Recent content by blackludebosh

I had my fender repainted and it was full of orange peel so I decided to wetsand with 2000 -> 2500. I followed up with m#105 on my pc 7424 with PFW 6.5'' I did about 3 passes and got rid of 90% of the marks left by wetsanding. My question to you all is when should you move on from your...

I have some horrible orange peel on my fender and just happen to have an unusable fender with a similar paint job in my garage. I bought some 1000 and 1500 grit wet/dry paper and used some water with soap mixed in it. I used the 1000 for a few minutes and then the 1500. After I used my...

My dad asked me to take a look at his car and at first I thought I could buff it out but upon further inspection... I'm very doubtful. After 1 quick pass of 105 I decided to stop and ask whether I should continue or give up. Any ideas?

I spent the whole today detailing my car with my newly purchased pc. I washed - clay'd - washed before I started polishing. Using an orange pad + menzerna ip I got out some defects but not what I wanted so I used a yellow pad + menzerna ip. This got out a bit more than before but there...

I have a heavily swirled black car and have purchased a porter cable 7424 along with 6'' counterweight and yellow/white pads. I am planning on doing the following: 1. wash car 2. clay car 3. Apply 3M Rubbing Compound 05973 4. Follow with 3M Polish 05996 The driver side of my car was...

My brother took it upon himself last week to "detail" my dad's leather interior for his Lexus LS400. The following day when my dad took a look at his car... well just take a look at what he saw. I have no idea what he used but I'll ask him tomorrow. Any ideas on what the...

Happened to come across this forum through another forum and just wanted to know if there were any detailers in the Palmdale/Lancaster area. Let me know. Thanks.