A little while back I posted about trying to make due with a pot luck mixture of tools, pads, and products. If memory serves me correct it was a DeWalt Highspeed, Porter Cable DA, Diamond Cut 2.0, Malco Superduty Compound, Ardex Dark Car Polish, Wool Pad and other polishing pads for the highspeed, Lake Country Orange Medium Cut Pad, Worn out Red Soft Buff Pad, and an knock off Blackoptics based black microfiber cutting disc. This was in concern to commercial detailing out of a VW Dealership. After getting some feedback on here my most cost effective solution (because it was coming out of my own pocket, I couldn't order anything else through my work) was a Gallon of M105 and a gallon of M205. Shortly after this purchase I moved to an Automall with Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Honda, & Kia and the M105/M205 combo worked well across that spectrum of paints. Still stuck with the same DeWalt & Porter Cable duo we made it work. M105/M205 paired with the porter cable DA and a red softbuff pad became our go to system for everything from scratches that needed wet sanding, to removing buffer trails. The DeWalt was retired to carpet brush duty, unless we had a really jacked up car with a full paint restoration we would bring out the wool pad/dewalt/m105 combo and then finish with the porter cable/red pad/m205 combo to remove any swirls.
Now it looks like I have moved on up in the world, currently at a Mercedes Benz Dealership. Our tools/chemicals have upgraded, which is great news. We still have the DeWalt and Porter Cables, but we finally got a Rupes Bigfoot LHR 21 MarkII. And with that MG Microfiber Cutting Discs & Finishing Discs, D300 Compound, D301 Finishing Wax, and D156 Spray Wax. In addition to that we can now order M205, and I was also given a partially used 32oz conatainer of M100 (that I can't order). The D300 works good, but it seems we are leaning to using M100 (even tough it dusts more than the D300) more and more because it seems to cut better than the D300 on the harder Mercedes Benz paint (using the Rupes 21 of course). My M105 and M205 that I purchased while I was still at the VW dealership virtually go un-used, having been replaced by D300 and M100. The M100 will eventually run out, and I will be looking to once again buy something out of my own pocket that will give an extra edge over the D300 and M105 that I still have. The M105 cuts better than the D300 or M100 it seems, but it dusts wayyyy too much so I really don't want to go that route. Should I go with another bottle of M100, or is the extra cutting power of the M101 really worth the extra $$$? I want to do my homework before spending the money on more M100 or a test bottle of M101 (haven't used it yet). Time is money in the commercial detailing business, especially when sales reps bring back sold deliveries and want scratches buffed out etc (on top of the delivery wash) in about an hours time.
So the question is, M100 or M101? Any feedback from those that have used these is appreciated.
Now it looks like I have moved on up in the world, currently at a Mercedes Benz Dealership. Our tools/chemicals have upgraded, which is great news. We still have the DeWalt and Porter Cables, but we finally got a Rupes Bigfoot LHR 21 MarkII. And with that MG Microfiber Cutting Discs & Finishing Discs, D300 Compound, D301 Finishing Wax, and D156 Spray Wax. In addition to that we can now order M205, and I was also given a partially used 32oz conatainer of M100 (that I can't order). The D300 works good, but it seems we are leaning to using M100 (even tough it dusts more than the D300) more and more because it seems to cut better than the D300 on the harder Mercedes Benz paint (using the Rupes 21 of course). My M105 and M205 that I purchased while I was still at the VW dealership virtually go un-used, having been replaced by D300 and M100. The M100 will eventually run out, and I will be looking to once again buy something out of my own pocket that will give an extra edge over the D300 and M105 that I still have. The M105 cuts better than the D300 or M100 it seems, but it dusts wayyyy too much so I really don't want to go that route. Should I go with another bottle of M100, or is the extra cutting power of the M101 really worth the extra $$$? I want to do my homework before spending the money on more M100 or a test bottle of M101 (haven't used it yet). Time is money in the commercial detailing business, especially when sales reps bring back sold deliveries and want scratches buffed out etc (on top of the delivery wash) in about an hours time.
So the question is, M100 or M101? Any feedback from those that have used these is appreciated.
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