Once a month, being white and all I know its a little too much

Wah lao, new to detailing straight jump to rotary!
You have meg quik wax you may not need fusso wax? or the other way round?

The guys would recommend Osren DA

hehe I dunno but I DIY, I have this mentality of going the safest route.
I have bought the Megs DA Power Tool and have been practicing on the technique of sponge contact / pressure / angle of attack etc..
So still learning kerb but I believe I'm ready for a step up to a proper DA so can't give you any sound advice

Better wait Windskill or Douglas_Tong whom are the thread expert to advice bah

This post has been edited by linkin182: Mar 9 2017, 01:11 PM

I think the Bosch would outperform the Megs DA Power Tool. The difference I noticed when working upon this tool is for paint correction/polish, it MUST be a wired/corded Drill.
You need that extra muscle to remove and correct in order for the DA Power Tool to work properly. Other than that, with a cordless drill it is a great waxing tool.

I've read some forums suggesting that the Bosch GEX is the better option compared to the DA Power Tool, reason being I believe the GEX has a 5mm throw compared
to the MEGs DA Power Tool which I believe was rated at 4mm throw but I believe that 1mm wouldn't matter.

Another thing is, I'm not sure how long the power cord is for the GEX but the reach of the DA Power Tool is dependent on your drills power cord length so experience may vary.

Perhaps I'll list down the pros and cons with my experience on the DA Power Tool.

Pros:-
- Great for beginners (even at max speed, you will never burn your paint)
- Great waxing tool with a cordless drill (for me, 1 battery pack per car. Once it reaches the last panel there it goes)
- Flexible (allows you to tilt and adjust your angle of attack)
- Advertised to work as it was supposed to
- Quick spot correction tool

Cons:-
- With small pads as option, it takes time to polish an entire car
- Again with small pads, compounds/polish often cake up very quickly (cleaning the pads in between correction is more often)
- Reach of this DA is dependent on your drills power cord
- Waste of effort if you plan to do correction using a cordless drill (it must be a corded drill)

This post has been edited by linkin182: Mar 10 2017, 07:11 AM

Ooh interesting then get DA Power Tool

Oh I thought comparing to Bosch and Meg ma. Yeah true that. Proper Osren DA would be the option.

Kepong? Osren! haha

Add 10k into the car value
Awesome shine and great pics!

Yeah, that is by far the only off the shelve product we can find.
All the claybars rembat by ghost. Seriously, cannot find it.

Would be nice if we could buy online like Megs Direct

I did just that haha hopefully I'll get a reply

Correct me if I'm wrong, Water Beading = Paint Protection?

Great write up! It makes sense in your reply. Though I can't comment on other wax particularly Soft 99 (as it showed fantastic water beading), what I could only comment was on Meguiars products (Sorry not a Megs fan boy, just that it was what I started with and still having left overs ).

For me, I've been using the Ultimate Quick Wax and the Ultimate Liquid Wax products and I must say that the water beading doesn't last long (as observed) however the water sheeting is excellent for a good 2 weeks for the UQW and a good 1 month of ULW.

So thats what it is. Wah, 33 replies. This tered been very active lately. Welcome back everyone!

Depends! If its my Waxing Pad, I'll rinse it with Warm water first!
Mine is meg ultimate compound and polish, so I dunno. It looked like its non oil based, so I chuck it in

So yes! I chuck my pads (DA & Hand) into my washing machine

Mine is front load! can set temperature too!

da faq be poop again?

You need a DA bro. I have done both by hand and by DA Power Tool.
With Hand, you will get the scuff off the water marks but it wont fully remove it (you may still find water etches).
With the DA, it'll give you a better cut/finish.

I recommend using the Burgundy/Cutting (Hard) Pads.

I'm also using Meguiars White Wax.
The good thing about White Wax I noticed is you can do more passes before the polish becomes dry.
Maybe because its an oil based AIO (All in one) polish.

With other Polishes, after 1-2 pass the polish tends to "cake" and you'll have to buff and re-apply new polish to the pad.

This post has been edited by linkin182: May 9 2017, 10:13 AM

Buy a Lexus

Take it easy yo, just a joke. Can't resist

Recently picked this up:-


Great in removing bug/tar/tree saps. There are other brands that offer such functionality as well.

The photo doesn't look like the clear coat is gone. Example of a gone clear coat would be something like this:-

Clay Bar > Polish > Compound in that order depending on how deep the watermark is.

Ouch! that looked like it kissed the pillar.