SpitfireIV
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Thanks for that. I thought a dual action was the thing to use for cutting and polishing?? At least in the vids I've seen they use DA's for compounding.
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Thanks for that. I thought a dual action was the thing to use for cutting and polishing?? At least in the vids I've seen they use DA's for compounding.
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What's this thing then that I bought?
http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/4645777.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/4645777.htm
I have a friend who restores classic Maserati, talented guy fabricates complete panels from sheet metal. He sprays with Cellulose, gets plenty of coats on then flats/polishes because that's the way they would have been done when they were new. He says 2K is good but it gives the wrong find of look for his vehicles.
Looks like you've done a cracking job and should be very pleased.
Looks like you've done a cracking job and should be very pleased.
I wonder if the confusion comes from the term 'polish' To most people polishing a car is to make it look shiny and DA polishers are ideal for that. Using the right pads and polishes you can remove swirl marks and ease the whole process of polishing a car.
To a bodywork man polishing usually refers to correcting paint defects, example to bring back the shine in say clearcoat after wet sanding, typically using products like G3 or G10. For this process (in my experience) you need the power of a rotary polisher.
It's also probably worth saying that an experienced 'polisher' could do anything with a rotary polisher that could be done with a DA polisher and might possibly never consider using the latter. In inexperienced hands a rotary polisher needs to be handled with care as it easy to introduce swirls and halo effects into the paint finish
To a bodywork man polishing usually refers to correcting paint defects, example to bring back the shine in say clearcoat after wet sanding, typically using products like G3 or G10. For this process (in my experience) you need the power of a rotary polisher.
It's also probably worth saying that an experienced 'polisher' could do anything with a rotary polisher that could be done with a DA polisher and might possibly never consider using the latter. In inexperienced hands a rotary polisher needs to be handled with care as it easy to introduce swirls and halo effects into the paint finish
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Have yet to cut and polish the paint job, hopefully I can tackle it next week. Should be well hardened by then! Got the doors and bootlid sprayed also, as luck would have it I got a pretty decent smooth finish, very little orange peel (certainly not as much as the body tub/bonnet) but the evening closed in quick on me and I think I got some bloom in the doors & bootlid. It's a very very light clouding, its ok, but they arent as shiney as the rest of the car. I assume this can be cut and buffed out?
