[kenk]

I just finished the "first detail" of my 300. Wow! I followed Gary's stickys and his DVD. Whatever detailers charge to do this is not enough to make me want to do this routinely!

I washed the car with car wash, washed it with detergent to de-wax it, clayed it, washed it again to remove any clay, dried it, polished it and sealed it; all by hand. Every muscle in my body hurt and I still have to detail the inside and the wheels.

All I want to do now is put a glass lid over the car and leave it in the garage forever, right after I collapse into a recliner with a cold one.

I have a large buffer but couldn’t find new pads for it in time. The car looks great but a small buffer is definitely on the list before I try this again.

I think the high speed buffer Gary is talking about is one that just spins in one place like a grinder you may see steel workers use. The buffers used on cars rotate slower and don't do it on one axis, rather they spin around kind of in a lopsided circle so there are not any swirl markes left on the finish. Also the faster the spin the faster you can damage the car. As I said above, it can all be hand done, but it took me almost all day and there is still more to do.