First detail with a orbital polisher

[vibrantred5.0]

So I thought I'd test out the new polisher and my new waxes and all.....heres some pics....please critique or give tips....I wanna get better at this....

Horrible swirls all over!

BEFORE

THE PROCESS
yea its on a lil heavy...my first time doing it with a power polisher

THE RESULTS

Lemme know what you think....I need all the advice i can get

 

[JiMi_DRiX]

Nice improvement! But it could be better. I'd use a high speed and a couple different compounds/waxes. Some of those scratches look to be pretty bad though.

 

[vibrantred5.0]

Yea its definately not perfect......a bunch of those scratches are pretty bad.....sadly my dad got the polisher and its just a one speed thing.....I want a porter cable....

 

[JiMi_DRiX]

Porter Cables are great, but I dont use them for heavy scratch removal. I use a high speed with a wool pad, foam, then foam again but with different stuff.. THEN porter cable it for finishing shine.

 

[mygreengt]

i would say that its pretty good for store bought things..

 

[vibrantred5.0]

I plan on doing it more in the future....thanks for the tips so far..

 

[Orange Stang]

im tempted to get a p/c, but id be the one that ruins my paint...

Looks great though, good results!

 

[Matt94GT]

im tempted to get a p/c, but id be the one that ruins my paint...

Looks great though, good results!

Seriously it would be extremely difficult to ruin your paint with a porter cable, if you had a aggressive pad, high speed, and passed out while cutting and happened to press against the PC while you blacked out then maybe....

 

[Sinned83]

im tempted to get a p/c, but id be the one that ruins my paint...

Looks great though, good results!

Seriously it would be extremely difficult to ruin your paint with a porter cable, if you had a aggressive pad, high speed, and passed out while cutting and happened to press against the PC while you blacked out then maybe....

:laughing4:

 

[JStang98]

Looks pretty good I think kinda makes me want to pick up a p/c and start doin my own car instead of paying someone to do it for me.

 

[Dalamar]

black is about 3x harder than white or colored paint. and takes about that much more time.

looks good, definately much better.
to get the rest you'll need to hit it with a more agressive polish, maybe a few times, then again with the fine.
agressive w/ a yellow pad, fine with an orange pad etc.

 

[vibrantred5.0]

black is about 3x harder than white or colored paint. and takes about that much more time.

looks good, definately much better.
to get the rest you'll need to hit it with a more agressive polish, maybe a few times, then again with the fine.
agressive w/ a yellow pad, fine with an orange pad etc.

I would use different pads...but I just have the crappy orbital polisher...one speed thing...off brand.....a 10 inch hardware store one....works better than doing it by hand though

 

[95boss351]

its better but could definitely b better

 

[duh09]

Look in the back where the Bondo and body work stuff is in most chain stores and you can usually find some more aggressive polishes and whatnot.

 

[Dalamar]

CG or any paint supply store would have other stuff if you're looking to expand.

 

[prototypepariah]

Hypothetically how would one go about getting those types of scratches out..would it be possible with store bought stuff?

 

[mygreengt]

Hypothetically how would one go about getting those types of scratches out..would it be possible with store bought stuff?

you would probably need a rotary with a wool pad and M105 to get the heavier scratches out. i dont really know for sure, i have no experience with a rotary.