New black truck need help detailing

[Eldorado2k]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

He's not talking about a drill activated polisher. It's a normal DA similar to a Porter Cable but this 1 has a bit more power to it.

There's 2 mods but they certainly Dont Have to be made.. 1 of them is opening it up and replacing the grease with higher quality grease in order to make it run quieter and some say it also runs a bit smoother after doing that.

The 2nd mod is opening it up in order to carefully stretch and move the on/off switch to the side of the machine instead of on top.

As you can probably tell by now those aren't that big of a deal. I've had 1 of those polishers for over a year and I haven't bothered trying to open my DA and mod it because it works just fine the way it is.

The only must do is to get a different backing plate because the 1 it comes with is too large for any of the pads you'll end up purchasing for it. The standard 5" Megs DA Backing Plate is perfect. Then decide on your pads.

The other must do is to find the 20% off coupon, print it, and use it

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

Is there even a harbor freight in Hawaii? If not he would have to look at shipping costs.

The tool still performs better with the mods. At least get a better backing plate for it.

I would be hesitant to recommend the MT300 after the issue I had with it.

ya we have a harbor freight down here. what type of mods would have to be made?

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

That's true, they are $69.99 on the website today. Honestly you don't have to mod anything if you don't want to, I don't think they are that bad out of the box, just a little noisy. I checked my emails for a $54 coupon I saw last week to forward you but it looks like I deleted it. They do the coupon price about every six weeks or so. You can sign up to get them or maybe somebody else still has one in their inbox.

thanks for the tip bro. your talking about the drill activated polisher?

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

You can get yourself in to a Harbor Freight DA for under 75$ (heck clsoe to 50). Do some of the mods recommended and it is a decent unit to use.

DA for under $75? are you talking about the drill activated one? what mods are recommended?

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

Try and find a used one for a 1/3 of the price. There's gotta a few for sale on the island, maybe Craigslist?

craiglist was the first place i checked before google shopping, ebay, amazon

[The Guz]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

Is there even a harbor freight in Hawaii? If not he would have to look at shipping costs.

The tool still performs better with the mods. At least get a better backing plate for it.

I would be hesitant to recommend the MT300 after the issue I had with it.

[Chrome Rust]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

That's true, they are $69.99 on the website today. Honestly you don't have to mod anything if you don't want to, I don't think they are that bad out of the box, just a little noisy. I checked my emails for a $54 coupon I saw last week to forward you but it looks like I deleted it. They do the coupon price about every six weeks or so. You can sign up to get them or maybe somebody else still has one in their inbox.

[mcleod52]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

thanks guys for the tips. $250 for a polisher is hard for me at the moment to purchase and im not sure if its just useless getting the drill activated polisher thats much cheaper.

You can get yourself in to a Harbor Freight DA for under 75$ (heck clsoe to 50). Do some of the mods recommended and it is a decent unit to use.

[Chrome Rust]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

thanks guys for the tips. $250 for a polisher is hard for me at the moment to purchase and im not sure if its just useless getting the drill activated polisher thats much cheaper.

Try and find a used one for a 1/3 of the price. There's gotta a few for sale on the island, maybe Craigslist?

[The Guz]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

I'd put that money towards a DA instead of the DAPS. The truck just has too much surface area.

Try it by hand.

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

thanks guys for the tips. $250 for a polisher is hard for me at the moment to purchase and im not sure if its just useless getting the drill activated polisher thats much cheaper.

[Chrome Rust]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

You can only do so much by hand. M205 will remove light defects. Not knowing the condition of the truck, try a test spot. But it sounds like you need to start off with ultimate compound.

I'm with Guz on this. Personally I think anyone trying to fix black by hand is a very ambitious person. My boney fingers would probably fall off lol.

[The Guz]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

hey family. need advice is using the m205 to remove swirl webby scratches on my paint by hand.

You can only do so much by hand. M205 will remove light defects. Not knowing the condition of the truck, try a test spot. But it sounds like you need to start off with ultimate compound.

[BillE]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

By hand...I'd recommend Ultimate Polish. It's just more 'hand friendly'. Same as for using Ult Compound (if needed).

Bill

[jkmhi89]

Re: New black truck need help detailing

hey family. need advice is using the m205 to remove swirl webby scratches on my paint by hand.