Goodyear Rotary Car Polisher @ Lidl - £25

They are worse than polishing your car with a brick. I can't even find a useful alternate use fr them other than door stop. If you feel the need to use a machine to polish your paintwork, a silverline polisher would be much better if you go carefully.
 
mejinks said:
They are worse than polishing your car with a brick. I can't even find a useful alternate use fr them other than door stop. If you feel the need to use a machine to polish your paintwork, a silverline polisher would be much better if you go carefully.
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Is it not in essence a spinning bit of cloth? I don't understand how it can not work.
 
Tom_ed1987 said:
Is it not in essence a spinning bit of cloth? I don't understand how it can not work.
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More due to the fact that if it picks up a bit of dirt you have multiple deep scratches and huge swirlies pretty much straight away, and it could be a while before you notice it.
 
PhillyDee said:
More due to the fact that if it picks up a bit of dirt you have multiple deep scratches and huge swirlies pretty much straight away, and it could be a while before you notice it.
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But won't that happen with any electric polisher?

I spent hours at the weekend de-fading my roof with super resin polish, by hand. I think it's time I gave one of these a go.
 
The problem with these cheapy polishers is that they aren't fast enough to give any proper cut, and there are a distinct lack of different pads and bonnets available for them, which means you can't do anything other than apply a filler polish or similar.

Might as well save your money and do it by hand, or (as suggested) do as I did and get a silverline for not much more.

Tom_ed1987 said:
But won't that happen with any electric polisher?

I spent hours at the weekend de-fading my roof with super resin polish, by hand. I think it's time I gave one of these a go.
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You de-faded with SRP? No wonder it took you hours, it has almost zero cut to it, and is primarily a filler. If you had used a decent cutting polish it would have taken far less time, even by hand.
 
The best place for info would be detailingworld.co.uk, but as I do it for a profession and iirc Nath is a keen member, you might get less condescending remarks here :D For info, if you get any polisher, be it da or rotary, I would get a paintgauge as burning through the laquer is a bit of a pain at best. If you start with a "light tickle" compound with a very light cut pad such as 3m ultrafina and a hexlogic white, you can't go far wrong. You can finish on the same combo, but change to a black and then hand apply a sealant/wax for great results.
 
PhillyDee said:
More due to the fact that if it picks up a bit of dirt you have multiple deep scratches and huge swirlies pretty much straight away, and it could be a while before you notice it.
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It's a paint polisher, not a car washer. Isn't the idea to wash before polishing?
 
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I have one like this and it works great.
my old polo had very badly faded paint when I got it.
spend 4hr cutting though the old dull paint then polished it.

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ShakenNstirred said:
I have one like this and it works great.
my old polo had very badly faded paint when I got it.
spend 4hr cutting though the old dull paint then polished it.
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My OH's brother had a red Polo like that. We put a few hours into cleaning that once (maybe 6?) including Farecla Paint restorer. The outcome was epic... ill see what i can dig out
 
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