...took the day off today to do a full polish on my '55....thing sat in a garage for 6 years and is pretty banged up paint wise....ordered a bunch of stuff...needed new pads got those....only to realize I have a 6" backing plate and bought 5.5" pads (5" backing plate has now been ordered...)

face palm....that is my vent

 

It happens. I hate when I make special arrangements to do something, get all psyched up to go do it, then find out.....well....you know.

 

Hate when that happens.

I was supposed to get all sorts of stuff today but autogeek seems to have forgotten about my other order.

I had the car washed, clayed and ready to polish when nothing but my backing plate showed up.

I was supposed to get 3 different types of polish, 3 different pads, and some dodo juice.

Ended up trying to polish with my white finishing pad and prima swirl.
Did a decent job but I could have done much better with the other pads and polishes.

Oh well. I guess I'll have to do it again next week.

 

grinding wheel.