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Old May 27, 2005 | 08:32 AM
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thanks guys I plan to buy one soon...

last steps to clear up,

do you hand take off anything left by just the swirl remover?

thanks guys this will help a lot because my black REALLY bad...
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Old May 31, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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one more question.. do you buy three extra pads to take it off or hand do it?

which pads did you buy to take off swirl/glaze/wax???

which glaze and wax you buy?

do I need the pad holder? what else do I need to buy with the porter cable?

this a good package? http://www.topoftheline.com/porcabpolpac.html


I'm about to buy it just need the good materials

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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:18 AM
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I took all three products off by hand. You don't need three extra pads. If you can, use a microfiber towel to take them off. You don't need microfiber, but it's nice to have it. It's a little easier on the paint. You can get those towels at target or an autoparts store.

Wax: http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...w-Wax&sku=M-26

Glaze: http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...Glaze&sku=M-07

You can get both of those at autozone or advance. I've heard good things about zaino's wax as well as Meguiars NXT.

Everything comes with the porter cable...no need to buy anything else. That's a great deal on the PC. You should be good to go. Good luck, man.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:21 AM
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you can also get the micorfiber towels at costco..i think it's $8 for 24....it's the best deal i've seen so far...
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by thndrgd
I took all three products off by hand. You don't need three extra pads. If you can, use a microfiber towel to take them off. You don't need microfiber, but it's nice to have it. It's a little easier on the paint. You can get those towels at target or an autoparts store.

Wax: http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...w-Wax&sku=M-26

Glaze: http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...Glaze&sku=M-07

You can get both of those at autozone or advance. I've heard good things about zaino's wax as well as Meguiars NXT.

Everything comes with the porter cable...no need to buy anything else. That's a great deal on the PC. You should be good to go. Good luck, man.
so buy that package and not just the porter cable alone? the package is 190 and the porter cable alone in 130....
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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it's nice to have all those pads for detailing, etc. It's up to you. You're saving about $30-40 by getting the package if your were planning to buy all those pads to begin with. If I were you, I would just get the porter cable, two white pads and two black pads. The pads are $11 per pad. I wouldn't use all those pads in the set to get my money's worth. I'd rather invest in pads I'm going to use over and over. Either way, you can't go wrong.

If you get the package....you might want to get an extra black pad if your going to glaze the car because you'll use the one that comes with the set for the wax and you don't want to mix the products on one pad.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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alright, but one other question is when I was looking at it, you needed to buy a piece to hold the pads? what other items do you need besides buying the porter cable itself and the black/white pads?
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:45 PM
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I have a question do you really need to do glaze after you do the swirl remover? I did and it made marks and made the paint look worse, so I re-did the swirl remover again and looks great, I haven't done the glaze again because I got really mad. I only did part before I started.....

I had speed on 2 on the Porter Cable with the black pad, I heard the white is better but i used the black because thats what I had, yet it was bad....

Could I skip right to the wax because I would really like to the get z on the road again!!

Thanks if you can help..
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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shoulda gotten redline
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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anyone?
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