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General => Detailing => Topic started by: JC on 24 February 2008, 19:47
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anyone recommend one -
and I am on a budget - but looks like I could be doing a car a weekend after people have seen the results of my handywork on my former PINK corsa :cool:
thanks in advance
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Megs Polisher G220
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=407
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:shocked: ouch on the wallet
but thanks
- need cheaper if i can :cry:
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:shocked: ouch on the wallet
but thanks
- need cheaper if i can :cry:
hmmm you won't really find any cheaper mate to be honest; the cheaper ones aren't very good.
If you're serious about getting into detailing then its worth spending the money on pukka equipment; you'll soon make your money back doing the odd car or two :afro:
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http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52
Porter cable stuff is pretty much the defacto standard when it comes to polishing (assuming you have a 110v transformer). As said above, you're gonna need to spend the money to anything reasonable, those £19.99 jobs from Maplin are terrible, lol.
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Megs Polisher G220
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=407
G220 is great for the price and is pretty good! it is smoother than a PC and you don't need the transformer.. it's also pretty damn hard to burn your paintwork with it... in fact you'd have to be going some to do that with the megs!
if you are going to be polishing properly then get this... cheaper 'polishers' with just spread polish about and are a false economy
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Im gona go against the grain here an recommend the porter cable, having used the megs and porter caable i find the PC to be a much better polisher the fact u need a transformer isnt a real issue :nerd:
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Chuff if you just want a polisher take a look at Clarke from machine Mart.
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anyone recommend one -
and I am on a budget - but looks like I could be doing a car a weekend after people have seen the results of my handywork on my former PINK corsa :cool:
thanks in advance
What sort do you want? There are two basic types, random orbitals such as the Porter Cable or Megs G220 and rotary polishers which look like angle grinders or sanders.
The random orbital is pretty much fool proof and will do most jobs to a high standard, however a good rotary will complete the job faster and will be the only choice for really bad paintwork.
The rotary is an excellent piece of kit and is the choice of the pro detailer for most paintwork correction tasks - fast and powerful, however it is very easy to inflict damage on the paintwork and if really heavy handed actually burn through the paint. Novices should really try and get some tuition before using a rotary on a mates car as mistakes can be embaressing and costly :cry: or practice on some scrap panels.
It is possible to buy a rotary for about £35 but these machines are very basic and need a fair degree of experience to use if a really good finish which is free of holograms and buffer trails is to be achieved.
If you go down the rotary route you will need one with variable speeds and a lowest speed setting of about 600 rpm, top speed is irelevant as you shouldn't ever really need more than about 1800 rpm for even the toughest job.
On both polishers pad and polish combo are as important as the actual machine.
Hope this helps
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I bet it's rubbish but it is £30!!!!!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_189810_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31443_crumb_33958-33974_parentcategoryrn_31443
I'm sure I saw a model up fromthis one with variable speed but it's not listed on their website.
Nick
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I bet it's rubbish but it is £30!!!!!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_189810_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31443_crumb_33958-33974_parentcategoryrn_31443
I'm sure I saw a model up fromthis one with variable speed but it's not listed on their website.
Nick
Stear well clear from this heap of crap
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I bet it's rubbish but it is £30!!!!!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_189810_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31443_crumb_33958-33974_parentcategoryrn_31443
I'm sure I saw a model up fromthis one with variable speed but it's not listed on their website.
Nick
yep - this is one of those ones which i referred to as just spreading polish about and being a waste of money!
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Silverline are a cheap end rotary polisher - best prices are from www.kingdomtools.co.uk
They do two versions...
a blue coloured one at £30, and an orange one at £35
the blue one has a slightly lower low speed (600 vs 900rpm) which some prefer for initial product spreading and finishing off.The orange one features a soft start, so the first 5 seconds it ramps up to the required rotational speed.
Normal practice is start on speed 1, ramp up to speed 2 or 3 (around 1500-200 rpm), then finish at low speed again.
These are pretty much the same machine as the Makita at 3x the price - not as robust but very similar. IF you just want to detail/polish/paint correct a few cars a year this is all you need.
Rotaries aren't as easy to use as a dual action like the Porter cable, but get your self an old scrap panel to practice on first and go with low abrasive polishes to start off (like Megs cleaner wax, Megs #83, or even Autoglym super Resin Poilsh).
Lots of info on www.detailingworld.co.uk