chuckster

Ok, so I $95 later I now have a great toy in addition to my Porter Cable.. I love my Hitachi Rotary.

So you are all probably sick of hearing my water spot problem..and how it came back after my PC/Menzerna treatment..

Well the Hitachi Rotary fixed them bastages for good!! I only had a problem working the Menzerna too long and I ended up with some holograms.. Today I hit every surface again with a white Pad and FPII using the PC..

I would have posted sooner but I had 8hours of yard work to do.. I am DEAD...


So here is a shot I just took in the garage..



I took it from the roof of the vette looking at my workbench.. If you look on the bench you can see my PC, Hitachi and Menzerna...

Flip the picture upside down and you can actually read the labels...

Here is the BEFORE PIC..

C6this

Wow looks great!

chuckster

Thanks! Lemme fix it and add the BEFORE pic..

GeorgieMporgie

Good job with the rotary Chuck. Car looks sweet!! How easy/hard was it to work with the rotary?

chuckster

Thanks!! The rotary is very easy providing you exercise a little common sense... Which I did not at first.. I was working the Menzerna too long... and using too much angle on the pad.. I got it figured out...

But you really need to own both a Rotary AND a Porter..

bugman

so what's your final opinion? that the machine be held essentially flat on the surface?

And I think you said elswhere that you just used a white LC pad with the rotary and MIP to get the water spots off , right?

sorry - lost track, just need a recap of the bottom line.

chuckster

I started using the White Pad with IP.. It really did not seem to get the spots off quickly.. so I went right to the orange pad..

I am sure I had 2 problems..
1. I did not keep the pad flat enough
2. I worked the Polish till it was almost gone.. This was my biggest mistake
I thought it would make buffing with the MF cloth easier if I wheeled off most of the dried residue..

I did not do this ALL the time..

At least I do know that worst case scenario, I could just break out the PC and the orange pad and go over it with IP again..

Luckily, I just need to do 2 passes with the PC/White Pad/FPII

this time I wiped it off Immediately after it turned clear..

ZaneO

Great work!

Z06-Goose

Good job. I'm glad you've got rid of that nightmare!
-Goose

printmanjackson

What caused those bad water spots to begin with?

chuckster

Faulty Sprinkler head at the hotel I was parked at..

gmblack3

Very nice work!

YO-EL

Told ya!

agentf1

chuckster

I knew you'd dig it..

bugman

This has been a great story to watch.
You've got nuggets the size of plums, man -
I like how you never gave up, continued to try new things --
NO FEAR, MAN !!! WOOO HOOO !!!
Gotta get you a for that sometime.

And these results definitely deserve a dancing banana - Here's to you, Chuckster!



edit - wait - found this guy - I think he wants to join the party:

chuckster

OMG Dude, that is too funny.. Thanks man!

indy300

That is some serious shine! Did the Porter Cable not work for you? I wish I had the cojones to attemp that on my navy blue C5. Knowing my luck, I'd get the faint swirls that I see on black vehicles on the road.

Scuba Ghost

Chuckie, Chuckie, Chuckie...great job. Glad it worked out for ya.

chuckster

The Porter was Great for the finish work, but the Rotary was really needed for the removal on the spots.. If I made 10 or 20 passes with the PC I may have done it.. But that defeats the point of using a machine..

Gotta have BOTH!!!