T-Cut is it as good as I remember?

I've always wanted to try a powered polisher, but been too scared of damaging the paintwork by being a bit 'ham fisted'.

I do like a clean car (almost obsessively) but have always done it the hard way with old fashioned products like t-cut, cheap polish and canuba wax. I'm getting old and less able, so some powered help would be useful.

But the sheer amount of cleaning products these days is overwhelming; I wouldn't know where to start!
 
Pondrew said:
I've always wanted to try a powered polisher, but been too scared of damaging the paintwork by being a bit 'ham fisted'.

I do like a clean car (almost obsessively) but have always done it the hard way with old fashioned products like t-cut, cheap polish and canuba wax. I'm getting old and less able, so some powered help would be useful.

But the sheer amount of cleaning products these days is overwhelming; I wouldn't know where to start!
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For anyone over 40 years old, unless you are a gym goer, just be aware that machine polishing a car is absolutely knackering.

Even a quick squiz all round might take 2 or 3 hours - if you are more obsessed could easily be all day. The machines are not the lightest, and they need to be controlled as they do their thing.

A good bet is to split the job up into sections, and do a bit / take a break / do a bit more - maybe even split it up over a few days.

Last time I did it (2 months ago) - just the bonnet took over an hour & then I had 'shaky arm' for the rest of the day & couldn't hold a cup of tea.
 
matsmith749 said:
Last time I did it (2 months ago) - just the bonnet took over an hour & then I had 'shaky arm' for the rest of the day & couldn't hold a cup of tea.
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So to make your life easier, you have bought a land yacht with twice as much bodywork as a normal car? :rofl:;)
 
Get an ebay DA polisher with orange pads, merguirs 105 to start Three small tabs on the pad then merguirs 205 to finish. Fusso to finish.
 
AndyBeech said:
What would you recommend out of interest?
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This is a good entry level DA polisher and I currently use one of these

VonHaus

I've had lots of more expensive DA polishers in the past and for a non-pro detailer the Von Haus does the trick. I use this with meguiars ultimate compound and it works well on hard BMW paint. Don't forget to do a good decontamination phase first though - you want all the crap off the paint surface first.

Following that you then want to seal/wax the paint - I use autoglym fast ceramic spray and the Fusso soft99 wax
 
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