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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omegod on 17 June 2013, 19:20:42
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Took a very broken hub puller back to machine mart today with the intention of getting a refund but ended up adding to the refund and coming out with a machine polisher http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cp185-sander-polisher
Been pondering getting one for years as they are a bit pricey.Just had a go at some scratches on the miggy with a slightly damp sponge pad and some Farecla G3 and pretty pleased with the results, need to go a bit faster and with more pressure but easy does it for now till I get used to it.
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that looks very like an angle grinder with a mop fitting. Don't get them mixed up :).
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that looks very like an angle grinder with a mop fitting. Don't get them mixed up :).
Luckily my angle grinder is a different colour and doesn't have a speed control otherwise it could have got very messy very quickly ;D
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Took a very broken hub puller back to machine mart today with the intention of getting a refund but ended up adding to the refund and coming out with a machine polisher http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cp185-sander-polisher (http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cp185-sander-polisher)
Been pondering getting one for years as they are a bit pricey.Just had a go at some scratches on the miggy with a slightly damp sponge pad and some Farecla G3 and pretty pleased with the results, need to go a bit faster and with more pressure but easy does it for now till I get used to it.
dont use too much pressure , never use high rpms and dont stay at same point more than 2-3 secs.. you can burn the paint easily.. or you can remove the laquer quickly.. original laquer thickness no more than 30-40 microns so fairly weak
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Been considering this one myself
Silverline Sander Polisher
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QS1LZ2
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Been considering this one myself
Silverline Sander Polisher
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QS1LZ2 (http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QS1LZ2)
the buffers sold seperately (colored) are better for polishing..
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Been considering this one myself
Silverline Sander Polisher
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B002QS1LZ2
Looks spookily similar to mine just a different colour, and half the price
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this one is both http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290925984688 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290925984688) but they all look a bit heavy. How about a lightweight one with larger pad and orbital. I have an old one similar to this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130914678890 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130914678890) does shake a bit but orbital is safer to avoid overpolishing one spot.
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The DAS-6 or Megs G220 are great dual orbital polishers (if you're feeling less brave than those wanting a rotary ;)) - http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/cat_68.html
I've used the latter and it's approximately 129387192837* times lighter than my rotary (one of the ones that looks like a grinder with a speed wheel)..
(* there may be an element of slight exaggeration here)
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this one is both http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290925984688 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290925984688) but they all look a bit heavy. How about a lightweight one with larger pad and orbital. I have an old one similar to this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130914678890 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130914678890)[/highlight] does shake a bit but orbital is safer to avoid overpolishing one spot.
Had one of those in the past imo your better off doing by hand or spending more on a better one.
Was thinking about a Meguiars one but a tad rich for me atm.