Questions tagged [polishing]
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How important is it to clay before polishing and waxing?
I've seen a number of mentions of "claying" before polishing, with some people swearing that it's an absolutely necessary step before polishing, while others seem to get good ( or at least pretty decent ) results without this step.
But for a normal…
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Did I just screw up my paint, or is it just dried polish?
I have some pretty jacked up looking paint on the roof of my 2000 Honda Civic, and decided I would try to hand polish it a little. So I got out a very soft white hex logic pad, and some extra fine polish ( real polish ), cleaned a small area on the…
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How to choose between mild and agressive clay "cut"?
I've seen various clays or clay like products listed with different types of "cut" like mild or aggressive, fine or medium.
What are the uses for these different "cuts" and how would I choose which one to use?
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How good are clay bar substitutes for "claying"?
I was checking out various different clay bars and ran across this Nanoskin product with quite allot of good reviews which is supposed to be an easier substitute:
I was wondering if anyone here had encountered this product and if it's really a good…
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So what's gone wrong?
I had some scrapes on the side of my car and decided to respray the door panel using some rattle cans that I had made up by a paint supplier to match my car's colour.. Wet sanded first with 1500 paper. Then once dry, I applied 3 coats of the base…
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Avoid splatter when buffing?
I have a problem when I am buffing. Even when I rub in the buffing compound into the pad, I still tend to get splatter where tiny droplets of the compound and flung around the shop, contaminating things nearby. Any way to avoid this?
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Is there a way to regain the clearcoat lost by polishing?
So my understanding is that polishing a car removes some amount of clear coat. It follows then that after a certain number of polishes, a car will eventually lose all of its clearcoat. This seems somewhat disconcerting to me. Is there a way of…
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After 3000 grit sand paper, do I go straight to 3500 polish or start with 1000 cut compound?
I want to remove the scratches on a clear peace of plastic. First I tried with polish (1000 2500 3500 - something like that), it did add some shine and removed some scratches but lots of scratches, even not so deep ones were sill there. I used foam…
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Why is the exterior paint of my truck not coming out matte rather than shiny after buffing it with a buffer
Why is my truck not coming out shiny after buffing it with a buffer Instead it looks door or like a matte finish
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Restoring Stainless Steel Part
I am working on various parts with a similar condition, the one pictured is an exhaust heat shield which is I believe Stainless(it is non magnetic and the condition as pictured is after 17 years of being driven).
Methods I attempted so far to remove…
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Polishing internals?
How should I polish the internals of an engine to create a smooth and carbon free surface?
I am just wanting to polish the internals with little to negligible amounts of metal being removed.
I was told 120grit would remove to much metal and that I…
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