nice looking result for a little while...
Then, when you wash it or it wears off, all the paint defects are still there because the clay fillers are gone..
You should think about how much really nice, clear, flat, glossy, paintwork means to you and decide if you want to try to do this or just use an AIO which is what I described above..
Yes, a machine can help do whatever you decide to try..
If you have no experience with a random orbital machine, know that some of them if not all, vibrate, and this can sometimes be bad for people with things like carpal tunnel, etc..
I have not Detailed many Toyota vehicles but the few I did were Jet Black and Metallic Black.. They turned out beautiful, and were pretty easy to paint correct.
But I use Rotary Power, so this is a whole different machine (direct drive) compared to the Random Orbital machines.
The Griot`s line of machines appear to be very good and many, many, people love them... They also have the best warranty I believe..
Griot`s also makes their own compounds and polishes, that a lot of people like as well..
Whatever you decide to do, you will need many pads to complete this big vehicle.. Not just 2-3, many more.. And you will need a pad cleaner that is made specifically for cleaning foam pads, with very little foaming, etc., and that rinses out quickly and easily...
So if you have so many pads, and you use so many, you wash those, let them dry, and then use the rest of your pads, so you can keep going..
Pads in my experience need 24-hours to be dry if they are in a warm place, like the garage, etc.. I never dry anything in the Dryer, but some people do..
You will have to figure out how to handle that part... Just get lots of pads and you will always have some clean, dry ones to continue the work while the others are cleaned, rinsed, and drying..
Assume you have towels of some type to remove all the product you are going to produce as you do the work..
Dan F
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