variable sander/polisher

[silence]

A buddy of mine has one. ARe those more dangerous to use on your finish to get out etched in water spots and fine scratches?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: variable sander/polisher

Originally posted by silence
A buddy of mine has one. Are those more dangerous to use on your finish to get out etched in water spots and fine scratches?

A variable speed sander/polisher is only as dangerous as the operator. The motor and direct drive gear system gives it a lot of power compared to an orbital buffer or a dual action polisher thus making it more difficult to control and use when you first start out. With practice, it's a very important tool and the workhorse of the industry when it comes to wet sanding, cutting and buffing fresh paint as well as restoring neglected finishes in the detailing industry.

If you're considering using it for the first time on a car that's important to you we would suggest first to watch our video (see links below), and practice on a junker car first.

The are much more effective at removing defects because they are much more effective at removing paint off your car. Remember, when we talk about removing a swirl, a scratch or an etching, (below surface defects), we're talking about removing paint around these defects and thus leveling the highest points of your car's finish with the lowest depths of these defects.


Watch our how-to video here,

How to remove paint defects

Or you can purchase it here,

Professional Education Series Video

[silence]

which kinda pads should I use and what kinda compound?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by silence
which kinda pads should I use and what kinda compound?

Meguiar's always recommends that you use the least aggressive product to get the job done, with a rotary buffer, you can probably get away with M83/W-8000 or W-8006 foam pad. If this doesn't get the job done, you can always substitute our foam cutting pad with the M83, and if that doesn't work then continue to use the cutting pad but now switch to the M84 Compound Power Cleaner. If this doesn't work then switch to a wool pad and our M85 Diamond Cut Compound.

After you've removed the defect you'll have to re-polish all the panels with lighter products than the ones you used to remove the defects in order to remove the swirls. Thus the reason I posted this in my first reply...

Watch our how-to video here,

How to remove paint defects

Or you can purchase it here,

Professional Education Series Video



You should first check to see what size the arbor is on his polisher. Industry standard is 5/8 diameter, some of the cheapy buffers on the market have a 3/8 diameter arbor and nobody makes a backing plate that will attach to these.

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