Hi
I've always hand polished my cars but currently my car has gotten swirls in there that hand polishing just won't fully sort, I acquired a moss car polisher and have set to practice on my girlfriends car as it's worth about £200!
Now, is it normal - that after 10 mins use its red hot, and also are they supposed to be really hard to control, I feel like I'm fighting it to keep it in position, my arms are aching already!
Is this normal?
Thanks
Andy
the polisher in question is low wattage so will heat up very quickly. You need to move the the machine it's not designed to keep in place. go to you tube and watch junkman vids.
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this is the basic machine that we use to remove swirls and polish cars with different compounds and pads.
what you have is fine for putting a polish on and buffing off.
if you are having problems holding it ,then could be to much pressure , does it have speed control. Is the pad getting to hot and gripping the paint work?are you keeping it level and flat to the panel? there could other problems causing this , have a look at the junkmans vids on you tube. it might answer your questions
A basic machine eg DAS6 has just under ten times the power as the Moss machine so you may well be asking too much from it. The very popular DAS-Pro has 850w and so has about 15 times the power of the Moss.
I suspect going back to hand polishing or getting a more appropriate polisher are probably better options
might be a stupid question as im not familiar with the Moss Polisher. Its not a rotary is it? Ive used a cheap heavy rotary once and wasnt the smoothest thing to control in the beginning
The control can be learned, it is all about the angle of the machine. Lots of heat does not sound good, if the machine is new or under warranty then take it back.
I remember using a sealey rotary on a cousins corsa when i was between machines, they had it to hand and beat doing it by hand. Was just a case of improving the finish a bit before it went up for sale. It was a handful at first and it weighed a ton. My arms where aching at the end of the day. Dont think ill buy a rotary as my Flex 3401 is great but if i did i would look for something a lot lighter.
Maccy44 - Have a read of the guide on the first page, and start of slow speed, no heavy cutting, i found the bonnet was a good place to start being mostly flat and horizontal. dont hang around near edges or creases. When you say its getting hot, do you mean the machine or the panel on the car?
However I spent a few hrs with it today, using the black pad I started to get the hang on it, it's still a very heavy machine but I feel I've started to get the nack of angles etc to stop it pulling away from me
Make sure you tape up all edges when using a rotary. it can do damager way quicker than you expected.
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