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Old 05-30-2011 | 10:44 AM
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I've been wanting to buy a new pc kit for medium scratches and swirls does anyone have tips or know who has a decent price or a good kit to choose from
Old 06-01-2011 | 09:47 PM
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http://www.adamspolishes.com/c-12-detail-kits.aspx

Here is the machine polishing page from Adams polishes. I use all Adams products and they are by far the easiest to use and best performing for what you want to do
Old 06-01-2011 | 11:52 PM
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X2 Adams is the best out there!
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You just missed the autogeek dot net sale. It was 15% off with no exceptions (they always have exceptions) plus free shipping. I bought me an extra d.a. personally I wouldn't buy a pc7424 anymore. They used to have a lifetime warranty but now they don't anymore and they are not as good of a polisher as the meguiars G110v2. It has a built in chip that increases its power automatically as you apply more pressure kind of like "cruise control" they say. Works very well and I have used tons of different types of polishers/wax spreaders.....
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I thought about the meguiars or a makita and I just seen on adams' site they have a new flex polisher does anyone know anything about it?
Old 06-13-2011 | 06:31 PM
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Adam's is having a Father's Day sale. 15% off everything. I have their PC kit and it's awesome, does everything I want it too. The Flex is just more aggressive.
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Originally Posted by SILVERADO11
X2 Adams is the best out there!
I would beg to differ, 3m has some damn good chit to

I swear by 3m products, yes adams is good also.. If you are not familiar with using a buffer, I would get some practice with it first.. With medium scratches, I would think your talking 1500 or so.. That will need to be cut with a light, to finish cut, wool pad, then finished, with a foam pad, finish, followed by another even finer cut, diff style foam pad, then finish with a wax/polish... I have used this method, for 8y/o paint(black at that, it looks about as good as you can have it for being a daily.. Def something you want to read up on, get use to a machine buffer(not the kind that vibrates)
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Been working with black paint for years. I have a couple of buffers (Makita and a Porter Cable), also a Mequiars orbital polisher to do things right. I too, swear by 3M products and then follow up with a paint sealant to make the paint shine. I just took the 2011 black GMC, debadged it and polished the orange peel out of the factory paint. I use the larger 3M wool pads to start and follow up with foam pads. I use 3m polishing material to smooth the paint.
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I've got some pretty bad orange peel on my bed from the factory too what 3m products are you guys using I'm a newbie sorry for all of the questions
Old 06-14-2011 | 02:52 PM
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I did mine with a buffer, a nine inch wool pad and 3Ms Finnesse-It polish. There are others, but I have had great results with the Finnesse-It.
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