Hello all -
I'm looking for some advice on what to get to replace my aging Craftsman polisher. Reading on here, it looks like I should be looking towards a UDM or PC 7424. Great. However, I have some confusion on the various pad sizes and pad types.
My experience lies with 3M products and foam pads. They have always returned great results after wet sanding. I was anxious to try 3M's Perfect-it 3000 system. 3M has a few "kits" that contain everything you need. However the pad size they offer is an 8". Reading around the forums, it seems like most people are using ~5" pad. Would an 8" not be suitable? Or am I better off going with a completely different product or system?
I'll be using the polisher on two cars. The first car is a repainted 95' Nissan Skyline 400R, red. The paint looks ok, I'm just seeing some orange peel and a few paint defects that I'd like to wet sand out. I'm pretty sure it's NOT clearcoated. The second car is my wife's 93' Nissan Pulsar GTI-R. It was also a recent repaint and has a combination of old and new paint. I'm pretty sure the roof is it's original black. It feels very rough but I'm pretty sure it's salvageable. The rest of the car has new paint but it's in dire need of some attention. Lots of orange peel and a few paint defects. I don't believe it has a clearcoat either.
So what do you guys suggest? Most of my garage stuff hasn't arrived from the states yet, so I'm going to be ordering everything new. Keep in mind this won't be a business, just my own two cars. What's a good assortment to get me going and who do you suggest I go through?
Thanks,
Ryan
I'm looking for some advice on what to get to replace my aging Craftsman polisher. Reading on here, it looks like I should be looking towards a UDM or PC 7424. Great. However, I have some confusion on the various pad sizes and pad types.
My experience lies with 3M products and foam pads. They have always returned great results after wet sanding. I was anxious to try 3M's Perfect-it 3000 system. 3M has a few "kits" that contain everything you need. However the pad size they offer is an 8". Reading around the forums, it seems like most people are using ~5" pad. Would an 8" not be suitable? Or am I better off going with a completely different product or system?
I'll be using the polisher on two cars. The first car is a repainted 95' Nissan Skyline 400R, red. The paint looks ok, I'm just seeing some orange peel and a few paint defects that I'd like to wet sand out. I'm pretty sure it's NOT clearcoated. The second car is my wife's 93' Nissan Pulsar GTI-R. It was also a recent repaint and has a combination of old and new paint. I'm pretty sure the roof is it's original black. It feels very rough but I'm pretty sure it's salvageable. The rest of the car has new paint but it's in dire need of some attention. Lots of orange peel and a few paint defects. I don't believe it has a clearcoat either.
So what do you guys suggest? Most of my garage stuff hasn't arrived from the states yet, so I'm going to be ordering everything new. Keep in mind this won't be a business, just my own two cars. What's a good assortment to get me going and who do you suggest I go through?
Thanks,
Ryan