Which pro polisher should I get?

[Dan Page]

My car is swirled too death and I have been putting off buying a polisher for ages. I dont mind spending the money as it should last me.

Which one do I get? Porter cable? Meguirs one? etc etc...

I will need everything so as much info as possible would be great!

Thanks.

 

[ROSS18]

The G220 one is good comes with a 230 volt 3 pin plug so you dont have to buy a transformer ect and is safer than a rotary,

 

[JMR]

Cant really go wrong with the Porter Cable 7424, thats what I've got and for swirl removal with the right polishes its great.

Polishes I use are Menzerna Intensive Polish Po85RD3.02 and Menzerna Final Finish 106FF.
Jeffs werkstatt acrylic Jett trigger as sealant and you're made

My brother has the UDM ultimate detailing machine and that seems like it vibrates a lot more [giving the old numb hand syndrome]

That said, there not that much difference from what I've heard from mates who have different versions - i suppose its which one you can get the best price on really.

Def need 6" pads and 4" pads - you'll need a 3.5" flexible backplate for the smaller pads.

The Sonus SFX ones I use are yellow [light cutting] white [polishing] blue [glaze/wax] Though I tend to find the blue ones surplus to requirements.

Couple of befores and afters

BMW Z4 3.0Si before

After

Before

After

 

[Dan Page]

Bloody hell ^^

Thats a fair old difference that! Thanks for the info mate.

 

[Rich]

No brainer to get the Meguiars G220 machine theses days, proper UK warrenty, no need to chop of plugs and no need to get get extension leads and transformer to lug around.

 

[JMR]

No worries mate. PM me if you want any more info:approve:

ps, the Z4 was about 8 months old and set the owner back £36k !!!

As said above, you can get 240v versions of the UDM and G220, so no need for tranny and extension cables [which would set you back £50 ish on top of a porter cable]

 

[JMR]

No brainer to get the Meguiars G220 machine theses days, proper UK warrenty, no need to chop of plugs and no need to get get extension leads and transformer to lug around.

Beat me to it.

Brother has the UDM and he bought a special adaptor which means you dont have to cut of the 110v plug off. Though he did tell me that set him back £28

 

[Alan]

PC or G220..

 

[Tigger]

How about a Silverline rotary?

 

[Michael172]

How about a Silverline rotary?

I nearly went for one tbh.

I got the G220 because i had some spare dosh lying about when i was guna buy a rotary.

 

[Rich]

How about a Silverline rotary?

Getting a perfect finish with rotary is hard.