Dave3066
Well-Known Member
Hi Folks
Meet my latest toy:
I bought this following a number of recommendations from another classic car forum as I wanted to spruce up the paint finish on my car. The finish is ok but there are lots of swirls and scratches from polishing and washing over the years. I got this polisher from here and as you can see it's not cheap! However it's dual action so it oscillates as well as rotates so prevents burning the paint and making the scratches worse. The kit comes with a selection of pads and compounds and I downloaded a guide to dual action polishing from here so I could do a bit of research before having a go.
I've started with the boot as that has loads of swirl marks as you can see below:
The machine in action:
Almost finished:
Bit better now:
Here is a before and after shot of the boot so you can see the difference it makes.
Before
After
I'm going to work my way around the car doing it a panel at a time over the next few weekends. Make sure you bring your shades to Beamish 8)
Dave
Meet my latest toy:
I bought this following a number of recommendations from another classic car forum as I wanted to spruce up the paint finish on my car. The finish is ok but there are lots of swirls and scratches from polishing and washing over the years. I got this polisher from here and as you can see it's not cheap! However it's dual action so it oscillates as well as rotates so prevents burning the paint and making the scratches worse. The kit comes with a selection of pads and compounds and I downloaded a guide to dual action polishing from here so I could do a bit of research before having a go.
I've started with the boot as that has loads of swirl marks as you can see below:
The machine in action:
Almost finished:
Bit better now:
Here is a before and after shot of the boot so you can see the difference it makes.
Before
After
I'm going to work my way around the car doing it a panel at a time over the next few weekends. Make sure you bring your shades to Beamish 8)
Dave