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19th March 2014, 22:05
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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Car(s): RB25'd s14a + 2008 MWB Transit
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Machine polisher etc
I've got a blue transit and I can imagine it coming up a treat with a nice detail and machine polish. It's an ex british gas van so you can see vague outline of the old sign writing at certain angles. Quite a few scratches/ swirl marks also.
Can someone recommend me a fairly mid range but decent quality machine polisher? What else do I need? pads/mops? Cutting compound? Polish? I'm sure at first it would have to be quite aggressive.
I've been in to keeping my vehicles clean and hand polishing/ sealing/ waxing etc, but have no knowledge on machines at all.
Ideally would like to spend around a ton on everything.
Ta 
Last edited by Chris_O; 19th March 2014 at 22:08.
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19th March 2014, 22:40
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Saxperience Post Whore
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I have a DAS6, its been great to work with giving great results in a fairly decent time.
However, rotary ftw. Much quicker and youd need to be a spastic to strike through the paint.
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19th March 2014, 22:57
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Polish...item41761c5b73
What about this? Or likely to be as much use as a one legged man in an arse kicking contest?
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19th March 2014, 23:29
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The machine seems like it might be not bad, but the pads and polish might be hefty as fuck :-s
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19th March 2014, 23:33
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DA6 pr0 lad here too. You'd have to be a complete retard to mess up the paint up.
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Last edited by Prickle; 20th March 2014 at 16:08.
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27th March 2014, 10:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prickle
DA6 pr0 lad here too. You'd have to be a complete retard to mess up the paint up.
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Haven't you had a lot of paintwork done of late? 
Just messing potato protector x
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27th March 2014, 13:44
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Haven't you had a lot of paintwork done of late?
Just messing potato protector x |
No. Just the inner wings. Lol.
Its worth it. All i done was watched a couple of vids, made sure i used the right pad/compound and cracked on. No fucking around here.
Its been about a year so in a few weeks itll be getting done again.
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27th March 2014, 15:24
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prickle
No. Just the inner wings. Lol.
Its worth it. All i done was watched a couple of vids, made sure i used the right pad/compound and cracked on. No fucking around here.
Its been about a year so in a few weeks itll be getting done again. |
you're so bad at it you made a door change colour!
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19th March 2014, 23:56
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Preston
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i got something similar to that one on the ebay link and its fine to me but as said the pads and polish you get with it is shit i have spent money getting the right stuff and tbh you can get a good deal on a decent polisher with decent pads and polish rather then get a cheap thing and have to spend money to get the right polish…
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20th March 2014, 08:44
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Just looking on clean your car. Is there a huge amount of different between the das 6 and the pro?
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20th March 2014, 16:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_O
Just looking on clean your car. Is there a huge amount of different between the das 6 and the pro?
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Length of the cable was the main reason I wish I got the pro instead of the cheaper one
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23rd March 2014, 08:28
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DAS6 Pro all the way, but sadly my brother snapped the head off it :'( and now gotta get another one and only had it 5 months.
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23rd March 2014, 10:07
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23rd March 2014, 10:09
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A mate of mine uses the silverline one from toolstation, it's a rotary and only £41. I know he upgraded all his pads but he done a really good job on his transporter with it. Might be worth considering if just occasional use?
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23rd March 2014, 10:12
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Saxperience Forum Bum
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I think I will go for das6 to be honest, I'm hoping it will be a bit more than occasional use once i get used to it etc
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23rd March 2014, 10:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_O
I think I will go for das6 to be honest, I'm hoping it will be a bit more than occasional use once i get used to it etc
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Fair shout mate, I myself will be going for a das 6 pro sometime this year. Heard nothing but good reviews about the das6 and das6 pro.
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23rd March 2014, 10:37
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Jtf have some in at the moment for £15, my mate got one under my advise before spending quite a bit on one and he hated it. You need the patience of a saint and it gets very boring quick!!
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23rd March 2014, 11:47
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Saxperience Forum Bum
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So you're saying the cheap rotarys are wank?
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23rd March 2014, 12:15
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I would recommend getting the Scholl Concepts Purple, Blue and Orange pads.
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27th March 2014, 09:12
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To begin with, I would get onto the detailingworld forum and read some of the guides on there. Then I would look at as many youtube videos as you can before even thinking about buying one.
People think they can just buy the kit and start doing it, which is likely going to lead to a shit job or ruining the paint work.
If you are going to invest, take the time to learn how its done properly and just get a rotary. People buy a DA when they want it to be easy and the results are generally not as good.
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