[s-cars] Polisher Recommendations Sought

[Pram]

Tom:

On my black car, I do this procedure every 6 month.

I always start with washing the car with very mild car detergent.
Follow it with another bucket of car detergent but this time I use the
clay to get rid the stuck surface dirt from the paint (I use the second
detergent bucket as lubricant for the clay).  Make sure the clay just
glide on the paint surface.
I use Mothers glaze on the foam pad with the Porter cable polisher
(using very light pressure). Take the glaze off and finished it off with
Mothers pure carnauba (hand applied).

In between I just washed the car and use quick wax and sometime a quick
dab of carnauba.

Note: on most orbital polisher, if it stops because you applied pressure
then you are applying too much pressure.

HTH,
Pram


On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 06:17 AM, tblack wrote:

> Mike, My orbital polisher never produces a swirll free shine. The few
> times
> I have used it turned me off and it sits on a shelf in the garage.
> Could be
> that I am not using the correct technique, but I find good old elbow
> grease
> does a better job for me. My car is black which is not the easiest
> colour to
> polish.
> Any hints on how to correctly use a polisher is appreciated.
> Tom Black.
> urS4
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MLBess at aol.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:34 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Polisher Recommendations Sought
>
>
>> I get to choose my own Father's Day gift!  So I am in the market for a
> good
>> polisher (I have given up on my Wal-Mart orbital special which bogs
>> down
> when
>> any pressure is put on it).
>>
>> Looking at the Griot catalog, they sell the Porter Cable orbital
>> polisher,
>> but at a price which I believe is excessively marked up.
>>
>> Are there other options to this unit (Makita, Milwaukee, etc.) and who
>> has
>> the best prices (possibly for the P-C if that is the consensus for
>> being
> the
>> best unit)?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Mike Bess
>> '95 S6
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