halfords buffer/polisher

[wigansaxo]

ive been on about getting a cheap buffer/polisher for a while now as im not wanting like a machine polisher to remove all the hair line scratches ete, just summing to buff the megs wax that i have, so today i got a cheap 12v hand held polisher from halfords that just plugs into the cigarette lighter, i was expecting it to be shit reli but it just isnt! nice speed and motion, and i have a week car battery so i was expecting the car to have trouble starting but it didnt,
anyways it was getting a bit dark but i wanted to give it a try so i polished the bonnet and the roof, from the little amount of light i had i could see that it had brought a good shine to the bonnet so i was happy with it, the problem was to the end of the bits i had polished it kinda stoped buffing and starting spreading the wax about like the other pad, is this because i used to much polish or i didnt let it dry enough/? and also any other tips would be great.
thanx

[Pieface]

How much did it set you back?

[grant_evans]

what polish did you use mate? sounds like you didnt let it dry to me, although ive never actually had this problem and i have the same machine

[wigansaxo]

How much did it set you back?

19.99 and from what ive done so far i would recomend it, ill let you kno if i still do tomoz lol,


and grant im using AG SRP, what do you use? and dose it do anything for hair line scratches? im not arsed if it dosent but if it dose that would be a bonus, and what pads do you use with it?
thanx

[scottyvtr]

we have the 240v and its not brill but does the job of buffing up !!!!

[wigansaxo]

we have the 240v and its not brill but does the job of buffing up !!!!

is that the big one with two handles? i was looking at it but it seems a bit to big and clumsey for me, also it will be good when i go and valet other peoples cars

[Ste-88]

I've got the 12v one, seems alright, only used it twice though, preffer to do it by hand, elbow grease ftw.

[wigansaxo]

can that megs nxt genaration wax, go on the plastics?

[Spanky]

can that megs nxt genaration wax, go on the plastics?

Nope, makes them go white :)

[Predator_R32]

hlfords buffer is what it says mate, just a buffer, shite tbh and will definately not get rid of scratches im afraid, it doesnt spin fast enough

[wigansaxo]

hlfords buffer is what it says mate, just a buffer, shite tbh and will definately not get rid of scratches im afraid, it doesnt spin fast enough


they reli aint shit, and as ive said i didnt buy this to remove scratches, it dose cover them quite well, better than by hand mo

[Predator_R32]

exactly it covers the scratches, wont get rid of them

i pcd my car the other week and i still prefer to remove the polish and uff to a shine by hand tbh

[wigansaxo]

exactly it covers the scratches, wont get rid of them

i pcd my car the other week and i still prefer to remove the polish and uff to a shine by hand tbh


yea but i said in the first post that i aint arsed about removing them

[Predator_R32]

jsut do it by hand then much cheaper tbh

[wigansaxo]

how???

[Predator_R32]

bcause you dont have to spend 19.99 on a machine

its free by hand

[wigansaxo]

bcause you dont have to spend 19.99 on a machine

its free by hand

o right lol, but like it says ive already bought it and im pleased with it so thats all that matters

[Mark51]

i pcd my car the other week and i still prefer to remove the polish and uff to a shine by hand tbh

me too mate.

wigan - you will have just filled the scratches with the polish as it will have acted as a glaze. chances are you will have had the same result if you had done it by hand.

the wax could have started spreading again due to the wax not been left to cure long enough, the buffer pad had got 'bogged down' with the dry wax and/or the atmosphere had some damp in it so the wax couldnt dry

[EDWARDS]

have a look on ebay 4 1