Just bought my first machine polisher at last

[Gary-Lew]

Been busting my balls for ages detailing by hand , so i thought i have a go with a machine

I have just ordered the Kestrel DAS-6 with
Meguiar's Speed Glaze #80
Meguiar's Dual Action Cleaner/Polish #83
5" Backing plate
Meguiars Softbuff 6.5" Cutting Pad
Meguiars Softbuff 6.5" Polishing Pad
Meguiars Softbuff 6.5" Finishing Pad
3M 3434 masking tapes
3.5" DA spot Backing plate
Sonus 4" SFX-1 spot pad
Sonus 4" SFX-2 spot pad
Sonus 4" SFX-3 spot pad

And i cant bloody wait to have a go at the cars!

 

[mx1_champ]

nice one howmuch did all that come to ?

 

[Gary-Lew]

£174 from cleanyourcar

 

[Fletcher]

Good stuff.

I'm after one of these soon too.

 

[Gary-Lew]

Looking forward to playing with it

 

[mradam87]

Hope this is a good one, bought one myself earlier today but with poorboys stuff - looks like its machine polishing time!

 

[Ali]

Supposed to be quite a good unit.

 

[Gary-Lew]

Well it turned up this morning ,very happy man!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Not bad, let me know how you get on with it, quite interested in getting myself one.

 

[Gary-Lew]

Will do mate

 

[nickl360]

Not bad, let me know how you get on with it, quite interested in getting myself one.

Ditto!

I want to know if it's worth the price tag and then look into if it's possible to do a bit of detailing on the side to friends and families cars to pay for itself.

*strokes chin*

Would you still apply a wax like Collinite 476S by hand and buff off by hand?

 

[Gary-Lew]

Yeah i will still appiy wax by hand

 

[The Boosh!]

good luck with it mate.

requires alot of patience and luck with the weather! (unless you have a garage!)

 

[Gary-Lew]

Nice warm garage for me!

 

[The Boosh!]

Nice warm garage for me!

Lucky Tw@!

Iv still not had chance to properly do mine and iv had my rotory for 3 months

 

[nickl360]

Yeah i will still appiy wax by hand

Buff off by hand too? Or can you get a pad that can do it for you?

 

[Gary-Lew]

Buff off by hand too? Or can you get a pad that can do it for you?

by hand

 

[nickl360]

Boo!!

 

[AlexG]

once you have worked ther polish in enough by machine there should be hardly nothing left of it. just use a microfibre to wipe off any spots of residue that may be still on the paint.

 

[clvs2222]

only just seen this thread garry. really wouldnt of recommended the megs polishes. i used them for a bit, didnt like the way the worked down. iv just ordered my 2nd silverline (dropped the first), cant fault them tbh. especially at less than £50

tbh, your car is mint, so cant see why you would use anything but the finishing pads and polish. dont is to agressive pad/polish combination as you will actually put swirls into the paint.

 

[Gary-Lew]

only just seen this thread garry. really wouldnt of recommended the megs polishes. i used them for a bit, didnt like the way the worked down. iv just ordered my 2nd silverline (dropped the first), cant fault them tbh. especially at less than £50

tbh, your car is mint, so cant see why you would use anything but the finishing pads and polish. dont is to agressive pad/polish combination as you will actually put swirls into the paint.

Its pretty swirled up to be honest Chris under halogen, i always use fillers on it so hides quite a bit, I would like to get it perfect , got all the pads as i plan to do a bit on the side for family members, When i'm 100% with my work I'll take some of your clients PS I'll use the lightest combo on the 182.

After claying

 

[RichCup]

Good s**t

I'd highly recommend reading Dave KG's DA guide on detailing world. Then read it again. And again. Then you should be good to go

 

[Gary-Lew]

Good s**t

I'd highly recommend reading Dave KG's DA guide on detailing world. Then read it again. And again. Then you should be good to go

Read it about 5 times before i even bought it, been on meguairs world on youtube to, very good demos on there.

 

[clvs2222]

agree the videos from the meguairs academy are very good.

you'll soon get bored of the DA and want a rotary. rotary is so much easier to work with.

stealing my clients! yea right!

 

[mradam87]

Used mine today for the first time, first time I ever picked up one of these things to and I'm very impressed with how easy and effective it is.

Got rid a lot of the scuffs and more noticable swirls, and we only used Poorboys SSR1 which is ever so slightly up from a normal hand polish, so probably would have seen even better results with a more cutting polish.

 

[AstoN]

Buff off by hand too? Or can you get a pad that can do it for you?

You can get finesse pads which don't have any cut rating and are designed for applying sealant and wax. Lake Country do them available from CleanYourCar. And buffing bonnets which fit over your pads are designed for taking off said products.