:whaasup:I've been "lurking" around for a while just reading and what not, trying to figure out all the abreaviations for polishes and what not. I detailed for a few years at an auto auction and well we tried to use a buffer once but all it did was damage the paint and so we decided to never use them again. Everyone there was a newb I guess. Anyway I can clean the inside and outside of a car pretty well but when it comes to paint restoration I don't want to go out and damage cars.
So I bought a PC 7424 when i saw a goood deal (95$ shipped) but that is all I have. I work construction but I really enjoy detailing, and I do a few side job's cleaning peoples cars like 5 a year lol, I would like to do more and start a little business but I know I wouldn't be able to without mastering some paint restoration.
This is going to be my project vehicle I suppose, it's my current car.
You can not really tell just how damaged that paint is but there seems to be practically no clear in the sun damaged spots which runs from the hood to the back of the roof. For some reason green cars here in reno just get rallied by the sun and half of them I see are like this. Of course, I did not let this happen to my vehicle I bought it with 130k and figured it would be a good car to learn to do paint restoration on, and later painting.
I guess my question is with this PC what else should I get, backing plate, pads, Poorboys ssr 1, 2, 3, what's a waste of time?
There are numerous complete kits out there what would be a good complete kit for a newb to start out with? Should I just go for a regular polisher because the PC might not be strong enough to fight severe swirls and oxidation that I might occur and have on my car? Also if I paint a car would a regular polisher be necessary because a PC would not be able to polish it well enough?
I have been looking through autogeek.net for detailing equipment and they seem to have everything I need, is there any other shops I should look at ?
This site has been very helpfull so far for information and now I am just ready to start doing this stuff myself.
Heres another pic of the car from this weekend from (the good side)
And heres my truck I just sold when I moved down to Reno for school, as you can see I try to keep my vehicles clean.
Oh and I'm dillon by the way, as I guess this thread sort of introduces myself.
So I bought a PC 7424 when i saw a goood deal (95$ shipped) but that is all I have. I work construction but I really enjoy detailing, and I do a few side job's cleaning peoples cars like 5 a year lol, I would like to do more and start a little business but I know I wouldn't be able to without mastering some paint restoration.
This is going to be my project vehicle I suppose, it's my current car.
You can not really tell just how damaged that paint is but there seems to be practically no clear in the sun damaged spots which runs from the hood to the back of the roof. For some reason green cars here in reno just get rallied by the sun and half of them I see are like this. Of course, I did not let this happen to my vehicle I bought it with 130k and figured it would be a good car to learn to do paint restoration on, and later painting.
I guess my question is with this PC what else should I get, backing plate, pads, Poorboys ssr 1, 2, 3, what's a waste of time?
There are numerous complete kits out there what would be a good complete kit for a newb to start out with? Should I just go for a regular polisher because the PC might not be strong enough to fight severe swirls and oxidation that I might occur and have on my car? Also if I paint a car would a regular polisher be necessary because a PC would not be able to polish it well enough?
I have been looking through autogeek.net for detailing equipment and they seem to have everything I need, is there any other shops I should look at ?
This site has been very helpfull so far for information and now I am just ready to start doing this stuff myself.
Heres another pic of the car from this weekend from (the good side)
And heres my truck I just sold when I moved down to Reno for school, as you can see I try to keep my vehicles clean.
Oh and I'm dillon by the way, as I guess this thread sort of introduces myself.
I started on a rotary and got my PC soon after, but since I was proficient with the rotary I didn't see much use for the PC. 
It's worth it even when times are slow, gives you time to take care of other stuff. You're on the right track, I started the same way as you, if you want to get good then there's no reason you can't :cheers:
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