Installed a new cloaking device, do you like it?
 

Hello all,

This lovely Friday afternoon, I washed, polished, and waxed my car....

What I used:

Vector 6" random orbital waxer/ polisher (did a fanatastic job, bought from Pepboy's for $25)
Meguiar's Gold Class Wash
Meguiars #9 Glaze
Meguiars Gold Class Liquid Wax...

I LOVE THE RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was a bit timid at trying a $25 waxer as opposed to the $100 Porter Cable I have heard so much about...

I can't afford to spend $100 on a polisher, so I thought I would try another cheaper alternative... turned out much better than I have even hoped!

Where's the car? ;) :D

I dunno! I can't remember where I put it! :D

Wow ... impressive

Impressive reflection
 

I don't think it gets much better than that. What color is your car?

WOW

you have violated the treaty the Federation has with the Klingons and Romulans!

Thank you! It is good to hear to compliements, I gotta know my hard work is good! :D

Car color is goldish brown!

Who said I was with the Federation! I am Ferengi!!!!!

Great Job...
 

but you missed a small spot near the rear bumper area. Not quite as shiny as the rest of the car! :)

Looks really nice,what color is the 280C I wanna see that when its done!?Did you use a clay-bar?

What car? there is no car in the pic?:D I bought a $75.00 polisher at the hardware store and it went kaput:mad: so now I have weard marks in the paint?:(

That is a neat pic. I had to really look to see the car.

Wowsers. More pics!

Why do you have two lawn mowers ?:1blank:


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Speaking of polishers . . .
 

I've seen a lot of cars with swirl marks on them and assumed it was from electric polishers. Is this more due to using the wrong type of wax, a poor quality polisher, poor technique? What?

I used not to mind the work out, but now that I'm looking back at fifty, I tend to get tendonitis in my elbows and am reconsidering the polisher issue.

When you say swirl marks you must be talking about burn marks. These are huge visible swirls on the paint that are caused by an amateur using a professional polisher wrongly! These polishers just spin on their axis at varying speeds and you can literally take the paint off with them. You really have to know what you are doing with them.

If you are an amateur you want something called a Random Orbital Polisher/Waxer. The circular pattern of the head along with the circular motion of the tip will not cause you to burn the paint and its idiot proof. You can buy a cheap one like Rahulio1989300E did above or you can buy a Porter Cable which is widely known to be a pretty good make. Just make sure it says Random Orbital!

wow. Mirror Mirror in the garage...

I just did the S500,hows it look...?
-Sahil

Outstanding
 

cloaking a mother ship! and a beautiful piece of work! live long and fly fast.. or something like that.;)

WoW! I don't think I have ever seen a polish like that in my life. I mean you cannot even tell what color it is because of the reflection. Awesome job.

I want to detail my ML430....so now I know what to use. ;)

Looks awesome, but take some more pictures in the sunlight!

Yes, you must get a random orbital device, unless you REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE A NON RANDOM ORBITAL.

Also, I did not want to introduce more scratches, so I made sure the polishing pad was kept moist with the polish/wax I used at all times.

I used a terry cloth pad to remove the excess wax/glaze, I hit it with my hand to break loose any embedded dried wax/glaze after every 3 square feet of paint area covered. This prevents dried wax from doing any damage.

Ill take some more,but not right now because the car is going to the dealership soon.I really want to do the ML soon.The color of your 300E is really nice,look into the Meguiars detailer it really helps keep that car looking good after all that work was put in.

Get one at Griot's
 

Random Orbital, Good Product easy to use! the key is the pads! Get 3 of each!

I'm old to and it's worth the money!