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Paint Correction / Machine Polish
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Strider590 wrote: »Buy a tub of G3 compound and a polisher (plenty of choice out there), I use a polishing mop attachment for my angry grinder, but going down this route requires great care.
I polished up my headlights a few months ago, with the intention of clear coating them in the summer. I used wet'n'dry 600, 1200 and 2500 grit, which left cloudy swirl marks on the lenses, the G3 then removed those to leave a mirror finish. If it'll work on headlights, i'm pretty sure it'll work even better on the thing is was actually designed for (paintwork).
Whatever you do, don't follow this advice!:eek::eek:
I had a red Fabia which I polished with a DA polisher. Took me 3 days to get it perfect. A profesional Detailer would have taken less time but thats the reason it costs so much.Those who risk nothing, Do nothing, achieve nothing, become nothingMFW #63 £0/£5000 -
Whatever you do, don't follow this advice!:eek::eek:
I had a red Fabia which I polished with a DA polisher. Took me 3 days to get it perfect. A profesional Detailer would have taken less time but thats the reason it costs so much.
You have something against using G3? Because that's all I was suggesting......“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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G3 in a tub is very very old fashioned and messy. Buy a compound in a bottle, no need to add water, far less mess and a better result.0
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Strider590 wrote: »You have something against using G3? Because that's all I was suggesting......
I think it was the angle grinder he meant
You did say it requires great care to use one...
A polisher looks like an angle grinder, but usually has a variable speed up to about 3000rpm, whereas the average angle grinder has one speed, around 8500rpm. You can use an angle grinder but it is much more likely to burn the paint if you stop moving.
The "trick" for amateurs is to use loads of water, and sweep the pad continually side to side, the risk though is going half off an edge, when it will take more paint off due to the increased pressure.
I watched Ed China do it on Wheeler Dealers and followed what he did, worked quite well the first time, but there wasn't enough paint to do it twice
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)0 -
Having just washed a 53 plate VW Polo and a 12 plate Skoda Octavia I can guess that the quality of the paint is one reason Skodas are keenly priced vs VW-badged equivalents. The paint on the Skoda clearly shows where it was reversed slightly into a small bush in a car park and has several chips in the paint from small stone hits - nothing similar in the much harder VW paint.londonTiger wrote: »it's a VW group car withmost likely very hard paint, rotary is the way to go.loose does not rhyme with choose but lose does and is the word you meant to write.0 -
Lots of good info on this forum
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/
Been a while since I have read much on there but you might be able to sign up and get recommendations for a decent local Detailer.
Though if you are keen to do it yourself then give it ago.
Always handy to learn a new skill.
Though machine polishing a car is not easy. Probably a bit simpler than colour sanding. I didn't mind cutting the paint back but I never had the patience to polish the paint afterwards.0 -
Whatever you do, don't follow this advice!:eek::eek:
I had a red Fabia which I polished with a DA polisher. Took me 3 days to get it perfect. A profesional Detailer would have taken less time but thats the reason it costs so much.
I doubt you will get as good a finish with a DA polisher as you would with a rotary polisher.0 -
londonTiger wrote: »it's a VW group car withmost likely very hard paint, rotary is the way to go.
So VW Group use different paint do they?0 -
I think it was the angle grinder he meant You did say it requires great care to use one...
A polisher looks like an angle grinder, but usually has a variable speed up to about 3000rpm, whereas the average angle grinder has one speed, around 8500rpm. You can use an angle grinder but it is much more likely to burn the paint if you stop moving.
The "trick" for amateurs is to use loads of water, and sweep the pad continually side to side, the risk though is going half off an edge, when it will take more paint off due to the increased pressure.
I watched Ed China do it on Wheeler Dealers and followed what he did, worked quite well the first time, but there wasn't enough paint to do it twice
Well you see my angry grinder has variable speed, from useless slow through to OMFG fast, it was an Aldi "bargain" :rotfl:“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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i was a complete novice and i went straight to rotary and it was perfectly fine for me0
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