When to Polish vs Compound vs Wetsand

I was a detailer at an autobody shop for 3 years before I moved into paint prep. You just demonstrated a years worth of on-the-job trade knowledge in ten minutes. Very good explanation.

The amount of information you’re giving us for free is beyond belief and I am grateful and thankful for that. You could easily keep this to yourself and charge anyone that wants to learn what you know but you don’t. Too awesome and thank you. You have taught me so much as a shade tree detailer.

This is the benchmark of what a tutorial should be. Its as scientific as car detailing gets. Well done and thank you!

I detail cars at a used car dealership and this was a very well done tutorial. You explained very well the differences between wet sanding, cutting(compound) and polishing. A trick I learned to tell if the clear coat is thin is to use a laser pointer. Shine the laser at the paint (at 90 degrees) and if the clear is thick, you will see a glow in the clear coat around the laser dot, if you see no glow, the clear coat is very thin. My boss is too cheap to buy a paint thickness gauge so I had to come up with an alternative to prevent the inevitable burning through thin clear.

That knife analogy, is more clear than any of the body work institutes.

I genuinely believe that it’s time for another one of these videos to be published. Absolute perfection. Literally imagine how good this would be in 4K

I wish I could like this video more than one time. The depth to which you took the topic is amazing. 20 minutes of video have replaced countless hours of research and discussion in forums. This is what a professional video looks like and I'm grateful you put the time and energy into sharing such awesome depth of knowledge. Well done!

You are very clear. Extremely well done. Companies should hire you to show their product's procedure. I subscribed and gave thumbs up.

Hands down the most effective way of teaching the differences! Made it so simple to understand for someone who’s never done it 👍🏼

I love how he explains every detail, some of us ''nerds'' NEED to know the WHY not just the how, this satisfies our type of personality, those of you that understand what I just said are laughing because you know you are one of these personality types, LOL, thank you Larry!

Man, you are a star. This one video is all I needed to understand what I need to do with my car. Every educator must teach people how to think, how to understand the subject, not what to do. You are good at that.

You are THE detailing master. It's just amazing how well you are able to explain every single process and answer 1000 questions in so little time. Thanks, Larry... you rock!!!!

I’ve been researching this whole subject for weeks, and was really confused. This video was just fantastic, and I loved the way that you were actually teaching what we should look for, and how to respond to what we find. Most videos simply record a process, which actually tells you very little. Very well done to all involved. A MUST WATCH.

Brian from the Apex channel is always urging us to grab panels from body shops to practice and learn wet sanding as an important way to cut ( when needed) to keep temperature down on panels. Its all making sense as I heard you mention that. I am learning so much from all you guys....so thankful! 😀

I've done detail work and paint refinishing for 30 year's. I think your explanation is one of the best I've seen online. You did a good job explaining and showing the process that is used to remove paint imperfections.

This is literally perfection. The video ended so quickly for me because of how it was edited and the amount of information you provided. Thanks

I’m a Visual Learner. Using the three different knives (and how each cuts) helped me understand the how to approach my obsession with treating swirls & scratches on my car. Thank you for making a tutorial that anybody can understand!

I love when Larry does regular cars more than when he does exotic cars lol.

This has to be one of the best YouTube instructional videos I have ever seen. You gave great analogies, like the knives. The top about for jambs for reading clear coat depth, priceless. You didn't try to sell anything, just that one process isn't better than another, but when to use which process. Thank you for a great learning video.

The answer to most complex questions is a subtle and customized solution, thanks for going through the mechanics of approaching this.