Hi all,
I went ahead and bought one of these:
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/shop/polishing/polishing-machine/sonus-polishing-machine-complete-kit/p_71.html (http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/shop/polishing/polishing-machine/sonus-polishing-machine-complete-kit/p_71.html)
(btw although I am not in anyway connected to the above site I can safely say the service has been second to none - ordered at 1pm monday - arrived 8am tuesday - excellent! )
Anyway, I went for that machine because its said to be the best for someone who has no experience of rotary buffers. It wont rip your trim off or burn your paint.
its not available in this country unfortunatley :( I could have imported it myself cheaper but I wanted it there and then and I couldnt be arsed shopping for the cables and the 110v transformer thingy.
Well, today I thought I would try using it for the first time. I wasn\'t going to jump straight onto the RX7 as I have never used one before so I went and tried it on my old MX6. Now I havent washed this car since I bought it (9 months) - mainly because I hate it with a passion - so it was pretty mucky. I used Maguiars NXT car wash first then I used a clay bar to remove the many many fused on bits. Now it was time to use the buffer.
I put Maguiars #26 Yellow Carnuba wax on by hand with an applicator pad and then went to work with the buffer. When i had finished working the wax in I then buffed off residuals with a buffer clother and then put a Bonnet Buffer cloth on the buffer and went to work with this.
Man oh man !
I havent got a pic right now but I will post some when I buff the RX7 - the finish after using this was superb ! outstanding in fact. And this was just my first attempt.
I reckon with a light swirl remover used with this buffer first and then a wax with the carnuba I can get the paint back to showroom standard.
If you havent guessed I am very very happy with the buffer and can whole-heartedly recommend one to anyone who wants to clean thier own car to a superbly high standard.
I can\'t wait now to do the RX7 !
:)
If you like Meguiars they also make a buffer
http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/Meguiars.html
Not on shop yet but I recall from memory £85
i have a pc polisher at home ...bit scared to use it tho lol.
I\'ve been using a PC 7424 on my cars for about a year now, I bought if from the US so I have to use it with a 110V transformer. Its an excellent orbital polisher and its very unlikely that you\'ll to do any damage with it (primarily because of the random orbital motion). I would suggest applyign polish, selant and wax after calaying, it makes such a difference to the last result. I attacked the FD a few weeks back and spend about 8 hours (seriously!) on the job which consisted of wash, rinse, dry, claybar, wash, rinse, dry, deswirl, buff, polish, buff, seal, buff, wax and finally buff for the last bleedin\' time! Heres the results, the pics don\'t do the finish justice
(http://www.fto-ireland.com/rx7/pics/side_view.jpg)
(http://www.fto-ireland.com/rx7/pics/mirror_finish.jpg)
CJ
bit off topic but, what wheels are those?
Standard 17" Rx7 wheels for 99 spec onwards
Quote from: Callybit off topic but, what wheels are those?
Standard \'99 spec 17\'s if I\'m not mistaken...
CJ
thought that but wasnt sure if they were rota wheels.
I recently picked a buffer up from Tesco\'s for about £25 if I remember rightly.. Gonna give it a go this weekend ready for Broadlands. (crosses fingers that it won\'t ruin the paint!!)
Be real careful with a rotary buffer - leave it in a place too long and it will burn the paint - same goes for applying to much pressure on curves/edges.
Thats the beauty of the Porter Cable - its random orbital so it doesnt burn - well it will, but you would have to be trying damn hard :)
I spent 10 years working with rotary tools so I know to keep \'em moving ;)