First Time G110 User

[misl302]

Hey All,

So I used my new G110 for the first time last weekend. I have wasted too many years waxing by hand! This thing is great!

After washing and clay barring my Mustang I busted out some #80 and went to town. Man, WAY better results than last year when I hand applied some nasty Turtle Wax polishing compound (probably did as much damage as good)! I am very happy with my 15 year old paint now.

I also used #83 on a few scratched areas that #80 couldn't fix. Somewhat surprisingly, I did not find much of a difference between #80 and #83. Perhaps what I thought were moderate scratches were more severe. I used the G110 on speed 4, some pressure, and made at least 4 passes in a criss crossing pattern.

What is the next step more aggressive than #83?

Also, I definitely learned not to let the products dry on the surface! Major PIA to remove after drying. In fact, I still have some minor splatters that I could not buff out with a MF towel.

Anyways, just thought I'd share my first experience with the G110. Money very well spent...just as I was told by some of you!

[MrCLRider]

Re: First Time G110 User

what type of pad was used with the 80 and the 83?? the same one?? with the 83, when I did my Acura cl-s, I found great results with 83 at speed five and only using 2-3 pea sized drops on the pad..

[miahjohn]

Re: First Time G110 User

I have read that M105 will take out those deeper scratches applying it by hand. give it a try and let me know so I know if I need to buy some!!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: First Time G110 User

Glad your happy with the G110. Congrats.

[yalerd]

Re: First Time G110 User

Glad you liked the G110, great machine indeed.

Remember that you can use the G110 on Speed Setting 5 in your cleaning phase. That will step it up a bit.

If you didn't have any success at all you can get D151 that's a bit more aggressive than M83 or you can even get the new W7207 pad and try it out with the bottle that you already own of M83. Or like miahjohn said, you can get some M105 and with some passion behind the pad try removing it by hand

Good luck!

[misl302]

Re: First Time G110 User

Thanks. For reference I used separate and brand new W8207 pads with both M80 and M83. I do have a new W7207 pad as well that I could try as suggested.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: First Time G110 User

I also used #83 on a few scratched areas that #80 couldn't fix. Somewhat surprisingly, I did not find much of a difference between #80 and #83.

Perhaps what I thought were moderate scratches were more severe. I used the G110 on speed 4, some pressure, and made at least 4 passes in a criss crossing pattern.

What is the next step more aggressive than #83?

First, if you haven't already, read the below and make sure you're not making any of the common mistakes...


If you're moving up to machine polishing, be sure to read the below thread before starting...
Tips & Techniques for using the G110, G100, G220 and the PC Dual Action Polisher
(These are all similar tools)


Next, sometimes a DA Polisher will not remove deeper scratches as it's just not powerful enough to remove a ton of paint like a rotary buffer or even your hand...

Here's a list of links from doing a search using the word exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26208&highlight=exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24328&highlight=exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18202&highlight=exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24467&highlight=exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24712&highlight=exert

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25372&highlight=exert

Example
After applying a paint cleaner by hand to remove swirls and scratches to a car with a red single stage paint job and then turning the applicator over you can see that red pigmented paint accumulated the most where your 4 fingertips pressed down on the applicator pad. You get these same types of results when you're working on a clear coat finish by hand, (with a paint cleaner), except you can't see the accumulation of removed paint because it's clear.






Might try M105 by hand and then re-clean and polish the area by machine after the hand cleaning step.

How To Remove a Bird Dropping Etching by Hand using M105 Ultra Cut Compound