- Hey, what's up, you guys.
And welcome back to a brand new episode of the series
on how to speed up your detail.
On today's topic,
we're going over polishing.
Our first tip for you guys is using your DA polisher
to apply your glazes, sealants, and waxes.
Now, this is an excellent way
to speed up your polishing process,
because if you didn't know already,
your DA polisher is capable of spreading fine,
and even coats of your favorite Chemical Guys,
glazes, sealants, and waxes.
So you can
and use the proper pads with their machine.
Use the proper chemical and apply a nice fine coat
to your entire vehicle in just a matter of minutes.
So instead of you doing it by hand,
and being there all day,
it can be kind of tiring
and it can be kind of time consuming, use your machine.
You have the machine already,
may as well use it to your benefit
and apply all these products to your vehicle
so that you're not there all day doing it.
If you're a detailer, or if you have a business,
this is one of the most key components
that you should be using.
Now this right here,
it's going to save yourself a lot of time.
A lot of products that you get a nice even coat,
and it makes your life so much more easier
so that you can get that car done
and completed a lot sooner.
Our next tip,
is using a two one products
such as VSS Scratch and Solar remover.
Now VSS is great because it contains diminishing abrasives.
That pretty much means that it starts off
cutting like a compound
and it finishes off like a fine polish.
So as you're working, you're removing light to medium
to heavy imperfections, whilst also refining the paint.
Once the abrasives breakdown,
it turns into that fine polish so that you get the nice,
full crystal clear clarity of a polish.
Once you're done cutting into those diminishing abrasives.
Now using a product like VSS,
it's a huge time saver
because if you're a mobile detailer,
if you're a detailing business,
or maybe you're just a weekend warrior
that likes working on your car,
maybe you're short on time.
This is an excellent product for you
to use to achieve amazing results
at the fraction amount of time
than you would by doing a full paint correction.
Our next tip
is using a smaller and or a bigger backing plate.
So depending on the vehicle that you're working on
sometimes you're working on a vehicle that has smaller,
tighter areas,
or maybe you're just doing smaller areas,
such as headlights,
around the wheels, front bumpers,
rear bumpers, B pillars.
You know, you name it, any of those tight areas.
You want to use the smaller backing plates
so that you have more precision.
Now, what better way
than to use a three and a half inch backing plate.
Having access to using a smaller backing plate,
it's going to be a huge time saver
in the sense that you're not going to have to be doing
those tight or smaller areas by hand.
So I know a lot of guys out there that
they have to do those more intricate areas
by hand with the hand pad and with compound or polish.
Now that doesn't have to be the case,
by using a smaller backing plate.
Now, remember this backing plate is great
for getting into those hard to reach areas.
Especially if you have a bike,
you don't want to polish the bike by hand.
You don't want to polish those
harder to reach areas by hand.
'Cause it's going to take much more longer
as opposed to doing it by machine.
So save yourself the time,
pick yourself up a smaller,
three and a half inch backing plate,
just for those cases
where you want to get into those hard to reach areas.
And for those larger areas,
that's when you want to
and use a bigger backup place such as a six inch.
Now, sometimes if you're faced with a truck, an RV,
a boat, something that has large flat panels,
having a six inch backing plate works out amazing
because you're going to be able to cover more area
with less passes.
So you're not going to be there all day
with a smaller backing plate
going up and down and up and down,
as opposed to a six inch backing plate where you'd go
up and down and pretty much do whatever this was going to do
in the amount of times that you gave those passes,
versus with the six inch backing plate.
This is also going to allow to cover more surface coverage.
So pretty much you're going to get a lot more area done
with less passes with your machine
because the backing plates a lot bigger.
So you're going to be able to
cut through those larger panels
a lot sooner so that you're not there
with the smaller backing plate all day.
So that does it for our backing plates.
Our next tip has to do with our rotary polisher.
So for tip number four,
using a rotary polisher for removing heavy imperfections.
A rotary polisher such as the TORQ R
has the power of cutting through heavy imperfections
a lot sooner than it would than a DA polisher.
Now, the difference between these two
is that a rotary and a DA.
A rotary is kind of like a scalpel
versus a DA polisher, which is more of a butter knife.
Now they're both going to cut,
but they're going to cut a different paces.
So the scalpel is going to cut a lot deeper
and a lot faster than it would than a butter knife.
So your TORQ rotary,
it's going to go out and cut a lot faster, a lot sooner,
so that you remove those heavy imperfections on a vehicle.
So you're not there all day with the finer DA polisher
and a finer polish.
All these combination of products,
they do make a difference.
The type of paint that you're working on,
a rotary polisher is going to
and cut through all that heavy oxidation,
those heavy etched in water spots,
those heavy scratches and swirls,
and that's going to work out amazing
for those older vehicles that are extremely neglected.
A rotary polisher spins on one axis
versus the DA which spins on two axes.
So the DA it spins just like a rotary,
but it also oscillates at the same time.
So you kind of get that massaging factor
as it's spinning around on the paint.
And tip number five for you guys
is using the Universal Pad Washer
to clean through tons of pads.
Now, if you're a detailing business
and you go through pads all day,
or maybe you're just that enthusiast
that loves having tons of pads,
the Universal Pad Washer is going
to work out amazing for you
because it's going to help you
and allow you to clean all your pads a lot faster
than you would by doing it by hand.
The Universal Pad Washer is super beneficial
and super easy to use.
All you have to do is fill it up with some water,
put some pad cleaning solution in there.
You want to go in and grab your machine
get your dirty pad and put it on there.
You're going to go and stick it inside,
and then you're going to turn on your machine
and gently work the machine on the low speed setting
so that it pretty much rings out all those polishing oils,
compound and any kind of residue that stuck in your pad
and the surface and the grit guard of the machine,
that's actually kind of wringing out all that stuff
that's in your pad.
So it removes it out your pad
and extracts it so that you get a nice, fresh, clean pad.
All right, guys, and there, you guys have it,
like I mentioned, just a quick little video for you guys
so that you guys can speed up your polishing process.
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that you think that everyone should know,
make sure to leave it in the comment section down below.
As always, my name is Joey.
This is Chemical Guys Detail Garage,
and we'll see you guys next time.