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Learning the ropes with my Porter Cable Random Orbit Polisher. I have a 4 month old car with minor clear coat scratches (can't feel with your finger nail). It's a dark car though so they show in the sun unless the car has been freshly detailed. I tried 3M SMR but didn't like the results...

Although I've detailed my own cars over the years by hand using the standard Meguiars stuff, I decided in recent months to get more serious about it having bought a new car back in November. I want to give a little back to this board for all the information I took. Like everything else, I...

I recently bought the Porter Cable Random Polisher. One of our cars had some moderate swirl marks on the hood so I decided to experiment with it. What I found is that using 3M SMR (dark car) with the yellow pads (highest speed) took the swirls out but the white pads didn't do nearly as good...

Been reading a lot of threads as from what I gather the three most popular polishes for removing minor surface defects (light swirls, etc.) are, in order from least to most abrasive are 3M SMR, Medallion Paint Cleaner, and 3M Finese-It II. There seems to be a consesus that the SMR has oils in...

I have some light scratches in a new car (mostly the kind you can't feel with your fingernail but deeper than your typical swirl mark - a couple I can feel with my fingenail.) I'm thinking Finese-It II would be the best product. It is supposed to only be used by machine. I just ordered the...

I though I ran across a couple messages in the past talking about Klasse not binding to the surface if you use certain types of polishes under it. Is this true? If you use the Klasse AIO which contains a cleaner and then follow with the SG should that always work no mater what you polish...

I just paid to have my new car detailed and the finish was perfect. Granted I have a dark colored car and fully acknowledge that after a half dozen or so washes I'll have light surface scratches (but then it is time to detail again.) Get this, I wash my car for the first time after the...

I have one of those big 10" Orbital Polishers you can buy in the Auto Parts stores. It says it spins at 3,000 OPM (orbits per minute I guess). I'm wondering what the difference is between that and the Porter Cable Ultimate Detail Machine and if it would be worth investing in one if I already...

My brand new Acura bumper now has 3 chips (about 1/8" wide by .5" long) down to the black plastic and a 6" by 6" area where the bumper rubbed that has a bunch of straight hairline scratched that I can barely feel with my finger nail. I've tried Meguiars #2 Fine Cut cleaner (by hand) and it...

I'm interested to hear about all the "objective" comparison tests people in this forum have run in the past using some of the most talked about products. What I mean by objective is like a half-hood test where they used one product on one half the hood and one product on the other half and then...

I just bought a brand new Acura (TL-S) with that deep (not really dark) blue color. I found a couple scratches in the hood and took it back to the dealer. Their detail shop proceeded to get the scracthes out but put swirl marks all over the hood. I consulted a 72 year-old retired detailer...

In the past I've been a bit fanatical with caring for the finish on my cars. However nowadays I just don't have the time. I'm not up on the lastest products either. Granted I won't get quite the results I used to get, I'm curious what people's opinions are on the best 1-step product and the...