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Orbital Polisher

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Hi
Mrs C has offered to buy me one for my Christmas present -- what would the panel recommend? What pads would I need too?

Thanks :thumb:
 
Kestrel DAS6 - seems to be identical to the Meguiars 220 but half the price!
 
The kestral das-6 is a dual orbital polisher and as such does not perform as good as a rotary polisher.

If you know what your doing with a rotary then go ahead and get one but if your new to the whole machine polishing subject your probably best off starting with a dual orbiting polisher as there is less chance of causing any damage to your paintwork through incorrect use.

I have a das-6 and im pretty happy with it - if anything it could do with a bit more power but it does the job nonetheless.
 
Hi
Mrs C has offered to buy me one for my Christmas present -- what would the panel recommend? What pads would I need too?

Thanks :thumb:

3M does a kit of compounds and pads in a nice container @ £169.99 delivered (3M Perfect it III). I have one and it is a good value. I also have 3M rotary polisher which is a nice piece of kit @ 1.9 kg.
 
I read quite a lot of stuff on detailingworld last year before trying my hand (for the first time) at amateur detailing.

As posted above, don't mess with a big rotary polisher until you really know what you're doing - it's very easy to do more damage than good. It's harder to do damage with a DA polisher than a rotary!

Saw a suggestion - go to local scrappy, buy a cheap bonnet with poor paintwork, use it for practice before you use a machine on your P&J. Seems like a good idea!

I was lucky enough to get my bonnet professionally mopped at our club cleaning day a while back - and he used 3M stuff mentioned above, 3000 grit equivalent which is very fine! However, it's damned expensive and theoretically only availoable to the trade - you can buy it online from 3M but you have to tick the box that you're a professional! I used Bilt Hamber normal clay first, then I've got a small 12V twin pad polisher fitted with proper Sonus pads, it's very low power so stalls if I get heavy handed. AG Bodyshop 03B (1200 grit)and 02B (2000 grit) with a water spray got rid of a lot of the swirl marks I'd put into the paintwork with a standard cellulose car wash sponge - but ot took a while!
 

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