Pro Polish?

[OutlawStar]

After ive had my valences sprayed im looking to get the car professionaly polished, to get all the nasty swirls out! does anyone know of a good place that they can refer me to? Located in North West London or Derby. Cheers!

[silveradobullet]

get an angle grinder and buffing pad, metal compound polish and do it yourself and it is really easy and alot lot cheaper than having it done by a "pro"....

Make sure the paints been done at least 6 weeks before you buff it tho! as the paint wont have hardened properly! 

[Horney]

Angle grinder and buffer pad? Are you mad? That'll burn all the paint at worst or add horrible swirls at best. Get some swirl remover polish and do it yourself by hand or buy a proper megs buffer. Then wax with a decent wax like DoDojuice.

Nick

[OutlawStar]

The reason i wanted it done by machine is that ive been told that the valences may not be perfectly matched to the rest of the body due to the age of the paint, so i was hoping that the polish would take a few layers off and hopefully restore the paint on the body so it matches the valences....
what product names would you recommend i will have a look at them as an alternative option.
Cheers

oh i have been reading on the detailing world forum that angle grinding is an absolute no no! as it doesnt have a rotating orbit just a fixed one so it will burn through paint sharpish like, thanks for the input though!

[silveradobullet]

yeh itll burn through the paint.... only if you dont use water! its like wet and drying really! we always use a 9" angle grinder and a 2" buffing pad, works it like a treat, but each 2 their own! 

[Guy]

yeh itll burn through the paint.... only if you dont use water! its like wet and drying really! we always use a 9" angle grinder and a 2" buffing pad, works it like a treat, but each 2 their own! 

omg i can't believe i am hearing this!!

horney is totally right... you really don't want to be using an angle grinder! 

have a look at this thread as I did exactly this over christmas with Mark at Carlsson Collins... he is bloody fantastic... he's based near swindon but it is well worth trekking down to see him for a day!

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=73325.0

[silveradobullet]

yeh itll burn through the paint.... only if you dont use water! its like wet and drying really! we always use a 9" angle grinder and a 2" buffing pad, works it like a treat, but each 2 their own! 

omg i can't believe i am hearing this!!

horney is totally right... you really don't want to be using an angle grinder! 

have a look at this thread as I did exactly this over christmas with Mark at Carlsson Collins... he is bloody fantastic... he's based near swindon but it is well worth trekking down to see him for a day!

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=73325.0

why is everyone against it???! im confused?? an angle grinder is what every bodyshop up n down britain use, including ours!! not just some crappy gizmo for £15 from halfords!! angle grinders in the trade arnt little nasty rapid things that most people use in their home....... there are very slow settings for buffing, and when your buffing in a circular motion with a pad moving round aswell, where is there not the same movement as barbies orbital buffer?!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cd0CAm6GQW0

Check youtube if you dont believe me! 

[Guy]

because an angle grinder does exactly that - it grinds - it doesn't have a dual action - it has a single action hence the need for constant lubrication

put one in the hands of a novice and they will undoubtedly burn their paintwork - you never mentioned getting a trade angle grinder... you just said 'get an angle grinder'

the far safer option is to go for a dual action polisher like the megs G220 or the porter cable - designed for the job of polishing paintwork!!!

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=71&products_id=407

and as for using a metal compound polish!    outlawstar needs to be using items like menzerna polishes

specialists paint polishes have particles which degrade or get smaller as the polish is cutting the clearcoat which means that the user can use the polish safely with a DA polisher without burning or marring or inflicting further swirls.

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/index.php?manufacturers_id=49&osCsid=3e8d18b712354e9a026f6957304664af

[silveradobullet]

absolutly agree..... i apologise, and it is different i suppose when your new to the game...... and your right in saying metal compound polishes keep cutting........

yeh you probably cant get adaptors for normal grinders anyway

OUTLAWSTAR!!! DONT USE A GRINDER MATE!!  lol

[OutlawStar]

thanks for all the input guys, i have come inside and unplugged the anlge grinder  i'm a noob when it comes to car detailing and am loving the advice, im going to do somemore research but would love to hear somemore suggestions or opinions, really want to understand more about bodywork!