Popped My Makita Cherry...
02-05-09, 11:05 PM
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Popped My Makita Cherry...
I thought some of you guys wanted to see the power of the rotary in my hands. And yes to you detailing forum gurus I did post this at Autopia. Got some great info out of that thread too 
Anyway, I decided I could not wait for my 3M backing plate and red/black 75mm backing plate to come from Polished Bliss so I decided to have a go with my Makita backing plate (6.5in exactly!) on a Jag bootlid I got from my friendly body shop in my city. It was the perfect template to have a go since it had some pretty deep and interesting stuff in it.
Here are the results so far. What do you think? This was roughly 1.5 hours of learning/polishing because I decided to do the finishing polish at 600rpm and had Menz FPII and black last for over 10 minutes
Process:
-Wash with ONR
-Clay with Riccardo + Last Touch as lube
-Tape up into 3 sections (for now)
-6.5in White LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 600-1000rpm (wanted to see what it could do and also learn to control it)
-6.5in Orange LC pad with Menzerna SIP @ 1200-1300rpm
-6.5in White LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 1000-1100rpm
-6.5in Black LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 600rpm (I tried jeweling lol )
-Wipe down with TAW then 50/50 alcohol and water (wanted to make sure)
Each step had a range of 1-2 hits with very little drama after I got used to it on the first hit. White was sooo much easier to control than Orange. Orange is quite controlling to say the least
Riccardo + HOT water (I find it works much better this way)
Riccardo after 3 swipes
(did I mention I got this from the Body Shop?)
Finish was great to play with after claying
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Those lines are either holograms, leftover polish residue, or they were caused by the flash. Don't know yet as the trunk is dirty again from the rain last night. If they were holograms, I probably goofed on the jeweling somehow
Let me know what you think and some tips/warnings that I need to be aware about. I can practice as much as I want on this. If it runs out of clear, I go back to that body shop and ask them for a new one
Anyway, I decided I could not wait for my 3M backing plate and red/black 75mm backing plate to come from Polished Bliss so I decided to have a go with my Makita backing plate (6.5in exactly!) on a Jag bootlid I got from my friendly body shop in my city. It was the perfect template to have a go since it had some pretty deep and interesting stuff in it.
Here are the results so far. What do you think? This was roughly 1.5 hours of learning/polishing because I decided to do the finishing polish at 600rpm and had Menz FPII and black last for over 10 minutes
Process:
-Wash with ONR
-Clay with Riccardo + Last Touch as lube
-Tape up into 3 sections (for now)
-6.5in White LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 600-1000rpm (wanted to see what it could do and also learn to control it)
-6.5in Orange LC pad with Menzerna SIP @ 1200-1300rpm
-6.5in White LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 1000-1100rpm
-6.5in Black LC pad with Menzerna FPII @ 600rpm (I tried jeweling lol )
-Wipe down with TAW then 50/50 alcohol and water (wanted to make sure)
Each step had a range of 1-2 hits with very little drama after I got used to it on the first hit. White was sooo much easier to control than Orange. Orange is quite controlling to say the least
Riccardo + HOT water (I find it works much better this way)
Riccardo after 3 swipes
(did I mention I got this from the Body Shop?)Finish was great to play with after claying
Not Corrected:
Corrected:
Not Corrected:
Corrected:
Those lines are either holograms, leftover polish residue, or they were caused by the flash. Don't know yet as the trunk is dirty again from the rain last night. If they were holograms, I probably goofed on the jeweling somehow
Let me know what you think and some tips/warnings that I need to be aware about. I can practice as much as I want on this. If it runs out of clear, I go back to that body shop and ask them for a new one
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