El Immigrante

I'm in Sylmar too, and I'll be there. Whereabouts are you located? I'm back up in the hill off Gavina (near the fires and where the hangliders land). I'm bringing the BMW too so I learn how to do this car once and for all. I'll be there extra early too and hope to get some special 1:1 on time!

I didn't press hard at all and used setting 3. I'll definitely be going out to the school on Saturday but not likely in the BMW because I'm having some mods done to it. I'll likely show up in the wife's Tahoe which is black and could use a major detail job so it will be a good opportunity to learn a few things.

Thanks but I can't make it out that way M-Thurs....just too far living out here in the SFV.

Thanks Bruce.

That would be AWESOME! What days and times are you there?

Took the Porter Cable with orange pad and machine swirl/haze then followed up with machine polish and was unable to get rid of the swirls in my paint. I have a new Alpine White BMW and tried 3 different times in 3 different sections of the hood but no matter what I did, the swirls would not come out. I followed Adam's vid to the tee and saw no improvement. I'm not a novice but also not an expert but could not improve the outcome.

Likewise. Thanks for the advice all. I'll post pics next weekend after the second/third coat of wax. Bruce, I may pick up a bottle of Butter Wax if I don't get the smooth finish with the machine wax.

I did it this way... -initial wash -wipe down (not necessarily dry) -clay -wash -spray detail -dry completely -machine polish -machine wax -spray detail -wipe down Now, my last show truck was stolen in '04...it was an '02 Lightning valued at close to 100k. After it was stolen, I left the show car/truck scene and got into offroading and quads. I bought a new black Z71 Tahoe in '06 which was murdered out. In '07 I bought a black F250 4x4 crew cab which I also murdered out, lifted, etc. Since both these see the desert between September and May, I never bothered detailing them- too much work. So since '04, I had not used Adam's polishes, well, except the interior leather cleaner and conditioner...and spray detail which I would use on both trucks after a mobile guy would come out and wash them- along with the toy hauler and quads...yeah, I became lazy, so what?! Well, I bought a new BMW 550i last week (white! ) and I was not about to neglect this "hot rod". So even though I had not chatted with Adam since like '03, I contacted my local dealer and picked up a ton of products to begin work on the 550. Yes, I became rusty after not having detailed cars for so many years but I still had my PC in storage along with some old skool white pads! I went to work at 6:30am (thank got it was gloomy in Sylmar today) and finished around 1pm. I took my time and only used the Polish as I tried that first and got good results. Next was wax with black pad. Now, my Lightning had like 5-10 coats of Butter Wax and you couldn't place a towel on the hood because it would glide off. I didn't get the same results with the BMW this time around but I think that after another wash next week and another 1-2 coats of Machine Wax, I'll eventually work my way up to my old Lightning's finish. Now, that new Undercarriage Spray is awesome! I can't wait to use on the F250 and Tahoe! ....back into the mix of things and getting a little exercise while I'm at it! :party: Oh and before the "This Thread is Worthless Without Pics" smilie comes up, my wife left for Monterey to visit her parents and took the digi with her. Next week pics will follow.

Thnx ever1 for the advice. Im going to wash a second time for ins as dylan stated.

cheat sheet but I have a question regarding claying... Adam's cheat sheet says that after you clay the entire car, not quick detail it and wipe off the clay film. It also doesn't mention anything about washing the car afterwards. Am I to assume that I just simply hit it with the swirl/haze and/or polish immediately afterwards? I thought it went like this (just body of car): -initial wash -wipe down (not necessarily dry) -clay -wash -spray detail -dry completely -swirl/haze or polish -wax -spray detail done.