car (van) polisher

[Badger1bear]

Hi guys any recomendations out there for vehicle polisher/buffers ? there is a shed load on fleabay but I dont want to buy a lemon or infact summat that spins so fast it melts the paint LOL what sort of speed is a maximum before its too fast for a buffer ?

Is T Cut still a good choice to use to cut away faded paint or is there summat else out there which is better ?


Simon

 

[pedrobedro]

Farecla is more widely used nowadays or something like Sonus SFX, and Meguiars for polishing with probably a Kestrel DAS 6 pro DA polisher. You ought to read something like detailing world for an insight into how to spend loads of money.

 

[Lawnmowerboy]

I used Farecla G3 on my bike tank and it bought it up like glass with a wax after!

 

[Badger1bear]

its just the roof on my new van thats faded, the rest of the paintwork is brilliant, the roof has been overlooked and never touched. I dont want to spend shed loads on kit that I am probably only going to use a few times a year so summat thats afordable but still giving a semi decent finish

failing that its a tin of hammerite and a flock roller and 20 woodbines LOL

 

[norsa]

Sealey or blue point to answer your question as they are the real deal with correct speed. Mopping is a bit of an art and mostly done on new paint. A decent MOP is quite expensive (avoid cheap 'polishers') so unless you want to invest dont bother. For infrequent use, forget the mop and use G3 as suggested on your faded paint. Its water miscible so washes off unlike t cut the ammonia based cutting compound which wears your hands out and leaves a greasy mess to clean up. Use a propper muslin cloth (damp), wash off and wax as normal. Its not hard work.
Nick

 

[Julian_P]

its just the roof on my new van thats faded,

I'd just do it by hand, it's hardly worth buying a polisher just to do one roof really.

However, I have something similar to this. It's obvious Chinese/Italian el-cheapo but I have to say that it does work really well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverlin...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item58945a62fe

Julian

 

[zx9]

I'd just do it by hand, it's hardly worth buying a polisher just to do one roof really.

However, I have something similar to this. It's obvious Chinese/Italian el-cheapo but I have to say that it does work really well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverlin...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item58945a62fe

Julian

I have some thing similar to the one Julian uses, I probably over paid for mine as it is a Clarke from MM. The Clarke one still has decent torque at 600rpm and coped well with the 'hedge row' scratches and previous owners touch up repairs on my vito. I used 1000 grade paper and a wooden block on the blobs of touch up and some old Tcut on a hardish backing pad for the scratches followed by polish and wax. Took me a day per side but well worth the effort.

 

[Badger1bear]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated

 

[J_K]

I've got a Silverline adjustable speed polisher.
Works well and has lasted excellently.

For what you want, Farecla is the way ahead. G10 and G3. 1 is a heavy cut and the other is a finer "finishing" compound.

If you get really into it, you'll get into using 3 different grades of diminishing abrasive compounds and fancy waxes. It's quite surprising what you can actually do with a good polisher and decent compounds.

 

[philpullan]

I have one of these
http://www.expresstools.co.uk/shop/.../sparky-pmb-1200ce-150mm-polisher-371403.html

oft start switch automatically stays on and is very light, its a nice machine to use

 

[gj1994]

I've got a Silverline adjustable speed polisher.
Works well and has lasted excellently.

For what you want, Farecla is the way ahead. G10 and G3. 1 is a heavy cut and the other is a finer "finishing" compound.

If you get really into it, you'll get into using 3 different grades of diminishing abrasive compounds and fancy waxes. It's quite surprising what you can actually do with a good polisher and decent compounds.

after seing the results on these photos im going to have to try and get my hand on one