Hi all,
I just got a 2007 5-series BMW w/14K miles a week ago and overnight became a detailing enthusiast. I also have my wife's '98 mustang in pretty bad shape as far as the exterior goes. There has definitely been some serious etching by overhead pipe water from our previous parking garage. There is also quite a bit of swirls and haze as you can imagine.
My first step in becoming my own detailer was to purchase an all encompassing kit. I stumbled upon Adam's Polishes by the way of his video tutorials and have read some decent reviews on his products. For this reason I bought Adam's Absolute Essentials Detailing kit as well as his Porter Cable Kit. Ive watched his video tutorials numerous times to make sure I do all the steps correctly.
My first question is if there is anything that you guys feel is a must have/do that the kit doesn't provide? (besides brushes, I bought a boar's hair and fender well brush elsewhere.)
Reading some of the posts here it seems that my PC 7424 is not really that capable of removing anything but the lightest of scratches/swirls and perhaps some minor etching. I don't know how much cutting ability Adam's orange pad (most aggressive) provides along with his swirl and haze remover but I have a feeling I'm going to need a decent amount to get the mustang to shine. Am I screwed without a rotary buffer? I'm cautious of going that direction due to its ability to burn through paint, although I could always use my wife's car as a guinea pig :2thumbs: Any suggestions on what I can do and stick with the PC? Is Adam's product sufficient?
Finally, my BMW seems to have what you guys call 'orange peeling.' I understand this is quite common for later model BMW's. Ive read that the method to rid these micro-bumps in the clear is to wet sand them flat. Now there is a saying that goes "The perfect is the enemy of the good." I have a feeling wet sanding a BMW with 14K miles on it might fall into that category, especially for a newb like me. Thoughts?
I appreciate any and all advice on these topics.
Thanks!
I just got a 2007 5-series BMW w/14K miles a week ago and overnight became a detailing enthusiast. I also have my wife's '98 mustang in pretty bad shape as far as the exterior goes. There has definitely been some serious etching by overhead pipe water from our previous parking garage. There is also quite a bit of swirls and haze as you can imagine.
My first step in becoming my own detailer was to purchase an all encompassing kit. I stumbled upon Adam's Polishes by the way of his video tutorials and have read some decent reviews on his products. For this reason I bought Adam's Absolute Essentials Detailing kit as well as his Porter Cable Kit. Ive watched his video tutorials numerous times to make sure I do all the steps correctly.
My first question is if there is anything that you guys feel is a must have/do that the kit doesn't provide? (besides brushes, I bought a boar's hair and fender well brush elsewhere.)
Reading some of the posts here it seems that my PC 7424 is not really that capable of removing anything but the lightest of scratches/swirls and perhaps some minor etching. I don't know how much cutting ability Adam's orange pad (most aggressive) provides along with his swirl and haze remover but I have a feeling I'm going to need a decent amount to get the mustang to shine. Am I screwed without a rotary buffer? I'm cautious of going that direction due to its ability to burn through paint, although I could always use my wife's car as a guinea pig :2thumbs: Any suggestions on what I can do and stick with the PC? Is Adam's product sufficient?
Finally, my BMW seems to have what you guys call 'orange peeling.' I understand this is quite common for later model BMW's. Ive read that the method to rid these micro-bumps in the clear is to wet sand them flat. Now there is a saying that goes "The perfect is the enemy of the good." I have a feeling wet sanding a BMW with 14K miles on it might fall into that category, especially for a newb like me. Thoughts?
I appreciate any and all advice on these topics.
Thanks!