paint correction
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Apache

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39,731 posts

314 months

Sunday 16th December 2012
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Latest purchase has a bad case of swirl and I fancy having a go correcting it myself using a mop and some M105. Can anyone offer any tips please

EighteenMPG

12 posts

178 months

Sunday 16th December 2012
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Yeah smile Have a look on detailingworld.co.uk or youtube for junkman2000

Great tutorial videos and advice. Good luck.

Apache

Original Poster:

39,731 posts

314 months

Sunday 16th December 2012
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wow, that was quick. Do I need an orbital sander or buffer?

EighteenMPG

12 posts

178 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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This is potential can of worms. Whatever you buy go for something that oscillates as opposed to a rotary, get one with a variable speed, and of course, practise on something before you launch into your own car (unless you really don't give a monkeys)

I would spray the panel with water first and the pad too, to reduce the cutting effect of the compound and don't use too much material (M105) as it will spray everywhere unless you are careful.

There is so much info in the two areas I suggested in my first post that you really should read some of that first.

  • 'Buffers' are normally only designed to remove polish and wax. Removing swirls will be done in the application process when you work your compound NOT when you remove it. Hope this helps smile

Apache

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schmalex

13,616 posts

236 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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Apache said:
wow, that was quick. Do I need an orbital sander or buffer?
I'd go with an orbital sander and some 500 grit wet & dry. You'll be fine wink

Edited by schmalex on Monday 17th December 10:41

EighteenMPG

12 posts

178 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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Apache said:
Perfect choice smile Personally I wouldn't touch any form of cutting papers until you are more confident and there is no way that I would start with 500!!! The scope to make things worse is just too big, and why take the risk when you don't need to?

GruntyDC5

388 posts

196 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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I'm having a bash at this as well.

I have ordered the DAS6 pro. Longer cable and better motor in it I beleive. My old mans scabby work van is going to be my tester before I start on my own car.

Six Fiend

6,067 posts

245 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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GruntyDC5 said:
I'm having a bash at this as well.

I have ordered the DAS6 pro. Longer cable and better motor in it I beleive. My old mans scabby work van is going to be my tester before I start on my own car.
Having learned a lot from a detailer and watched some good online videos I bought a DAS-6 and various graded pads and some compounds.

Mother's snotter of a Ka was the test bed before moving onto a 407 which had been cleaned with a pan scourer...18 hours of work later it was looking lovely, not a professional finish as I'm not trained but certainly good enough for nobody without an exceptionally keen eye to spot there had ever been anything wrong with it.

Start slowly and gently build as you go. It's most satisfying smile