Ok so I know a bit about detailing but for the purposes of this thread act like I know nothing I have used a porter cable before but I have no idea what products I was using

I just bought a porter cable 7335 with 2 orange pads and 2 white pads

I figure the orange will be good for getting the swirls out of my car and the white willl be good for polishing is there any other pads that I should be using

also what products should I be using

I will be detailing my 01 CLS NBP and my wifes O5 magnum RT

also I live in canada thanks for any help

 

Some gray pads for finishing. Besides the PC and the pads what else do you have?

 

I just have Meguirs paint cleaner and polish and meguirs gold class wax which Im assuming I cant use with the PC

 

You can, I've used grey pads to apply wax.

Are you planning to buy online or do you have a detail supply by you?

 

I usually just go to auto zone to get wax but I dont think anyone in my area sells high end detailing stuff ( Im in Canada ) so Probably online

 

What I use, I'm sure others will chime in with their favorites.

Optimum Compound II
Optimum Polish II

Long work times, low dusting so easy to use. So much so that I've given up on using Meguiars 105.

 

this is prolly the setup am gonna go with:

in order

1> Menzerna PO203S Power Finish - orange pad (light cutting),
2> Menzerna PO85RD - green pad,
3> Blackfire Wet Diamond Paint Sealant - Black pad

 

Now thats impressive!

 

I know the products but what are they for

I need to
clean paint -
polish -
wax -
seal-


are these the steps I should be doing and what is going to get the swirls out of my paint , polishing ?

 

M105 is great, just a PITA to use.

Switch wax and seal and you have your steps.

Cleaning - Riccardo's Clay
Polish - how bad your paint is determines how aggressive of a product you're going to need. Though I've had some luck using Polish II/Orange pad combo on soft Japanese paint.
Seal - Duragloss 105
Wax - you can use whatever you have already.

 

Megs paint cleaner is a polish and can be used to remove swirls, you may want something more aggressive depending on the amount of swirls. The gold class (liquid) can be used with the PC as a sealant, the paste cannot.

 

Chris are you sure? Typical paint cleaners are non abrasive...

 

I defenitly want something aggressive for my swirls

 

www.eshine.ca carries the Optimum line plus the duragloss line AND Recardo clay.

 

You will still want to be a little cautious here and start out with the least aggressive approach first. You could find out that the paint can be corrected with a less aggressive polish/pad combo.

 

This is true but I think im going to get meguirs 102 and 202 with an orange pad and just start with the 202

 

I thought he said paint cleaner and polish as 1 product, realizing they are different products yes you would want the polish to remove swirls