Sunday Detail vs. a few new Poorboys Products

[mgm2003]

Steve sent me a new mix of PwS to try on a detail that I had lined up for today. My appointment was cancelled, so I decided to give PwS a work out on my STS.


Process Used:

Wash
ü SS&S / Foam Gun on the paint.
ü PB APC 10:1 on the tires & wells
ü S&R on the rims & exhaust

Polish & Seal
ü PwS

I wanted to have a look at the cutting power, so I decided on using the Metabo vs. using my PC. I figured a little heat would give it a bit more cut. I ran the Metabo between 1000-1200RPM, using a LC white polishing pad. My paint was in pretty good shape. I have some minor marring / light scratches from washing –nothing major. 1 pass took care of 75% of them. I’m pretty sure another pass would have finished them off. .

The new version of PwS has a little more bite than Steve’s original mix (Orange smelling). It should work well as long as you’re not expecting it to work as a SMR. I would prefer just a tad more bite, but it’s improved over the last mix that I tried.

Wax
ü QW+

QW+ is one of my favorite Poorboy products. It’s been sitting idle on the shelf for several months (I’m not a big fan of carnuba’s over the winter). I applied QW+ using a finishing pad @ 700 RPM.

Finishing Touches
ü S&G wipe down on the paint, windows, wheels, and exhaust tips.

Tires/Wells
ü Natural Look

I’m the newest member of the ‘5 gallon’ club. (Don’t even ask what my wife said…)

I also tried Steve’s new MF’s, which worked well. They are very similar to his mega plush, but with a boarder.

Here are a few after shots:

Out in the sun:

Metallic:

Reflections:

 

[budman3]

Wow orange MF's look neat! How was the slickness of the PwS when used with the rotary?

 

[mgm2003]

The slickness was close to EX-P -but quite a bit slicker after a S&G wipe down.

 

[GregCavi]

Looks Great!! I hope your wife called you a product whore lol.

O btw, I wish that paint had a little more mettalic flake pop,

Greg

 

[G35stilez]

Oh yeah, way to test it on a real beater :lol.

Stunning would be an understatement...She always looks beautiful.

Forget the 5-gal (congrats by the way...mine has a nice curb appeal), what did Kris say when you parked on the lawn?!

Did you get any hazing with PwS? How close of a cut is it to FPII?

 

[Poorboy]

Oh yeah, way to test it on a real beater :lol.

Stunning would be an understatement...She always looks beautiful.

I agree ...I"m wondering what it would do on something in a litle worse shape. I don't believe a one step should ever be judged on a beater, but on a finish in need of some light polishing. A beater will definitely need a few steps minimum for reclamation.

ps ..did you tell your wife the 5 gallon of NL was on sale she could probably relate to that

 

[audiboy]

Nice looking Caddilac. Great job on the detail and thanks for the new information on the PwS!

 

[mgm2003]

Greg: I agree on the flake comment.

Sean: Are you working on your stand-up act? That was pretty funny. I had a Dodge 4x4 lined up that hasn't been touched since early last fall, but it didn't work out.

I picked up some light hazing in the beginning. I had to dial it down to 700 (lowest setting) for the final pass and go sloooooow. No, it doesn't cut as well as FPII. IMO, you can use FPII as a light SMR, as well as a finishing polish.

I think PwS would work well as your final polishing step, and you'd save the time it takes to seal.

Steve: Look out for that episode on Dr. Phil. I'm pretty sure my wife is submitting the application.

 

[Tex Star Detail]

Love that last pic. Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cwcad]

Nice post!!

Dialing down with the metabo seemed to help with the hazing, eh? Must have some power in that rotary. Using a PC on 5 would most likely get the PwS to work quite nicely I would guess. Hopefully soon to find out. Have an order from Poorboy's coming soon.

Wish I would have known about the new towels. I put in a major order for the large plush towels a few months ago. I love the bound edge of the new generation towels. I like the color as well. Thanks for the pictures!!

I am going to try PwS new version with PwS old version on a red van that a friend of mine has up here in Fairbanks.

 

[mgm2003]

I am going to try PwS new version with PwS old version on a red van that a friend of mine has up here in Fairbanks.

Thanks! Please let us know your impressions on the new mix vs. the old mix. I wish Steve would have kept the orange color/smell . I'm not too sure what the new mix smells like (I have a cold), but it looks similar to SSR2.5.

I also wanted to mention that I had little or no dusting and PwS was a breeze to wipe off the surface.