DETAILING 101 - Paint Polishing - Everything You Need To Know

good stuff Pan-Man still catching up

12minutes on the same spot is wild! Thanks for clearing up my fear on my new paint to take too much clear off!!

great video!

Hi there, i’m interested to your product. And planing to start small business as car detailing, And i want to learn more to do car detailing. But i dont know how to start. Do i need to buy those staff? Where can i buy those staff? I hope you can help. Thanks

Superb tutorial! I’ve been restoring an old Eko acoustic guitar using automotive finishing products, so my approach to cutting and polishing has been similar to the techniques shown in this video. Last night I bought a set of pads from Amazon. As I was waiting for them to arrive, I took the time to dig into this well-presented information. When the pads were delivered early this afternoon, I was ready to roll. It took about an hour-and-a-half to do the guitar’s body. The results were far better than anything I’d tried before. The body is shining like it just came off the production line—maybe even better! Thanks for helping me to finally get the results I was hoping for! After the holidays I’ll be building an electric guitar from scratch, along with refinishing one of my old favorites. I also have a number of repairs to do that will require proper finishing. I’m really looking forward to using everything I learned in this video. Keep up the excellent work!

Hi Pan,
Awesome video. I don't know if I'm lost or if there's another video that talks about the shampoos (wash) and then the chemical decontamination. I could not find the links for those steps in this video? Can you set me in the right direction?

So, do you throw away the foam pads? I'm hoping the brush cleans them too. My guess is that the foam pads are kept clean my immersing them in water to keep 'em clean, as you use them?

Another great way to clean pads is with a tornador tool always works well for me

how many times should you paint polishing youre car a year

I wanted to thank you for your tips very helpful 👍

Hey pan, would love to get you trying out NV finesse and NV precision, great product with awesome cuts and finishes. Cheers mate

Great video. What about white and light color paints...do we use any different chemicals or techniques?

Love your videos. So much knowledge!

How can i avoid the splashing of polish when the polisher is spinning, foe example whrn i am polishing the bonnet polish splashes onto the windshield

Hi Pan! Im going to be doing my wife’s car soon. She mainly has scratches from car washes and rubbing against the paint by walking past the car. Could I dive right into polishing or should I compound first? What’s your recommendation. Hope you can help.

I stumbled upon this video while researching car polishing, and I must say, it has been an enlightening experience. The content provided here is incredibly informative! Kudos to the creator for such an exceptional job!!!

For the homemade IPA wipe, is it a 30:1 or 40:1 mixture?

Thank you for your video. I have few areas where I need to touch up the paint. Should I do that before waxing or after? Thank you again.

Uh oh Pan, I hit a snag. My brand new truck came with a ton of swirls EVERYWHERE. I think the dealer may have used a filler wax because after only a month, I’m finding even more marks, including a roughly 5” circle that looks like it was from a polishing pad. I tried TWs black pad (Lake City if I remember you saying correctly?) with their 1 and done compound and nothing changed. So I then tried their microfiber pad and it took it right out. I then fallowed with their orange pad and finished with the black pad. It looked great…..until I put a light up to it and can still see some swirls! What could I be doing wrong? This was a test run for a ceramic coating being applied. I’m using the G9 DA.

Hey Pan,

Hope you’re doing well. I have a question for you. I plan on buying a cheaper polisher (Griot's Garage G9 Random Orbital Polisher) to polish my car and would like to start with the MEGUIAR'S compound and polish. Can you explain to me the difference between the MEGUIAR'S / DA
MICROFIBER FINISHING
PAD and the MEGUIAR'S | DA
MICROFIBER CUTTING PAD. Is the finishing pad for the polish and the cutting pad for the compound? Or is the cutting pad for both? Hope you can help.

Does anyone know the best materials and tools I would need to polish overspray of an epoxy based paint to blend an Bathtub chip repair on a high gloss fiberglass tub???
I’ve seen repair guys use these buffers but don’t know what would be the best tools, buffing pads and materials to use…
Any pro tips out there???
🙏🏼

Need my goplf R to look that good. Whats the cost?

Great video as always, your channels awesome ! If I’m using sonex perfect finish and only have that right now could I use a cutting pad to get deeper scratches out then which to a polishing pad , with the same polish ?

Great video as always, your channels awesome ! If I’m using sonex perfect finish and only have that right now could I use a cutting pad to get deeper scratches out then which to a polishing pad , with the same polish ?

Thank you Pan for the knowledge you share. I have learned and applied what I’ve learned from your channel. My wife had her car ceramic coated. My question is can you perform a da machine polishing on a ceramic coated car? Thank you.

How would that flex polisher work on cars that had been painted that need to be cut and buffed

You mentioned something about “as long as your car hasn’t been repainted” I have a 23’ Tahoe that was not painted correctly from the factory and the dealership had to repaint. They left horrific swirls and scratches in the clear coat from where they repainted. Do I need to do anything differently to paint correct? Or be aware of anything special?

Can you restore headlights with a machine polisher? I'm assuming you still have to apply a clear coat to the plastic when you're done.

Very good 101 Thank you.

Thank you for your beneficial video!
Can I polish my car in cold dry weather; 40 degrees Fahrenheit

Hi, excellent video! I would like to do some paint correction with the intention to prep the surface for Gyeon Cancoat. I have 2 cars, a brand new Tesla MY with minimal swirls, the other is a 13 year old BMW with lots of defects. I don't want to get every single foam pad Lake Country has, considering I'll need about 6 of each to do one car. What would you recommend to minimize cost and still be adequate to do the job for both cars?

U such a legend. Thank u so much mate.

Start here! This video was such a crucial piece for me to understand how every step fits together from A to Z(ed😉). Other videos on washing or paint protection are important deep dives, but this really felt like it gave a through line to the whole process - thank you, Pan!

That was exactly what I needed to hear from start to finish thanks 👍👍👍

Hey Pan, I just finished a rupes course and my polishers finally arrived but my only concern right now is, is it safe to polish under a polycarbonate sheet roof? I'm going to use the whole rupes system but I'm afraid of the heat produced by the sun and the sheets.
Thanks in advanced

I want to invite you to ,Ghana for detailing conference

Hi Pan! If I want to make my own IPA mix does the % of the alcohol matter? In the US the most readily available are 70% & 91%.

Pls am also a datelling in, Ghana I need your number

Just an awesome 101 in detailing. I had no idea of the proper way to detail my cars, thus I never achieved the results I wanted. Pan teaches it so nicely and to a level of detail that is so easy to understand, and so appreciated. This is great, nice job!

I really appreciate the way you explain things to us beginners! Thank you. I follow all of your content very closely and the results are always fantastic! Keep up the great work sir!

Thank you from Antwerp, Belgium!

You make the best vids. Thanks !

Watched again to reinforce what I had learned previously. The bought a bunch more stuff.

Do I need to use a machine, or can I use elbow grease and my hands for the correction?

If the paint isn’t as bad can you get away with using just a polish, and not a compound? Because I have a dodge charger widebody. I think it has very soft paint. It scratches if you look at it lol.

Thank you sm for this video 🔥

When you buff a car and it’s only in a certain spot, do you only buff that spot or do you have to buff the whole car ??? Just curious 👀

do you have a video for stage one cars?