Showing off some beading from a recent polish
 

Polished using a Harbor Freight DA with an Astro Pneumatic 5" backing plate and lack Country pads. Products were Meguiars Ultimate Compound and Ultimate Polish. Topped with 3 coats of Klasse High Glosse Sealant Glaze and finished with a quick wipe down of a "Franken Turtle" quick detailer I made.

Franken Turtle Mixture:
2 oz Klasse High Gloss Sealant Glaze
32 oz Turtle Wax Rinseless Car Wash
94 oz water

Photo taken using a Samsung Galaxy S3 without any filters, SLR, or other nonsense. Took forever to focus on such small beads, but this photo came out great.


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omfg beads...

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LOL

Parks under street lamp during light rain. Arrested for indecent exposure.

Those beads are TINY

They definitely were. Ive never had any car of mine do that from a morning dew - usually dew beads are much larger. Im shocked by the results i got. they are between 0.25 - 0.5 mm diameter

Tiny water beads in the morning, usually a sign of a pretty well protected finish

Do yourself a favor and ditch the harbor freight DA. For the money, the griots polisher is a lot of bang for your buck. Treat yourself to a badass tool and you'll be thankful next car you do

I <3 my Griot's 6" RO.

My griots 6" RO died two days ago whilst polishing my MR2...

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Now I have to drive to the flagship store and swap it out for a new one.

These tiny beads are nothing, Don't worry and consult with paint expert.

First off, that beading is sick!


With that said....
Mr. Sparkle (or anyone really), do you have any feedback as to whether [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G3500-DA-PowerSystem-Tool/dp/B009OBVRY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1378751429&sr=8-2&keywords=meguiars+da"]this [/ame]is worth the money or should I stick with working by hand? Love detailng our 3 vehicles and am looking to step it up a notch, but I also don't want to waste money on something that isn't worth it. At the moment, I don't want to spend $100+ on a DA. So it'll either be this if if it's worth it or wait until next Christmas (I dubbed my car as my 2013 xmas present).

Save your money until next year. You'll need to purchase at least two of those depending on the regimen. One for cutting compound, another for polish (and a 3rd depending on which wax application camp you belong to).