Rocket,
you were asking for comment from the ZFE buyers so here goes.
Nice Machine, plenty of weight and seems solidly built to me.
BUT i havent got much done as its been a bit tropical up here and i had my granddaughters for 2 weeks and i had to do a bit of work as well, which was most inconvenient, then i lost the Hilux for 2 weeks getting the heads rebuilt.
So i started by washing the Hilux (being 2013 it was time for its annual bath) and noticed all the lantana scratches and what looked like grinder crap all down one side (that may have been me using a grinder nearby last easter
).
So i looked in your box and i found 600 grit discs (see where this is going!!).
Grabbed a bucket of water and off i went over every bit of rusty grit and scratch that i could find.
then another bath, then i clayed the whole thing, then another bath.
Then i touched up the deep scratches with the factory paint tin that came with it (Toyota poverty pack white).
Result is a clean truck with lots of dull sandy spots.
So i bought some 2000 wet and dry and rubbed like shit till the dull sany patches were just dull patches.
Out with my Menzerna 500 on Orange pads, dab on the door, start on 1, spread it then up to 3, back and forth, wax on wax off.
Got bored quickly so up to 7 for about 3 minutes.
Repeated till i had done the whole door, had the polish go black at one stage, so i stopped and cleaned it off then repeated the polishing.
Its a bit better, but i still see dull patches.
So my questions are -
How many times should i do it with 500 and orange before moving on to the next polish?
How fast should the sander be going?
How much pressure should i be using?
I now think white is the wrong colour to learn on as it doesnt give a very good reflection.
Thanks,
Steve