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Polisher recommendations?
« on: May 01, 2016, 09:38:44 am »
Morning all
Looking to get a polisher and was wondering what would be best / easiest for a newbie.
Will only be used for general polishing, I'm not expecting to achive a glass like finish just remove some light scratches. Budget upto about £150 but ideally with pads to be ready to go.
An idea of polishes to use would be nice too, again just general polishing stuff....
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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2016, 10:20:09 am »
In my last employment one of the valet guys had a small hand drill chuckless with 2" mop heads and he polished out the smaller scratches out with that. clever idea and quality mop heads that I'm trying to find for self now.
Doesn't have to be that one but they all do the same job regardless of which brand. I have a machine mart one but haven't had the chance to use it after moving ro london.


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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2016, 10:31:18 am »
Without a doubt DAS6 Pro


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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2016, 03:33:40 pm »

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2016, 03:55:46 pm »
That's proper compact  :smiley:

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2016, 04:05:34 pm »
That's proper compact  :smiley:
Is that a good thing or bad

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2016, 04:07:47 pm »
That's proper compact  :smiley:
Is that a good thing or bad
That's proper compact  :smiley:
Is that a good thing or bad
Very good as mine is very heavy to handle and can get tiring on the arms lol Although mine covers more area so a lot quicker.

Edit; my mistake guys as that has a 6.5 inch capability pad so the same but better than mine  :doh:
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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2016, 04:12:22 pm »
LOL thanks  :rolleye:

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2016, 05:25:15 pm »
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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2016, 04:18:53 pm »
Used a DAS6 Pro for a few years now and can't really fault it for what they cost! Started off with lake country pads but didn't really rate them, now using the Auto Finesse revitalise kit with a hexlogic finishing pad and it works a treat.

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2016, 07:05:33 pm »
As it happens I've only just ordered mine, went for this in the end http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-meguiars-hex-logic-kit/prod_1212.html
Should be here tomorrow so let the polishing commence!
Also got a big fluffy drying towel as recommended on another thread and some black wax.

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2016, 08:25:55 pm »
Didn't know about polishers back then so I bought mine for £40 from machine mart  :signLOL: huge and go heavy thing too  :sad1:

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Re: Polisher recommendations?
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2016, 08:28:48 am »
As it happens I've only just ordered mine, went for this in the end http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polishing-machines/das-6-pro-dual-action-polisher/das-6-pro-meguiars-hex-logic-kit/prod_1212.html
Should be here tomorrow so let the polishing commence!
Also got a big fluffy drying towel as recommended on another thread and some black wax.

You won't be disappointed with this. I've used this setup myself and it gives great results every time. It does the job nicely and it's very well priced IMO  :happy2: