DA polishing-KB Method

This is basically (from my understanding) the Kevin Brown method to be able to achieve rotary results with a DA polisher. Using my Meguiars G110 DA polishing, Meguiars #105 Compound and a orange Soft Edge cutting pad, I was able to make a significant reduction is some pretty horrible swirling left by a dealership hack.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Car
• polishing

[johandcdk]

You are moving the polisher WAY too fast. You are also loosing the lubricants of the M105 to quickly that way. The correct speed (according to the KBM) would be 1-1½ inch per second!

[Scottwax]

@johandcdk Took the defects out, didn't I? #105 stayed wet the entire time I polished that panel. I also have to make sure the video isn't so long I can't upload the whole thing so I have to work more quickly than I normally would. On the really bad parts, I did slow down and go over them several times.

[johandcdk]

@Scottwax I'm not in doubt that the #105 did the job. It would take out swirls almost whatever method you apply. The question is, how well did it remove the swirls? Kevin Brown himself (and indeed a lot of other detailers at detailingworld) recommends a much slower pace with the DA machine. Around 1-2 inches per second max. I do understand that this is your own understanding of the KB method, but in my opinion it's quite far from what Kevin understands from it himself.

[johandcdk]

@johandcdk His method is about working the #105 very slowly and re-lubricating using water or quick detail spray to prolong the working time. I have tried it, and it is specifically recommended on very hard clearcoats like on VW, Audi, Mercedes. What brand is your car? And how well did you correct the swirls? If you have a soft paint, maybe what you did in this video is enough, but on my car (10 yr old VW), the above method would certainly not give enough correction.

[Scottwax]

@johandcdk That is a customer's car, a jet black BMW 335. I have before and after shots of it on my website, scottwax.com in my portfolio under before and after, first two pictures are of this car. On an Audi or VW, I probably would just use my rotary due to the additional hardness of the paint. Jet black BMW paint is uber soft.

[Scottwax]

@johandcdk As soft as that paint was, I didn't have to slow down as much as I normally would have. Plus in the interest in not making the video too long, I kind of had to speed things up. In this case, being very soft paint, it was ideal for showing what I understood at the time to be the KB method and showing how it removes defects. Now I mostly use the new microfiber DA pads Meguiars and Optimum have, same results, less time. Usually.

[ww2717]

Hello Scott:

How do you think that the KBM would work using M-101 in place of M-105. Do you think that you would be able to level paint significantly faster. I talked to KB and he told me that detailers were using M-101 to get out 500 grit scratches.

[Scottwax]

@MRwieduwilt

Not sure the exact amount, apply enough to slightly bog the DA polisher, then let up just enough for the polisher to speed back up and use that pressure.

[jamesjdm]

@Scottwax

You can use m205 with a DA just and get great results as well also w/o switching to a rotary. I use m105 on a DA and follow up with 205 to take out the hazing and on all but the hardest paints it comes out great.

[intheboost]

Great vid, thanks.  I am looking forward to trying this method.

BTW, you sound exactly like Zach Galifianakis. Please upload a video of you saying "Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."