Porter Cable question
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St. Jude Donor '06 & '09 & '11
I was always taught to hand wax. PCs are the best, but I think they are only for ocasional rubbing out and swirl removng (?).
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St. Jude Donor '06
Do the waxing by hand...the PC would be for taking out swirl marks etc...Check out the carcare section, lot of well informed members there. 
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In general, I would agree with these guys about hand waxing your C6...applying wax is the easy part; relax and enjoy it.
OTOH, I have used my PC to apply wax to a DRIVER after using 3M rubbing compound and 3M foam pad glaze. Maybe, I was imprecise, but I maintained the same speed setting (3) for all three steps. More important than speed, IMO, is to use the proper "no-cut" pad for wax application...I used a Lake Country constant pressure RED pad. The old SUV looked like it had a coating of red glass afterward.
OTOH, I have used my PC to apply wax to a DRIVER after using 3M rubbing compound and 3M foam pad glaze. Maybe, I was imprecise, but I maintained the same speed setting (3) for all three steps. More important than speed, IMO, is to use the proper "no-cut" pad for wax application...I used a Lake Country constant pressure RED pad. The old SUV looked like it had a coating of red glass afterward.
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Actually, I totally agree with you guys. I was wanting the information to wax/wax off my sons black Saturn... Appears "3" is the number speed to be on...(Thats what I used and the car looks great!)
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yep, funny thing -- I also apply by hand to the Vette.
But to the wife's SUV, apply Meguiars #26 yellow wax by PC set at somewhere between 3 and 4, with black Wolfgang (pretty much a "no-cut" pad). Really great results, in about 4 minutes for the entire car -- probably 1/10th what it would have taken by hand. For a big job like that, it's REALLY worth pulling out the PC.
But to the wife's SUV, apply Meguiars #26 yellow wax by PC set at somewhere between 3 and 4, with black Wolfgang (pretty much a "no-cut" pad). Really great results, in about 4 minutes for the entire car -- probably 1/10th what it would have taken by hand. For a big job like that, it's REALLY worth pulling out the PC.
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