Advice got my first orbital pollisher, what products to use

[rallycross]

Looking for some advice from those in the know.

Have just bought my orbital pollisher and cloths.

I have quite a few cars that I need to do, some are metallic, some are non metallic finnish. My experience is really only T cutting and using stuff like maguires or carplan polish by hand.

I am looking to make them showroom condition (so not detailed perfect, just nicely pollished and looking good).

What should I look out for when using the orbital?

What products do you guys recommend? And what do I need for metallics?

thanks

[dreaddan]

Hi, I started machene polishing this year and I've been using Menzerna Polishes which are prity good
theres also a good guide here that I found very usefull.

Dan

[PJ S]

Would be worth mentioning which make and MY your cars are - if German, and pretty recent, then the likes of Menzerna's Ceramiclear-designed for products would be useful.
If not, and typically softer paint Jap/Italian/etc, then you can use Meg's, 3M, Mirka, Mark V, all to good effect.
Ultimately, it's going to be down to pad/compound combination choice that dictates the amount of refining of the surface you'll achieve, not to mention machine speed.
I'd strongly advise getting hold of a scrap panel or two, of paintwork like you have, and practice on those for a while, before moving onto your actual p & j's.
As for metallic versus pearlescent vs non-metallic - nothing in the compound world differentiates from the paint under refinement, so you don't need to worry about having multiple compounds for different paint types, just if you have scratch-resistant paint à la the German marques.

Edited by PJ S on Monday 17th November 01:00

[rallycross]

thanks for the advice