Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

Originally Posted by danielle15

Bought myself a cheap orbital polisher. Plans for Sunday are a good wash and wax and do other winterizing stuff to it.

come wax mine? plz.

put a sticker on it

Originally Posted by danielle15

Bought myself a cheap orbital polisher. Plans for Sunday are a good wash and wax and do other winterizing stuff to it.

Do it today it's nice out

Originally Posted by dsmuts

Do it today it's nice out

I'm going to take advantage of the heated shop at work
It's starting to rain here now

Waxing in the rain is fun.

Originally Posted by danielle15

Bought myself a cheap orbital polisher. Plans for Sunday are a good wash and wax and do other winterizing stuff to it.

dont know if the polisher you bought has pads or not. but if you get a firm thick pad and use liquid compound, work it till its dry and wipes off with ease.

for the wax use a soft foam pad, same thing work it till its dry and wipes off with ease.

search you tube for porter cable orbital buffer, there are a ton of how to vids so you can do it without fear of messing up. you do need to use a lot of pressure pushing down on the buffer, no pressure no shine!

your arms, neck and back will hurt when you are done, but the car will look like new!

Drove the GP to my sister's house so I could borrow her truck to get some firewood. Trying to keep my winter electric bill down.

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

dont know if the polisher you bought has pads or not. but if you get a firm thick pad and use liquid compound, work it till its dry and wipes off with ease.

for the wax use a soft foam pad, same thing work it till its dry and wipes off with ease.

search you tube for porter cable orbital buffer, there are a ton of how to vids so you can do it without fear of messing up. you do need to use a lot of pressure pushing down on the buffer, no pressure no shine!

your arms, neck and back will hurt when you are done, but the car will look like new!

Will that buff out creases and dent????

Originally Posted by heavydtheogre

Will that buff out creases and dent????

NO. its not magic!

but it will remove most scratches that dont catch your nail as you run your finger nail across it. and will bring badly faded paint back to life, my car is living prof. its been months since i did my car and it still shines like mad.

i cant decide if i wanna go to the zaino polish route, which doesnt require waxing or buffing, but looks ohsosexy.

or if i wanna invest in an orbital buffer and the pads and just go that route.

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

NO. its not magic!

Watched rain fall on it.

Originally Posted by Nixon

Watched rain fall on it.

ha!

looked at mine, under the carport, smiled because dry.

I hope some wind comes your way with your rain

meh. only it's ass would get wet.

Installed Switchbacks in my turns.. They're awesome.