Sunday morning detail / polish

[Iahawk]

still waiting on a tiny part for my carb before I can get it reinstalled in the S200 and actually start riding it this year! I was looking closely at the paint last night and didn't like what I saw (swirls in the black paint under a bright light).

Pulled out my Griot's dual action polisher with a small, 3 1/4 inch orange pad, Meguiars 205 polish and hit the front end and fender of the scoot. While far from perfect the swirls are all gone and it looks much better. Top coated with a Turtle wax spray ceramic coating that lasts all year and beads water like crazy.

If anyone ever wonders how a dual action (random orbit) polisher does on paint, wonder no more. It's basically fool proof, you can't burn your paint like in the old days of straight polishers and wool pads. I've used it on my cars and bikes for a decade or more. Works like magic.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Hawk - I'm thinking that that you and I might be some of the few who wax our scooters (and cars?)
I started using this stuff years ago on my wife's Jetta and our Vanagon. (ever waxed a 3 bedroom house?!)
It doesn't leave powdery residue in the crevices, etc. Easy on and easy off. Smells good. Beads like crazy.....

I've been known to get moist on some scooter rides

Then I couldn't find it in stores.....but found a guy on eBay selling the check-out counter samples of it. So -bought his entire box for about $10.
I'm now the western hemisphere distributor~!



Stig

[aschrauth]

I use a mixture of chemical guys and turtle wax and try to wax at the start of each season with weekly washings.