Carbon Blue
New member
FINALLY! I had an open weekend to detail my love that has served me beautifully for the past 6 years and 73,520 miles since new purchase. As graduation from college approaches I find myself becoming more busy by the day and by some miracle I had an open weekend. What better way to blow off the steam by spending a few days detailing! My makita rotary arrived about 2 weeks prior and I finally got to test her out. After reading and searching through many threads about tips and tricks on how to use a rotary I can finally say that iam VERY impressed with the correction capability that it has to offer. The speed it does it by is bar none MUCH faster than any pc or udm can handle. I did experience some problems with the white LC pad skipping with SIP. I had my hand on the head (not bail handle) of the rotary and the other on the trigger with the speed lock on.
I spread SIP on a white LC at 8-900 worked it at 1200 then began polishing at 1500 then brought it back down incrementally to 1000-1200. I followed it up with UF SE using the same speeds but this time i burnished all the way back down to about 900 on a LC GREY pad.I used a 50/50 IPA after each panel was polished and brought the car back out into the sun to inspect my work. After the application of UF SE I used a Blue LC pad and IW 845 on the whole car which I let dry to a complete haze for an hour or so. The following day I applied DWG to further improve upon its clarity,slickness and depth and of course it did wonders!Im open to any advice or constructive criticism that you guys have to offer as I want to improve and further hone my skills on using a rotary. Cheers!
after a dawn wash
mild swirling on the rear bumper
doin some prep work
Left side uncorrected/ right side SIP (car was in really good shape )
Both sides polished
spreading SIP at 8-900
Fully spread and worked at 1200
after a 1500 then burnished back down to about 1000-1200. Should it look like this??
pulled out into the sun to check my work (After a 50/50 IPA wipe down) very VERY slight hazing
pulled out into the sun after an IPA wipe down to check my work after SIP
I spread SIP on a white LC at 8-900 worked it at 1200 then began polishing at 1500 then brought it back down incrementally to 1000-1200. I followed it up with UF SE using the same speeds but this time i burnished all the way back down to about 900 on a LC GREY pad.I used a 50/50 IPA after each panel was polished and brought the car back out into the sun to inspect my work. After the application of UF SE I used a Blue LC pad and IW 845 on the whole car which I let dry to a complete haze for an hour or so. The following day I applied DWG to further improve upon its clarity,slickness and depth and of course it did wonders!Im open to any advice or constructive criticism that you guys have to offer as I want to improve and further hone my skills on using a rotary. Cheers!
after a dawn wash
mild swirling on the rear bumper
doin some prep work
Left side uncorrected/ right side SIP (car was in really good shape )
Both sides polished
spreading SIP at 8-900
Fully spread and worked at 1200
after a 1500 then burnished back down to about 1000-1200. Should it look like this??
pulled out into the sun to check my work (After a 50/50 IPA wipe down) very VERY slight hazing
pulled out into the sun after an IPA wipe down to check my work after SIP
