{"id":1068,"date":"2014-06-29T05:14:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T05:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2014-06-29T05:14:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T05:14:21","slug":"random-orbital-and-machine-polish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/random-orbital-and-machine-polish\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Orbital and Machine Polish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started carrying Griot\u2019s Garage products in the stop this month and as part of the dealer agreement, we have to be familiar with the full line of products. So dang, now we have to stay in the garage until everything is polished. I now completely understand why one of their kits is called \u201cweekend garage therapy\u201d \u2013 I\u2019m a believer.<\/p>\n<p>Start with the book young Jedi: Once you admit you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, read the Detailer\u2019s Handbook cover-to-cover and you can start the journey of learning. Turns out I\u2019ve been polishing, waxing, and buffing wrong all of these years, likely doing more damage than good. Fortunately the Porsche has a really thick layer of clear coat and quality paint.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to try to photograph before and after pictures of scratches in paint, but I think this one spot is a good example. This was a scratch on the driver\u2019s side just past the driver\u2019s door. Probably came from a parking lot. There was no ding or chip, but this mark would not come out even with a clay bar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3885\/14352763948_9f1cb958f3_z.jpg\" alt=\"different view of scratch\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But just by following the right steps: wash, claybar, machine polish, and wax \u2013 it disappeared. I haven\u2019t completed the whole side of the car yet, so right now there\u2019s this one two-foot section that has a very deep shine surrounded by a rather dull, much larger field of blue. Ah something to do for the long weekend coming up!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2928\/14535959771_dbaaf4df76_z.jpg\" alt=\"and it is gone\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started carrying Griot\u2019s Garage products in the stop this month and as part of the dealer agreement, we have to be familiar with the full line of products. So dang, now we have to stay in the garage until everything is polished. I now completely understand why one of their kits is called \u201cweekend &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/random-orbital-and-machine-polish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Random Orbital and Machine Polish&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[62,90],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-garage","tag-car-care","tag-detailing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}