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So much to learn.. Thank you dipolley, davidg, and pureshine for your suggestions and support. I have a couple of white toyotas to practice on next time I have a block of time and they are in crappy condition so there is no way I can make them worse than they are at the moment. By the way, I just wanted to let everyone know that out of all the possible products to buy, I'm happy to go with Adams for a number of reasons: *Adam's support for American made products *Adam's customer support with the videos and his customer service *Adam's attention to detail in the development of his products that make it easy for the newcomer and the pro to use his products intuitively.

I didn't try to feel the scratches at first (noob) but after all the time I put in, when I finally had to move on, I honestly couldn't feel anything with my finger or my nail, but they were, every single one of them, still visible. Since I posted, I thought of all the things that I could be doing wrong and first of those is when you watch an expert do something, they make it look effortless and easy, so my expectations might be suspect. Many things I could have done wrong like the amount of product for correction, maintaining the correct pressure on the PC, keeping the work space small to keep the polish from flaring too soon... This detailing thing is harder than it looks, but it might be pretty good therapy when its not driving you crazy ... seriously at one point, I was going to get a scratch out, ANY scratch out, even if I HAD TO USE THE POWER OF 10,000 SUNS. At that point, I was called in to eat and I cooled off some.

Thanks for replying davidg. Yes, I saw both Adam and Junkman's video about spreading the polish/etc with the PC at setting 1. It looked effortless and I assure you, the reason I had to hold onto it was to keep it flat. I was really surprised the first time it happened and I'm afraid I gave into Keanu Reaves favorite line... whoa. This is my first time with the PC and I'm suspecting mostly my skills for a fact. One thing I did notice was that it was really hard to keep in a 2'x2' area. At one point as I was getting tired, somehow it got to 3.5'x3.5 area. But that only happened just before I took a break. The Focus pads would be for tackling the scratches only and not doing the whole car. I would rather go with the focus pads if they will work than chin the cost of the Flex, but I welcome any input as the best way to go. Edit: I DID catch myself going much too fast at times and after so many passes the pad might have been getting clogged. But still, I just couldn't get rid of those stupid scratches.

Im a detailing newbie and I recently got the Adam's Complete Porter Cable 7424 XP Polisher Kit, a nice block of time where I was only moderately interupted, and after watching all the how to videos from Addams and the Junkman (or is that THE Junkman??) and decided to do the full exterior detail on my candy white VW Passat. My clear coat is .. hard. I'm wondering if I should invest in the focus pads or step up to the Flex. I've spent hours on just the hood and never did get rid of the scratches and artifacts. After many more that 3 passes with the SS&H and the green pad, they are diminished but still there. Since this my first time doing this, I tend to suspect my lack of experience but I have since determined that my VW clearcoat is pretty hard from visiting VW sites. So... do you think the focus pads will work for me on the PC or should I just go with the Flex? By the way, I spread the polish with the speed setting on 1 and the PC was ALL over the place. I had to really hold on to it tightly while at the higher speeds it was completely controllable and comfortable. Is this the norm?