Car polishing - Given kit : where to start?
Discussion
I mentioned to a mate that both my cars (2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee metallic Black and 2014 Audi Q7 in pearlescent 'lava' grey) could do with a bit of a polish and the next day he drops round a bag of stuff his dad gave him and says - 'I'm never going to use it so you might as well have it' It looks like quality kit and is all brand new, never been used.
1x DAS 6 Pro
6" + 5" + 3.5" backing plates
Various pads
Masking tape
Polishes:
Gtechniq P1
Menzerna SF4000
Menzerna PF2300
Menzerna PL Power Lock
Menzerna Final Finish
I'm not exactly a 'detailer' but I've gone as far as washing and claying my Audi and have also coated a couple of cars in CQUARTZ liquid crystal (with great success) so I'm not exactly incompetent, but I worry DA polishing might end in tears!!
The situation is -
Jeep - pretty old, hardly used, paint could REALLY do with a good clean, de-contamination and polish. I'm thinking this might be a good place to start and have a practice
Audi Q7- car is 12 months old, majority of the paint is immaculate (always hand washed with care) and is treated with CQUARTZ. Car has some light scratches down the nearside wing and bonnet (hedge - don't ask!) along with a bird crap stain and some light scratches on the bonnet where I was a little overenthusiastic trying to get a tar stain off - all of these I think (hope) should polish out - in the right hands...
So firstly - do I have the right polishes/pads for the job? I know paint hardness is key? Secondly how do I go about this with the minimal risk of totally F-ing up the paint? I feel like I need a polishing crash course!
Mate did get a case of beer - but a bit of internet searching reveals I may owe him more!
1x DAS 6 Pro
6" + 5" + 3.5" backing plates
Various pads
Masking tape
Polishes:
Gtechniq P1
Menzerna SF4000
Menzerna PF2300
Menzerna PL Power Lock
Menzerna Final Finish
I'm not exactly a 'detailer' but I've gone as far as washing and claying my Audi and have also coated a couple of cars in CQUARTZ liquid crystal (with great success) so I'm not exactly incompetent, but I worry DA polishing might end in tears!!
The situation is -
Jeep - pretty old, hardly used, paint could REALLY do with a good clean, de-contamination and polish. I'm thinking this might be a good place to start and have a practice
Audi Q7- car is 12 months old, majority of the paint is immaculate (always hand washed with care) and is treated with CQUARTZ. Car has some light scratches down the nearside wing and bonnet (hedge - don't ask!) along with a bird crap stain and some light scratches on the bonnet where I was a little overenthusiastic trying to get a tar stain off - all of these I think (hope) should polish out - in the right hands...
So firstly - do I have the right polishes/pads for the job? I know paint hardness is key? Secondly how do I go about this with the minimal risk of totally F-ing up the paint? I feel like I need a polishing crash course!
Mate did get a case of beer - but a bit of internet searching reveals I may owe him more!
Awesome - many thanks for the advice especially Crafty - I'll get some red/black pads and give the Jeep a seeing-to I've been using a 'claying mitt' from Halfrauds which seems to make quite a good job of removing contaminants - should I really be claying properly with clay blocks (which I have a few of)?
Mate also found some pad conditioning spray which he'll drop round, I assume you spray it on the pad before you put a few drops of polish on it.
Hopefully it'll be dry tomorrow and I can get cracking
I've been using a 'claying mitt' from Halfrauds which seems to make quite a good job of removing contaminants - should I really be claying properly with clay blocks (which I have a few of)?Mate also found some pad conditioning spray which he'll drop round, I assume you spray it on the pad before you put a few drops of polish on it.
Hopefully it'll be dry tomorrow and I can get cracking
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