TINGY Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Just thought i would share my experience polishing my car with a random orbital polisher. First off this all started after a weekend away and my trip down the Putty Rd resulted in my car copping a bit of a beating from the falling/fallen sticks from the extremely high winds we encountered that day. And i will say when it comes to my cars i am a bit OCD, but not as bad as some who take their cars down the road to a car wash when we do an over nighter, you know who you are. I figure you pay decent money for a nice car you should keep it looking as best you can. So when we were away Peter M offered to lend me his polishing gear to get the scratches out of my car. I tried some of my polish which will get rid of scratches and swirls and the marks were gone pretty swiftly. I then used some of Pete's compound and the difference was amazing. This compound was the Menzerna 500 heavy cut compound used with a cutting pad. by the end of the weekend i was on the Car care products Australia website searching for which kit i would buy. I ended up with this https://www.carcareproducts.com. which from what i could tell was the same as Pete's. It is a 3 stage compound system for doing almost any car, i used the heavy cut compound and on a car like mine i was glad i had 2 cutting pads in my kit because i used both on my car. As it is a solid color with no clearcoat the compound combined with the cutting pads really bites in to the paint and takes off a fine layer and reveals a deep gloss. Now this gloss gets better when you move down through the compounds and match it with the pads supplied, this is the result i achieved. I have to say as well that i have no background in doing this sort of thing professionally and have no affiliation with car care products, this was just me having a go in my garage and getting a pretty satisfying result, it's not perfect but i'm happy. Sorry the pics aren't that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Shoot that looks good Tingy. I have the same polisher and have used their Menzerna cutters and polish. I've now switched to Mothers Gold to finish off and i'm really happy with the result on all the cars I've done so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red clubbie Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 I've used Menzerna products for many years.....good quality products. Car looks sensational Tingy...... Cheers, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npvpositive Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Looks great! I also have that polisher and find it does a great job without any risk to the paint (unless you really want to do damage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 21May, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 14 minutes ago, npvpositive said: Looks great! I also have that polisher and find it does a great job without any risk to the paint (unless you really want to do damage) I found the same thing, the pads and compounds you get in a kit are very well matched so it is not so easy to make a mistake, still have to careful with edges etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTY Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Car looks great mate you’ve done a superb job on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason E Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Nice job Tingy........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symsy Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 top job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakroo Posted 21May, 2018 Report Share Posted 21May, 2018 Looks really great Tingy. It'll have added and bunch of 'ooohs and aaahs' that follow it around ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944Tman Posted 24January, 2019 Report Share Posted 24January, 2019 An excellent job, red is notorious for fading but that looks Factory-fresh. Id go for some top quality high-Carnauba wax though to protect it, or a good sealant. And if its a really good, swirl-free finish, and as you're clearly capable, a ceramic coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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