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Old 02-05-2015, 08:52 PM
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So I took it upon myself to machine polish the Scoob, after first practising last weekend on the daily hack - Which is now very shiny too!

I was very kindly lent a machine polisher and paint thickness gauge along with some machine polishing chemicals! (thank you!), after taking measurements last week, and being wowed by the time it took in comparison to doing this sort of job by hand I thought it was a no brainer to give the Scoob the once over as well.

Process was as follows:-

1. Snow Foam! Hurray!
2. Clean wheels, no acid just a nice gentle ph neutral shampoo (they are pretty clean anyway)
3. Rinse the car half way through doing the above!
4. Clean car:- 2 bucket method (lamb skin mit etc) Rinse.
5. Tardis each panel one at a time, rinse and wash again.
6. Clay Mitt the car - to be honest it was pretty dam clean after the Tardis but this should be done anyway
7. prepare car for machine polish - stick tape everywhere!
8. Cut car with cutting compound - buff off
9. Polish car with less abrasive stuff ... ooo shinney - buff off
10. Glaze with poorboys black hole. - buff off
11. remove all the tape everywhere! - Put the machine away!
12. Wax with Dodo Juice Blue velvet pro applied with an applicator by hand as this is a hard wax - buff off

Job done.. 9 till 5.30 (no stopping!) this used to take me 2 days!

Pics... Please excuse the iphone snaps, and they don't pop all that much due to the crappy grey weather today!



This is post Tardis/clay etc:-


Prep!


and several hours later!!











Im very happy with the results there is not a single swirl in the paint anywhere *just lots of stone chips! argggH!*.. I don't think I can return to "doing it by hand" again!

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Old 02-05-2015, 08:59 PM
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:00 PM
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EPIC job there Dave ! Love the thumbs up reflection too

Awesome job !

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Old 02-05-2015, 09:00 PM
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:16 PM
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Ha ha ha, thumbs up for sure Dave! Looking lovely, always wanted to have a go with a machine polisher! I presume you had to tactically avoid any of the stickers.
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:34 PM
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Looks fantastic Dave - very nice job. Glad it went well
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:36 PM
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Old 02-05-2015, 09:54 PM
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Old 02-05-2015, 10:09 PM
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Old 02-05-2015, 10:54 PM
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This is my kind of thread.

Excellent work mate.

What tape do you use? I get a bit nervous, but then always regret it as the polish etc. gets in the nooks and crannies and on the trim.
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Old 02-05-2015, 11:00 PM
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Excellent work mate.

What tape do you use? I get a bit nervous, but then always regret it as the polish etc. gets in the nooks and crannies and on the trim.
Bought my 'blue tape' from Polished Bliss
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I'm.sure Dave will post but it's 3M blue masking tape - it's low tack so doesn't leave and residue. Most car cleaning sites will stock it.
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Old 02-05-2015, 11:41 PM
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Cheers for all the comments guys

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Ha ha ha, thumbs up for sure Dave! Looking lovely, always wanted to have a go with a machine polisher! I presume you had to tactically avoid any of the stickers.
No just don't go mad on them with compound, you can still polish the light suffice scratches out of the door stickers for example.

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Excellent work mate.

What tape do you use? I get a bit nervous, but then always regret it as the polish etc. gets in the nooks and crannies and on the trim.
As Steve and Greg said 3M tape, I also bought that from polished bliss
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Old 03-05-2015, 12:47 AM
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Old 03-05-2015, 01:56 AM
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Old 03-05-2015, 07:28 AM
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As Steve and Greg said 3M tape, I also bought that from polished bliss ��
Thank you.

I feel more confident with personal recommendations of things. I'll give it a whirl.
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Old 03-05-2015, 12:12 PM
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Old 03-05-2015, 01:12 PM
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Old 03-05-2015, 01:54 PM
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A few hours ? is that all LOL....

How many passes with the DA polisher did you do and what grade Mezerna ?
I need to restock my 500 and 2500 grades.

Doing in by hand to keep on top of things is fine once the paint is smooth. I only DA'd my black SEAT once in twice in 2 years as it didn't start to show significant swirls until after about 2 years.
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A few hours ? is that all LOL....

How many passes with the DA polisher did you do and what grade Mezerna ?
I need to restock my 500 and 2500 grades.

Doing in by hand to keep on top of things is fine once the paint is smooth. I only DA'd my black SEAT once in twice in 2 years as it didn't start to show significant swirls until after about 2 years.
2500 and then 4000 with the Mezerna, 1 pass over the hole car with each *quarter panel at a time*, mine had 1 or 2 swirls it wasn't too bad, bearing in mind I had done the lot by hand twice since I've owned her, and she gets a clay and polish/wax every 6 months or so. I doubt I will need to do it again for quite a while, although the subaru paint is pretty soft!
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Old 03-05-2015, 02:21 PM
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I feel more confident with personal recommendations of things. I'll give it a whirl.
you should only need to wipe off some polish residue from the edges of the tape after you remove it.
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Old 03-05-2015, 10:31 PM
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One of my fav cars...
And one of my fav owners
For a reason ; )
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Old 03-05-2015, 10:59 PM
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Took some better pics today as it was sunny and used the proper camera. Just about ready for its next road trip .. I really need to paint that splitter!





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This has got to be one of the best blobs in the country.

I loathe mudflaps. but even they look right on it!
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This has got to be one of the best blobs in the country.

I loathe mudflaps. but even they look right on it!
You are too kind sir! I do my best to keep it looking good! even though it could do with some of the stone chips sorting!
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