Professional buffing machine (car)

fatboyonadiet

After a buffing machine to use on waxing my car and wanted to know if anyone knew any cheap places to get hold of one or could recommend one?

Sheel

Argos have one for £12.99. Mr Sheel has the rechargable one which he says is good.

Basil_Fawlty_2

I have a very good one. It's called The Wife.

vansboy

Have a word with local paint factors - whoever supplies your car body people, with paint.

they quite often have 'offers' on tools.

BUT.... have you ever used one, they're not for the feint hearted, first time!!

Take care on all the panel edges, else you'll be through to primer or metal in seconds!!

I HATE THEM!!!

VB

paulb369uk

Take a look at Netto's they have one on offer from tomorrow, not sure how good it is though. I have recently bought a drill and other electrical items from there and I must admit this make are very good quality for the price.

http://www.netto.co.uk/internet/nettog/menu/main.nsf

Porker

I got a cheapie from Makro, and it is very good, but be careful - it's very easy to do an awful lot of damage with them!

Silent_Bob_3

I wouldnt bother to be honest.

I bought one too save on the old armache but I can't get as good results from it compared to using microfibre cloths to apply the cleaning and detailing products and then for getting a super shine. Plus I can do it quicker by hand at a cheaper cost.

Porker

I only use mine to apply wax or polish - I always actually polish it off by hand, as it were...

boogiemaster

When a car is left out side it gets covered in dust and grime, always start with a hose pipe to get most of the grime and dirt off.
Never use a sponge first because you can push the dirt into the paintwork causing scratches.

Once you have used the hose pipe, start with the sponge at the top of the car and work down towards so that the water can loosen the rest of the dirt.
Dry with shami leather and make sure all the water is off the car before using wax.

Apply the wax using forwards and backwards strokes, and not in circler motions as that’s not the proper way it’s done.
When you buff the wax? Apply forward and backward movements the same as applying the wax and you will notice how better the shine is.

After a few years you may notice the shine has started to go and it isn’t as shiny as it once was? That’s because the road grime has built up over the lacquer and blocked the shine from showing through
You need to remove the grime by using a mild cutting compound like T cut, pros use a more harder compound called rubbing compound.

Rubbing compound can be put on by hand and is more abrasive than T cut and will do a better job of removing the grime.
Pros use three different types of cutting compounds medium harsh and abrasive for really stubborn grime and stains.

They just take off the grime to get to the lacquer; once they get to the lacquer they then use a high quality wax with a lambs wool mop.
They then use another lambs wool mob to buff the car to a nice deep shine, the reason your cars don’t look as good as the pros is because the lambs wool mops cost a £!00 each.

Sometimes it’s best to go to a body shop and ask them to compound the car a little to bring the shine back.

Ps never apply wax on a hot car becosue it will take ages to get off, and aslo neevr wash a hot cat thats been out in the sun.
Always wait for the sun to go off the car first, and if you park in the sun always make sure you change postions of the car or the sun will fade the paint.
Went through this on my body shop course at collage.

Coolhandluke

Thanks for a lot of usefull information on the subject of car polishing,much appreciated.

Silent_Bob_3

boogiemaster wrote:

After a few years you may notice the shine has started to go and it isn’t as shiny as it once was? That’s because the road grime has built up over the lacquer and blocked the shine from showing through
You need to remove the grime by using a mild cutting compound like T cut, pros use a more harder compound called rubbing compound.

Rubbing compound can be put on by hand and is more abrasive than T cut and will do a better job of removing the grime.

I wouldn't be using T-Cut for this process as it's far too abrasive and should be used for polishing out light scratches only.

You should be using either a clay bar with a spray to remove all the rubbish on the paintwork or something like Mothers Pre-wax cleaner. This removes oxidisations, tar, road salts, previous wax applications etc, taking the car back to the paintwork. I myself use a clay bar as it gives a better base to work from.

Then you should use a sealant or glaze to seal the paintwork and prepare it for a wax coat. Best to use a good quality carnuba wax here. I personally use Autoglyms Extra Gloss Protection followed by their Super Resin Polish. Although when I've run out of this I'll be buying some Poorboys stuff from my car club.