Removing vinyl stickers, and dealing with fade.
Discussion
Thats what I was thinking, (going to get a 240V one from ebay), I do not want to spend '000's on ghats b
ks wax etc. So what is a good way (and what stuff to use) to get rid of most (if any) differnces?
/edit, after looking at your profile
Which dojo juice product shall I use? (I will buy it.. )
Cheers
ks wax etc. So what is a good way (and what stuff to use) to get rid of most (if any) differnces?/edit, after looking at your profile
Which dojo juice product shall I use? (I will buy it.. )Cheers
Hi Joe
In all honesty, you will find that the paint under the vinyls will be unaffected - it's the paint that's been uncovered and exposed to the sun that will fade. This tends to be what you'll see, if unlucky, on cars with vinyls removed. Ex Post Office vans are a fave!
Generally, you just need a machine polisher of some type. There are many types, but pros tend to go for rotaries (we do one called the Spin Doctor) and beginners tend to go for the orbital machines (ours is called the Buff Daddy). Just get a half decent one for 40 GBP upwards; ignore the real tat you get at the bottom of the range in Halfords etc. Budget 100-150 GBP for a machine, a backing plate (inc in some), a couple of pads and a compound (polish) or two.
We would normally supply a waffle red finishing pad and an orange waffle polishing pad if you need more cut, and start people on our Lime Prime fine cut polish. But so much depends on user technique, the variables of the machine polishing process and the paint itself, that recommending exact products is very tricky. Do some research online, maybe google 'machine polishing guide' and if you fancy dedicating a couple of weekends to practice and doing the job, then you can achieve a good finish. But it does have a risk of striking through paint, so getting a detailer to do it may be an idea if you don't fancy the graft.
Remember you are likely to be machining the whole car, not the patches, to get a good and consistent finish. And machine polishing isn't as simple as claying, hand polishing and slapping some wax on. See how faded it is first.
HTH
Regards
D
In all honesty, you will find that the paint under the vinyls will be unaffected - it's the paint that's been uncovered and exposed to the sun that will fade. This tends to be what you'll see, if unlucky, on cars with vinyls removed. Ex Post Office vans are a fave!
Generally, you just need a machine polisher of some type. There are many types, but pros tend to go for rotaries (we do one called the Spin Doctor) and beginners tend to go for the orbital machines (ours is called the Buff Daddy). Just get a half decent one for 40 GBP upwards; ignore the real tat you get at the bottom of the range in Halfords etc. Budget 100-150 GBP for a machine, a backing plate (inc in some), a couple of pads and a compound (polish) or two.
We would normally supply a waffle red finishing pad and an orange waffle polishing pad if you need more cut, and start people on our Lime Prime fine cut polish. But so much depends on user technique, the variables of the machine polishing process and the paint itself, that recommending exact products is very tricky. Do some research online, maybe google 'machine polishing guide' and if you fancy dedicating a couple of weekends to practice and doing the job, then you can achieve a good finish. But it does have a risk of striking through paint, so getting a detailer to do it may be an idea if you don't fancy the graft.
Remember you are likely to be machining the whole car, not the patches, to get a good and consistent finish. And machine polishing isn't as simple as claying, hand polishing and slapping some wax on. See how faded it is first.
HTH
Regards
D
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