Newb looking for basics

Thanks everyone. I will get some more pics whenever the sun ever comes back out here lol.

tropicsteve thank you for the links for the mods. The button one is perfect!

It was defiantly a learning experience and nowhere close getting a technique down yet. I had watched quite a few vids but still ran into issues. One being, which may just be common sense, was do I add polish to the pad on every section while polishing? I did, maybe 3-4 pea size drops. But noticed my pad was kinda caking? in the middle. So I let up on the amount of pressure that I was putting on the polisher so it was able to spin faster. The caking went away. So it seems to me there is a thin line for polish amount and pressure and probably speed. Can HD Speed be takin down to almost nothing for it to be still doing its job? After I done a spot, and around 4-6 passes in that spot there was still product left in most cases. Is that the proper way to work Speed? Should there be product left after doing 4-6 passes? I felt like I went slow, maybe an inch per sec? I even done the bathroom scales thing and put the polisher on it then pushed down and tried to remember what 9-12 lb felt like. Maybe I was putting too much pressure?

Anyway, thanks again everyone. Anymore tips, ideas would be appreciated.
 
Looks like you took car of the pain. Did you do the wheels too? You can actually detail them nicely.
 
I didn't polish the the wheels with the polisher. I did take the front ones off and cleaned and treated the plastic on the fender wells. And I cleaned and scrubbed the wheels inside and out. Then just put some spray wax on the wheels for now. I need to do the back wheels the same way but haven't got around to it yet. I just bought the car a couple months ago and noticed the rear has carpet for the fender wells? Never seen that before.

CARiD said:
Looks like you took car of the pain. Did you do the wheels too? You can actually detail them nicely.
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Rolld said:
I didn't polish the the wheels with the polisher. I did take the front ones off and cleaned and treated the plastic on the fender wells. And I cleaned and scrubbed the wheels inside and out. Then just put some spray wax on the wheels for now. I need to do the back wheels the same way but haven't got around to it yet. I just bought the car a couple months ago and noticed the rear has carpet for the fender wells? Never seen that before.
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I polish my wheels from time to time as well, but actually different wheels require different treatment, like black matte wheels or machined aluminum. In this article for instance they show what cleaning/ detailing is good for a certain wheel.
 
GearHead_1 said:
If you are going to attempt correcting imperfections, in my opinion and I believe most other members, you want a machine. I would suggest a dual action polisher. I'd also mention that there is a decontamination stage that can be added in to the solid advice already given.
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Especially if you have a light colored vehicle...........
 
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