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[gstylebaby]

Havent heard of the Daz 6 before.Any info on it or where I can get one from please ?  :-/

Sorry mate,
Its the Kestrel da that you have been looking at the full title is Kestrel DAS-6 polisher.  Not a daz i'm a tool.  I got mine from claen your car as they have a points system that at the time i thought was a good idea as once you start you can end up spending loads and i knew i was going to get more stuff plus they were the cheapist around for a full kit which is what i was after at the time.  The points work that what ever you spend you collect points which is worth money off your next order or you can collect them up and spend when you want.  I have found that some places are cheaper than other for things that i'm after so i tend to look around for a long time before i purcahse and get the best deal for me so not used them for a long while.  Defo check out the detailing world web site its full of info maybe to much some times its like overload  .  Been thinking for a while about starting up a part time detailing business to fit in around my full time job but upto now thats all its been alot of thinking.
Hope this is of some help Albs.
Lee.

[albitz]

A lot of help mate, thanks.

[albitz]

Just been doing a bit of research on the Kestrel DAS 6. Im a bit concerned by the fact that the speed range is from 2500 - 6500.
Seems very fast - easy to burn through paint at that speed I would imagine. A lot of the others seem to have a range which drops down into the hundreds, or even starts from zero. :-/

[twiglet]

Albs, you need to come and see my car! I've just finished detailing it, and I can't believe how good it looks!! 

[albitz]

Did you use a DA/polisher ?

[RobG]

Thinking of buying a polishing machine. Not the Halfords cheapo type, but a proper jobby to mop paintwork with G3 etc. Dont have hundreds to spend, and dont know much about them so would welcome any advice on the subject.

[Vamps]

I've just bought this one Albs, it comes with 3 different hardness foam polishing heads & a lambswool polishing bonnet. It also has a LIFETIME guarantee even though it says 3 yrs in the blurb. They are obviously built to a price (isn't everything these days  ) but it is a UK Company & the unit does the job well. This model has the 'soft start' option so no jolts when you start it on the panel being worked on 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380220428429&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Are you going to use it one day?............

[albitz]

Thinking of buying a polishing machine. Not the Halfords cheapo type, but a proper jobby to mop paintwork with G3 etc. Dont have hundreds to spend, and dont know much about them so would welcome any advice on the subject.

You havent seen the car its intended for - an idiot with an aerosol can do a lot of damage in a short time.

[dragonlord]

as no opne mentioned it

if you going to start machine polishing and compunding a car have a pratice on a old panel from the scrapys first

and foor fook sake watch the pain edges if you not done it before and the pain is thin on panal edges and your will burn strait throw to the metel

compounding a car is not some thing you do reguraly

or your need a respray prity soon it for getting a show finsh or reparing paint work or renovating/restoring  the paint work

or getting out the odd minor scratch/ mark out

I wouldn't want to be moping a whole car more that 2 to 3 times in its life time max

every time your doing it your cutting paint

[albitz]

Sage advice, thanks.

[hoofing it]

Wimin are good at polishing apparently

[cem_devecioglu]

just an experience.. as the clit's paint is finished and dried upto now.. decided to sand its orange peel surface on hood with 2000 grid..

no way..

this scratch resistent laquer is so effective that 2000 even dont touch

continued with 1500 .. very hard work.. and the most funny part, polisher machine effects nearly 0..

after 5-6 hours (2.5, 3 hrs wet sanding, 3 hrs polishing) I now have a half shiny hood

normally within that time I could finish at least 3-4 parts perfectly..

[gstylebaby]

From what i have seen and from stuff i have done on my own car its harder than you think to burn though the paint with a d.a.  You do have to watch the edges.  Have a look on you tube or the adams detailing website they a have a few videos on there and take you though step by step.   Good advice to get hold of a scrap panel if you want to get some practice before hand.  You could alway try and burn though the paint on a scrap panel and then you could see how hard/easy it is to burn just an idea.   If you look on the for sale section on detailing world i think there is a guy selling a das 6 polisher.

[albitz]

Thanks for all the advice etc. everyone. I have an Omega drivers door sat outside that I can practice on.
After a lot of searching and head scratching, I decide to go for the one which Philrich recommended - the silverline. It will do me for a while at least (its only £50 including several pads) and if I get the detailing bug, I can upgrade to something more professional a bit later.

[Lazydocker]

Thanks for all the advice etc. everyone. I have a whole Omega sat outside that I can practice on.
After a lot of searching and head scratching, I decide to go for the one which Philrich recommended - the silverline. It will do me for a while at least (its only £50 including several pads) and if I get the detailing bug, I can upgrade to something more professional a bit later.

Fixed that for you