Machine polishing car with bonnet stripes advice please

[497adam]

Hi going to help a friend detail a Fiesta St with stripes , at the polishing stage do I need to mask them or can I just polish them the same?

 

[Dave..]

Tape over them to avoid them lifting and polishing building up against the edges.

 

[497adam]

Is it then possible to then do the reverse and polish the stripe as they look quite sorry for them selves

 

[Bluebeard]

You can polish the stripes, but if you're using a rotary, be aware that they're very very soft and mark very very easily. You also run a lot bigger risk of burning them so keep the polisher moving.

 

[497adam]

Cheers guys, using Da so will be very careful on stripes. They want replacing really

 

[497adam]

Might just use triple on stripes

 

[JD]

By hand or by machine, it'd work well, Adam.

 

[497adam]

Cheers just never done anything with stripes ect before. Car looking very sad for it self. Very dull white paint

 

[yellowbelly]

When I did my wife's old RB I taped the stripes when machining either side of them, but then carefully went over ensuring the pad never left the edge of the stripe

 

[497adam]

Cheers, Shame he can't afford new ones at the mo. Will take some pictures when we do it