Do you polish with...

BBK · 06-01-2009, 05:31 AM

one of those automatic machines? Or do you just do it by hand? Is there any reasons not to use the machine?

Breville · 06-01-2009, 05:46 AM

By hand as I am too tight to buy a machine, and lets be honest it aint a big car..

wmj73 · 06-01-2009, 05:53 AM

by hand because I dont trust myself

How often should you polish?

Zuzu · 06-01-2009, 06:03 AM

By hand..

amalgamman · 06-01-2009, 06:12 AM

I've only polished by hand, although I was reprimanded by the dealer for polishing as it removes the paint protection... but how else to remove swirl marks?

MickyD · 06-01-2009, 06:31 AM

[sarcasm]
but doesn't the dealer applied paint protection prevent all swirl marks with its magical aura of nanobeans created from the sweat of norwegian virgins?
[/sarcasm]

AussieRacer · 06-01-2009, 06:50 AM

Machine....although there is nothing automatic about machine polishing. You just get more correction more quickly, which is needed for BMW's hard paint.

Endre · 06-01-2009, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickyD

[sarcasm]
but doesn't the dealer applied paint protection prevent all swirl marks with its magical aura of nanobeans created from the sweat of norwegian virgins?
[/sarcasm]

Ohh, maybe i need to see if there are any sweaty virgins around here! (Or make them sweat)

Back to topic, i only vax by hand for now, but for swirl removing i will be using machine. Only use Swissvax btw

BBK · 06-01-2009, 08:44 AM

Interesting! I thought more people might be using hand. I have only ever done by hand, because I had some idea in my head that using a machine is lazy, and lazy things can never be better than the hard way!

MikeVictor · 06-01-2009, 07:19 PM

I'm a hands on kinda guy

rawbert54 · 06-01-2009, 07:35 PM

machine is the only way to get the swirl marks out. I use menzerna. I heard its what bmw uses.

rcracer_tx · 06-01-2009, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawbert54

machine is the only way to get the swirl marks out. I use menzerna. I heard its what bmw uses.

Yep, that's what I use with a Porter Cable DA...

'fatboy' · 06-01-2009, 10:50 PM

by hand - sonax wax.

AussieRacer · 06-02-2009, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawbert54

machine is the only way to get the swirl marks out. I use menzerna. I heard its what bmw uses.

It's not the only way, just the quicker way.

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