Long story made really short.

2001 Chevrolet Silverado
117k WORK TRUCK
Very neglected (5 yrs since washed/waxed/cleaned)
Customer just wanted to compounded

We spent bout 1-2 hours on the hood alone with a D/A Porter Cable.

LCC Pads

Green (corse) M105 @ 5
Yellow Cutting M105 @ 5
Orange Swirl/Cutting M105 @ 5
White Polishing M205 @ 2-3

Looked good all things considering but we had a whole truck to do and not 40 hours.

So I said frig this and pulled out the Rotary

The pic you see is the driver side door.

LCC Pads

Orange M105 @ 2 +1 click Med press. Med arm speed (Rotary)
Orange M105 @ 5 on the DA
White M205 @ 2-3 on the DA

Wiped clean, pulled the tape, took a pic

Corrected a honest 90% and there are sometimes you need to pull out the big guns. No paint depth checker but will get one soon. This tool does work when its needed. Most cars dont need it but having both has a place in my tool bag.

*** just to add

The D/A passes

1x Green
2x Yellow
2x Orange
2x White

vs 1 pass of each on the rotary and subsequent D/A passes.

Also the Rotary does leave a typical buffer swirl/trail and the DA worked very well to get rid of that.

Feel free to ask questions or comment.

**Last to note, My wife's HHR needs a buff job bad so will have a post bout that this month.

 

Sweet when you have time ill bring mine up.

 

Yea I work cheap!!

 

Impressive!

 

Now that looks like a lot of work.