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Do you polish by hand or by machine polisher?

By Hand.
By Machine
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Author Topic: POLL: Man Vs. Machine  (Read 2962 times)

Offline Daffy

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2012, 09:25:01 pm »
Follow the basic steps and you shouldnt cause and damage with a DA or Rotary,
Rotarys are not the animals that they are made out to be.

Sorry but it appears you have no idea what you are talking about. It is quite easy to damage paint with a DA if you have no idea, use the wrong pad, polish, lube, too much time. As for a rotary well that just ups the odds.

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2012, 09:10:10 am »

Newbie question...

Whats the difference between rotary and DA?  :ashamed:

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2012, 09:23:21 am »
A rotary spins the pad like a drill, the DA also spins but not around a fixed axis (a bit like an orbital sander.


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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2012, 11:41:52 am »
A rotary is able to spin a lot faster and generates more heat in the pad resulting in burnt paintwork. A rotary also has more 'torque' pull when it spins enabling it to work the polish quicker/ more effectively

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2012, 12:41:30 pm »

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2012, 03:56:53 pm »
A rotary spins the pad like a drill, the DA also spins but not around a fixed axis (a bit like an orbital sander.



DA will be better if you just start ^^
Rotary is for skilled users

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Re: POLL: Man Vs. Machine
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2012, 04:45:24 pm »

Everydays a school day

The more I learn about machine polishing the more it puts me off!