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some folks are like wat, u only use your orange pad once?! uhhhh...it's not like im paying someone $250+ to detail my ride. who cares if i toss a couple

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Old 06-04-2015, 04:55 PM   #2866 (permalink)
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some folks are like wat, u only use your orange pad once?!


uhhhh...it's not like im paying someone $250+ to detail my ride. who cares if i toss a couple of $12 pads.
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also good for cleaning water based foam pads... like polish.

natural wax pads also pretty good

polymer pads i just toss after use.
Yeah I toss polymer pads too lol. I ordered 60 more today
Good info. TY.
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Yeah I toss polymer pads too lol. I ordered 60 more today
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dang 60x$12 = $10K
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$250 detail <= bimmer douche
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$250 detail <= honda fit leaser (thinks it's a joke)
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some folks are like wat, u only use your orange pad once?!


uhhhh...it's not like im paying someone $250+ to detail my ride. who cares if i toss a couple of $12 pads.
Exactly.
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dang 60x$12 = $10K
I was talking about foam applicators not $12 foam pads lol. I dont use anything but polishes with those. (I have about 30-40 polishing foam pads though)
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Exactly.
i tried washing a polymer'ed pad once and i was standing by my wash basin for like literally 15min trying to get all the polymer out.
not worth it for me.
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I was talking about foam applicators not $12 foam pads lol. I dont use anything but polishes with those. (I have about 30-40 polishing foam pads though)
dang, u like a store.

i use OneStepSealant on my dd's. that's why i use the orange pads and just toss a few of them after use.
it's good stuff if used with random orbital. fast and easy.
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fast and easy = 3hrs

normal folk = 3hrs to wax a car?!

kenchan = 3hrs to detail a car?! (impossible!)
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i tried washing a polymer'ed pad once and i was standing by my wash basin for like literally 15min trying to get all the polymer out.
not worth it for me.
I get more even coats and also faster doing it by hand vs machine...
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my full details take 24-28 hrs. i need to break it up into 2-3 days.

now ask me again why i dont like motoring my Z in the rain.
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Now polishing, I cant live without my metabo rotary!
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I get more even coats and also faster doing it by hand vs machine...
really? via machine is the way to go for me. even the natural wax using the red pad. i just rotate it until the wax is nice and burnished evenly.
i use my 3" ro for tight spots.

then wipe off using distilled water + MF detailing towel.

i lol at folks using SpeedShine to remove wax they just put on. more like u just removed 50% of the wax u just put on.
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