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I've got some Collinite 845 I was going to buff on after I polish but I'll look into getting some sealant as well. Now you've got me thinking the large 6.5" pads I ordered might be overkill for the small area I need to correct so maybe I'll order the 4" backplate and pads also. Are 4" pads more ideal for paint correction or is it all up to the area that you're buffing? Large area = large pad, small area = small pad?

Yep I've got those pads and polish on the way. I wanted to get one of the white Adam's 7" pads but Detailer's Domain doesn't carry them so with shipping costs and everything it was just easier to order their Uber pads when I bought the Finishing Polish and some other goodies I ordered.

Well I hope, with some practice, I can remove the swirl marks on my new car. I ordered my car at the dealer and I was there when they drove it off the shipping truck and peeled the white plastic off the panels so fortunately it's never been subjected to sitting on a lot for months and getting crappy washes every week by the kids who work there. My paint is in VERY good shape right now, no swirl marks except for some very fine lines from my microfiber cloths from drying and polishing and ofcourse the bug/bird stain and damage from the clay bar on the front bumper. I'm getting my polisher tomorrow along with Uber green, blue and black pads and Adam's Finishing Polish and for the first week or two I plan on practicing on my old beater 2002 Tacoma that rarely gets washed or waxed. Once I'm comfortable enough with the polisher I'll take on my Subaru. I REALLY hope I don't just end up creating more tiny swirl marks. Subaru's have notoriously soft and crappy paint and I'm really nervous about using the machine polisher on it because the car only has 1200 miles but if anything goes wrong atleast I've got the forums to come back to for help.

I hear you about China, I hate buying anything from them. It's so hard to find anything these days that isn't from there. I've been over there many times with a manufacturing company I used to work for and I've seen the factories and the conditions those people have to work in. As much as I'd like to buy that nice Cyclo polisher you sell I just don't have the funds for it right now. I'm just starting up with detailing again, I haven't owned a car in years that I've actually wanted to wax, so an expensive polisher would kind of be overkill at this point. I firmly believe in buy once, cry once tho so if I stick with my detailing interest I'll definitely be in the market for a quality polisher eventually. Thanks for the advice on the pads, keep up the good work with your car care products. Oh yeah is your window cleaner "squash" scented? Back in college I had a hopped up Prelude and used to love buying those Japanese "squash" scented air fresheners. When I was using your window cleaner it smelled just like them and it was great! Be neat to see a "recipe" of all your scents like your cherry car wash, bubblegum(?) detail spray and banana butter wax. It's funny how strong of a connection we have with our senses, it's one of the reasons I like your products so much!

Hi there- I posted a question about bug stain and fine scratch removal in the General Discussion forum here: http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/27134-recommendations-for-removing-bug-stain-and-fine-scratches-from-clay-bar/ I was kind of set on getting the 4" cordless drill adapter and taking care of the scratches that way but after watching Adam's video I guess the 4" pad will make swirl marks which will need to be taken care of by a proper orbital polisher. So that got me thinking about getting an machine polisher and I was surprised how affordable some of them are. I've got a budget of about $150 so would the Griot's Garage 6" random orbital polisher be good to go or should I just wait to save up more and get a better machine? I really only need to take care of a few scratches in one small area and the last thing I want to do is create more problems by creating swirl marks with the drill adapter. I'd also use this machine to wax my car. Looking forward to saving some time on waxing. One last thing, will the 7" Adam's pads work on the Griot's 6" polisher? I'd like to keep using the Adam's system of polishes and pads so I just want to make sure they'll fit. I'm assuming they do, the outside diameter of the Adam's pads are 7" and the outside diameter of the Griots pad is 6" so that makes sense, don't want your polishing pad the same size as your base pad. Thanks

Now I'm looking at machine polishers.. I was surprised how affordable the Griot's and Porter-Cable random polishers were. Any recommendations for a budget of about $150 for a polisher? Or is it one of those things like wait and save up more for a better model?

Gotcha, after reading more info on here I was beginning to suspect Revive was just a cleaner, so I'll go with the Finishing polish. And once I get the drill pad I plan on practicing a BUNCH on my old beater Tacoma before I get anywhere near my new Subaru.

I think I'll probably get the Adam's polishing pad for cordless drills as I do not have a machine and also get one of their 4" foam pads.Now I just need to decide between their Finishing polish and Revive polish. Finishing is basically a medium grit and the Revive is a fine grit? To be on the safe side I'll probably just go with Revive unless someone has better advice.

I have a new 2015 Subaru STi and it looks like I left a dead bug on the front of my bumper too long and it stained the paint. I tried using a clay bar on it (don't have a lot of experience with this) without any results. So I tried the clay again pressing a little too hard now I've got scratches from the bar. I'm assuming next I'll need to use some kind of polish to get the bug stain and fine scratches out. So I've been trying to decide which type of Adam's polish to purchase because I love their products. I don't have an orbital buffer so I'll be applying this product by hand with a foam pad just to this one small area. The rest of the car is in good shape. I'm pretty sold on the Revive polish however the Glaze gets brought up a lot on here too. Which polish should I purchase? Pic: Kind of hard to see but the stain is to the left of the light reflection and the scratches should be easy to see.