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Pretty much same as here every other five minutes
Oh and Krowzer looking superb but can't help feel the mirrors should be black then.
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Pretty much same as here every other five minutes
Oh and Krowzer looking superb but can't help feel the mirrors should be black then.
No need to get anal, just trying to summarize the way polishing changes the shape of the paint / clear coat at a level you can't see without using a PTG.
My apologies if i used a word that caused offence to you.
/Insert string violin clip
Not offence, just something completely inaccurate and trying to make polishing sound like something from a Materials Science PhD project.
I bet MrLOL know's quite a lot about Materials Science actually...
...it has it's own Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science
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Crikey.
Not offended squire, just that there is enough complexity surrounding "detailing" without complicating matters further. If I were being anal, I would have mentioned the other mistakes in your post.
"Car looks nice"
"I've restructured the ionic bonds of the acrylic co-polymers. Took me all day."
would have been a much better choice of word in hindsight. Agreed.
Seriously amazed at how sad some people in this thread are "OMG he used a word that wasn't right"
"Squire ! bring me my high horse"
would have been a much better choice of word in hindsight. Agreed.
Seriously amazed at how sad some people in this thread are "OMG he used a word that wasn't right"
"Squire ! bring me my high horse"
They're not really interchangeable words. Somebody who is asking a basic question is only going to get confused if they think polishing is molecular transformation. But yes, seems trivial. On the other hand, one of the better facets of this forum is the self-regulation of lazy facts and misinformation. It's not the most wonderful atmosphere to post in sometimes but you do tend to get (sometimes eventually) decent information and not regurgitated, inter-forum half-truths from self-styled experts.
I'm on a hyphen high.
I need to do my summer detail, its long over due. I fancy using a machine to do the polish but I have noob questions if you don't mind.
What is a rotary or dual action polisher?
Clean your car have a Silverline for £42, will this do me? They recommend buying a 125mm backing plate, what else would I need?
I just want to make polishing easier then using my AG SRP by hand, I'm not too fussed about swirl mark removal atm, my silver car hides them pretty well.
Basically I'm lazy and I want to know if a machine will make my day polishing and waxing easier lol.
Thanks
What is a rotary or dual action polisher?
Clean your car have a Silverline for £42, will this do me? They recommend buying a 125mm backing plate, what else would I need?
I just want to make polishing easier then using my AG SRP by hand, I'm not too fussed about swirl mark removal atm, my silver car hides them pretty well.
Basically I'm lazy and I want to know if a machine will make my day polishing and waxing easier lol.
Thanks
I'd recommend Gtechniq P1 for polish. It reduces the chance of error and bad judgement in terms of working the polish - it is a very consistent polish where level of correction is defined by choice of pad, the polish is used across the board.
Whether you choose a rotary or da is entirely up to you. A DA is safer, and easier to get a refined finish for a beginning but it is likely to be slower and less comfortable to use.
A rotary is great for outright grunt, but can be difficult to get a hologram free finish on more difficult (dark, soft/sticky) paint. It can also do some damage in the hands of an idiot.
Fwiw, I started with a rotary but have found the need for a DA for more difficult paints as I mentioned previously and as such I've ordered one along with a better rotary
Whether you choose a rotary or da is entirely up to you. A DA is safer, and easier to get a refined finish for a beginning but it is likely to be slower and less comfortable to use.
A rotary is great for outright grunt, but can be difficult to get a hologram free finish on more difficult (dark, soft/sticky) paint. It can also do some damage in the hands of an idiot.
Fwiw, I started with a rotary but have found the need for a DA for more difficult paints as I mentioned previously and as such I've ordered one along with a better rotary
It's hardly confusing? Even at the brief level of detail he went to, I knew exactly what he meant.
The arguments in this section are so ludicrously petty.
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Machine polishing is really used for swirl removal. It can be used to apply wax but its kinda of a waste of money in my opinion. If you want get the Dual action polisher because its less likely you'll burn the into the paint.
Yeah you will need a backing plate as well as a pad but sooner or later these will add up.
It's a petty, anal topic.
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Did someone say 'pretty anal'?
Absolutely. If you are not petty and anal you are probably not very good at detailing..
It is. Also a hobby that is extremely attractive to women and a great point of conversation with people you've just met. By the way, you don't use wax to keep the polish on the paint like you said in your previous post, JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT.
If I jumped in to a thread about oil and started talking about the shear strength at a microscopic scale instead of molecular scale, I'd hope somebody would correct me.
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