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22-08-2005, 17:50
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| electric buffer....
im too lazy too put anymore elbow grease into the wax job on my car, any1 have any reccomendations on good electric buffers?
also, whats all this zymol stuff i keep hearing about?
any help appreciated much thnx. 
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23-08-2005, 17:55
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| no1 know anything about electric polishers? | |
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23-08-2005, 18:01
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| yeh, machine mart do the propper mops for about £60
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23-08-2005, 23:30
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| machine mart? website?
wot about the ones that cost like 30quid? | |
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24-08-2005, 08:03
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| be careful because if there not used at correct speeds of if used to heavily its easy to burn the paint and disfigure it, learn this the hard way...ill not be touching my new paint with one at all...elbow grease lint free clothes and meguiars products for me
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24-08-2005, 09:05
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| I'm with Casper, its very easy to fvck up the paint with a rotary polisher... Meguiars do a "porta polisher" for waxing cars which is supposed to be very good.
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24-08-2005, 10:04
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| It's important with mechanical polishers to keep it moving and let the machie do all the work, that is don't press down hard or try and rub the paint with it.
I use one for t-cutting and polishing, and as long as you use it correcty, it gives fantastic results. (also don't get ones that plug into car lighter sockets, they don't have enough power)
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24-08-2005, 10:12
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| back to the original question.....halford does a 10" polisher. | |
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24-08-2005, 18:51
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| and the halfords one is fine is it? isnt the meguiars one like a 100quid? | |
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24-08-2005, 22:07
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| well i have a halford's one, and never had a probs with it TBH, it does what its supposed to do. | |
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24-08-2005, 22:23
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| Ebay often has the Sealey 10" polishers, I have one. About £30
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25-08-2005, 08:36
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| i bought a cheapy 10'' one a few years back, it now sits in the back of the garage......
Followed all the instructions and still managed to pull paint off the car, turns out the paint was weak and so really shouldn't have been done with it.....
I only use elbow grease now, the end results are a lot better, the thing to remember is it needs to be done regularly in order to build the shine up and i have found using a good quality polish and cloths helps as well . | |
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25-08-2005, 08:58
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25-08-2005, 19:06
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| saw that in bbq too dethstar, :P
thnx guys help much appreciated | |
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25-08-2005, 19:18
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Originally Posted by Astra-Guy machine mart? website?
| Do a search on google.
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25-08-2005, 19:25
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| the sealy ones are quite good | |
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