Swirls Removed! #80

[Ken_Allen]

Today I picked up a bottle of #80 at the local Autobody Supply store 3 minutes before they closed.

They have every Meguiar's professional product I could imagine being there (32 oz and 1 gal) and are definitely my top store now.

Anyways, after washing the car I took out my new buffer from Harbor Freight and spread some speed glaze out with the cotton pad and then put it on low speed (2800RPM). I pulsed the buffer so it would go at a lower speed. I put some weight on it and clicked it into full on. When it let it up it would spin very fast, but when I put 15-20lbs of pressure on it, it would slow down a lot. I'm sure it couldn't have been doing more than 1500RPM.

The technique wasn't really too hard. I got used to it very fast and then did sideways, up, and diagonal paths.

A lot of the polish goes down though and I might need to buy a gallon of this stuff I also noticed Meguiar's really doesn't fill their bottles to max :P

After three passes this is what I ended up with taping the edges off to do a small area:

[Justin Murphy]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Very nice work. The rpms that Harbor Freight tell that the machine run per speed isn't under a load. So speed 4 is more like 1500 when on the paint. I've used this rotary for a year now.

#80 is one of the top detailing products there is.

[Ken_Allen]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Very nice work. The rpms that Harbor Freight tell that the machine run per speed isn't under a load. So speed 4 is more like 1500 when on the paint. I've used this rotary for a year now.

#80 is one of the top detailing products there is.

I only have the 2 speed one. I'm selling it to my step dad tomorrow and buying the 6 speed

I have a 15% off coupon also.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Now that's quite a difference! Nice work, and it's nice to see you really thinking through using this lower cost buffer rather than just jumping in blind.

A lot of the polish goes down though and I might need to buy a gallon of this stuff I also noticed Meguiar's really doesn't fill their bottles to max :P

Rest assured you're getting all the product you're paying for. There has to be room in the bottles, regardless whether it's a 16oz, 32oz or gallon size, to shake up the product before use. If they were filled to the top you couldn't shake 'n' mix, and that would not be a good thing.

[Ken_Allen]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Now that's quite a difference! Nice work, and it's nice to see you really thinking through using this lower cost buffer rather than just jumping in blind.

Yeah. I'll get used to it, work some technique, then I'll buy a nice buffer.

I'm very happy with the results already with a cotton pad.

[yalerd]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Hey very nice results!

[Ken_Allen]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Tomorrow I'm going to buy some #83 and most likely do the entire car. Maybe I'll get some #105 also to see how that works on this really bad not taken care of black Hyundai Elantra

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Nice job. What a improvement.

[Racingfan]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

what's #80?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

what's #80?

It's a cleaner/polish in our Professional Line of products which are primarily formulated for and marketed into the Professional side of the industry, that is the re-finishing industry, i.e. body shops. It's also real popular in the detailing industry and because of this discussion forum it's real popular with what we call serious enthusiasts.

Somewhere on this forum is the acronym list...

[Nappers]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

It's on the good ol' home page upper right with the List O' links etc.

The Numbers

Aaron

[Mless5]

Re: Swirls Removed! #80

Man, I'm so loving #80 as well! I need a gallon of that stuff now. My new favorite perhaps.