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whoady4shoady 07-25-2012 03:11 PM

What color polishing pads do you guys recommend using with the M105 and M205? I use a Porter cable by the way. What speeds are you using when buffing out these swirls?

Cmike2780 07-25-2012 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by whoady4shoady (Post 1837442)
What color polishing pads do you guys recommend using with the M105 and M205? I use a Porter cable by the way. What speeds are you using when buffing out these swirls?

It really depends on the pad brand and especially the condition of the paint. For M105 I used the Adam's orange/swirl haze remover pad. For M205 I used the Adam's white/fine machine polish pad. Both are pretty effective, so I would test an area with M205 and a fine polish pad first...then work your way to a pad that gets the job done.

....basically a medium polish pad (m105) and a fine polish pad (m205) should be a good starting point.

Meg's also sells a 6" DA Microfiber Cutting & a 6" Finishing Disc.

JAYNO20 07-25-2012 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780 (Post 1837479)
It really depends on the pad brand and especially the condition of the paint. For M105 I used the Adam's orange/swirl haze remover pad. For M205 I used the Adam's white/fine machine polish pad. Both are pretty effective, so I would test an area with M205 and a fine polish pad first...then work your way to a pad that gets the job done.

....basically a medium polish pad (m105) and a fine polish pad (m205) should be a good starting point.

Meg's also sells a 6" DA Microfiber Cutting & a 6" Finishing Disc.

That's exactly what I would do. I used an aggressive cutting pad while using the ultimate compound, but the m105 cuts better so a medium polishing pad would be best to start with.

AndrewBigA 07-26-2012 10:23 AM

love the nismo! looks great!

scottIN 07-26-2012 12:39 PM

Interesting. On my red 2012, the dealer swirled the crap out of it in the 3 days they had it (pretty sure they washed it with a brush). I've been polishing cars for close to 20 years and went straight to my Poorboys polishes. Started with SSR1, didn't touch them. Went to 2.0 and started to get them, but not like I had hoped. So I stepped up to SSR 2.5. Worked a little, but still really had me stumped. I mean, I've taken out some nasty scratches with 2.5. Ended up just throwing a crap load of Z5 on it and that's helped, but I really want to get it right.

Anyone know if the Megs has fillers in it? Since I use Zaino, I can't use something with fillers or have to do an IPA wipedown.

Cmike2780 07-26-2012 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by scottIN (Post 1839584)
Interesting. On my red 2012, the dealer swirled the crap out of it in the 3 days they had it (pretty sure they washed it with a brush). I've been polishing cars for close to 20 years and went straight to my Poorboys polishes. Started with SSR1, didn't touch them. Went to 2.0 and started to get them, but not like I had hoped. So I stepped up to SSR 2.5. Worked a little, but still really had me stumped. I mean, I've taken out some nasty scratches with 2.5. Ended up just throwing a crap load of Z5 on it and that's helped, but I really want to get it right.

Anyone know if the Megs has fillers in it? Since I use Zaino, I can't use something with fillers or have to do an IPA wipedown.

I don't think it has fillers, but it probably has oils the keeps the polish workable. I would do an IPA wipedown regardless. I've never used Zaino though, so I can't tell you if it's safe or not.

canes7 07-26-2012 02:02 PM

Very, Very nice! Good job.


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