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    Detailing the Detail Machine

    As I was getting ready for another weekend of detailing topping off spray bottles and organizing microfiber towels, I decided to clean up some of my money makers. A quick glance at my LHR 15ES Mark II showed the polisher has been used.

    Here`s the inside after removing the backing plate.



    Even the screw was caked with polish and compound.



    Backing plate.



    A lug nut brush with Optimum Power Clean was all I needed.



    Backing plate after.





    When set my RUPES down face up, there are two contact points that were starting to get scuffed and scratched. So I decided to protect those two areas with red CarPro masking tape. I then added the green 3M masking tape in the center by request to make it look like Raphael (the teenage mutant ninja turtle).



    I put the polisher back together with no leftover screws and it cranked right up.

    Gotta stay clean to work clean
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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    Leftover screws are the worst!!

    That`s clean work. Like it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vega@Autopia View Post
    As I was getting ready for another weekend of detailing topping off spray bottles and organizing microfiber towels, I decided to clean up some of my money makers. A quick glance at my LHR 15ES Mark II showed the polisher has been used.

    Here`s the inside after removing the backing plate.



    Even the screw was caked with polish and compound.



    Backing plate.



    A lug nut brush with Optimum Power Clean was all I needed.



    Backing plate after.





    When set my RUPES down face up, there are two contact points that were starting to get scuffed and scratched. So I decided to protect those two areas with red CarPro masking tape. I then added the green 3M masking tape in the center by request to make it look like Raphael (the teenage mutant ninja turtle).



    I put the polisher back together with no leftover screws and it cranked right up.

    Gotta stay clean to work clean
    Great to see you clean and maintaining your equipment Vega.
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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    Quote Originally Posted by Vega@Autopia View Post
    I put the polisher back together with no leftover screws...


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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    Nice!

    I feel like this is what sets an Autopian apart from the rest of the pack

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    Detailing the Detail Machine

    Really bummed; Lolz.

    When I 1st read thread tittle I thought it said "Detailing The Time Machine". (hope someone out there gets this)....




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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    I was hoping to read about jigowatts and flux capacitors


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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    Quote Originally Posted by Angus View Post


    In the case of race cars, "Leftover parts means you made it lighter"

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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    Nice job!
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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    What brand of polish/compounds are you using, it`s impossible to not have polish buildup of any level on the plates
    I`m just curious if what your using is solvent/oil based, the water based polishes certainly help with cleanup and do not stick to everything like concrete which the older solvent based types do
    A spritz of water and it`s dissolved and wiped off.

    Nice job on the cleanup, I love keeping my special DA and rotary machines clean, the mark of a pro
    been to plenty of detail shops that have machines covered in crap and never changed the brushes once.
    Car care/detailing sadly isn`t high on the agenda for 98% of australians.

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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    I am a firm believer in cleaning the tools that you work with. I don`t do it like I should, but I think it is very important

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    Re: Detailing the Detail Machine

    That`s what I was doing during the snow storm, well.... After some repairs to the car...

 

 

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