Machine polishing

[Frankay]

Ive got the chance to have a crack at doing it myself my mates got a proper mop and some g3 and g1 i think... thing is... im abit scared firslty will it burn through my paint? and is the g3 stuff okay to use?

[J222JRA]

Its the polisher that can / will do the damage...is it a rotary or a da??

[Frankay]

Honestly ive no idea mate, as its my friends polisher... oh no wait hes just said on msn its a rotary variable speed? :S does that mean anything to you?

[J222JRA]

Yes....these are the ones that can easily damage your paintwork........be careful.

[Frankay]

Ummm how can i avoid this mate any tips? or just make sure its not to fast and dont use to much pressure? and as you say just be careful?

[VinceVTS]

dont use one until you have had good practise on a spare old panel, thats why i havent used mine yet :P

[Frankay]

haha my mates doing it on his car first.... if he does a good job he can do mine if not. he shall be going home with the mop in hand :)

[VinceVTS]

lolz good luck to him, i have listened to the peeps on here and because of there advice am holding of on machine polishing for now

[Frankay]

Well gotta tackle it sometimes like as long as im careful touch wood itl be okay

[ashpearse]

use pleanty of water on the mop and on the panel its self, i cant stress this enough!! It will look like someone has gone over your car with a wire brush if you dont. It will take aaaaaaages to do a singel panel properly, iv have a bluepoint rotary and its a animal lol make sure to stay away from the black plastic trim as it will burn it and "smuge" it. practice on a old wing or something first, even if you have to buy one from a scrappy, belive me its worth doing it right first time!