New to polishing and need advice on orbital

Accumulator said:
Yeah, the Flex 3401 with Meguiar's M105 works very well on my e36 M3. Very hard clear. The PC does OK with the M105/4" yellow pads it's but nothing like the Flex (which works practically as well as my rotaries).



BlueAngel- Don't underestimate the job-of-work that correcting a BMW of that vintage can be ;) The M105 *will* work by hand in the tight spots, but it'll take a while.
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If that's the case as far as tight spots what do you think about Zymol's HD Cleanse? I really don't wanna fill in scratches I want to buff them down.
 
BlueAngel said:
If that's the case as far as tight spots what do you think about Zymol's HD Cleanse? I really don't wanna fill in scratches I want to buff them down.
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HD Cleanse is more of a paint cleaner/glaze type product, it'll be (for all practical purposes) functionally nonabrasive on something as hard as an e36. Might not be a bad choice for your penultimate product, but I wouldn't use it until the paint has already been corrected to your satisfaction via mechanical/abrasive means.
 
Accumulator said:
HD Cleanse is more of a paint cleaner/glaze type product, it'll be (for all practical purposes) functionally nonabrasive on something as hard as an e36. Might not be a bad choice for your penultimate product, but I wouldn't use it until the paint has already been corrected to your satisfaction via mechanical/abrasive means.
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What do u mean by corrected?
 
Get the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher. There is one on ebay or you can get it from autogeek.net .... Use autopia in the code box and they will take 10% off. Get the new Lake Country Kompressor 7 inch Foam Pads from Autogeek. You'll be set.
 
BlueAngel said:
What do u mean by corrected?
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Legacy99 said:
It means polished
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Yeah, specifically, I meant polished in the sense of abrading away marring (marring is an umbrella-term I use for scratches/swirls/etc., i.e., below-surface defects).

MDRX8 said:
Get the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher. There is one on ebay or you can get it from autogeek.net ....
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This is one instance where I'd buy a new unit from a known-to-be-reputable vendor. The occasional Flex 3401 failures aren't scary enough to stop my recommending them, but I'd want to be able to call up somebody helpful in the (hopefully unlikely) event that you get a bad one.
 
I would get a G110 before a PC7424- 30% more power, and a better handle (IMO).



That extra power makes a huge difference, and when coupled with small pads allows for serious paint correction.



THEN down the road look at a rotary or FLEX. (This coming from someone that started with a G100, which is the same as the PC7424, then I got the FLEX, then the Rotary, and then a G110. So I know and use all of the discussed machines...)
 
MDRX8 said:
Get the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher. There is one on ebay or you can get it from autogeek.net .... Use autopia in the code box and they will take 10% off. Get the new Lake Country Kompressor 7 inch Foam Pads from Autogeek. You'll be set.
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Awesome! thanks!

Accumulator said:
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Yeah, specifically, I meant polished in the sense of abrading away marring (marring is an umbrella-term I use for scratches/swirls/etc., i.e., below-surface defects).





This is one instance where I'd buy a new unit from a known-to-be-reputable vendor. The occasional Flex 3401 failures aren't scary enough to stop my recommending them, but I'd want to be able to call up somebody helpful in the (hopefully unlikely) event that you get a bad one.
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I hope they are reliable, they are not cheap for orbital buffers.

Lumadar said:
I would get a G110 before a PC7424- 30% more power, and a better handle (IMO).



That extra power makes a huge difference, and when coupled with small pads allows for serious paint correction.



THEN down the road look at a rotary or FLEX. (This coming from someone that started with a G100, which is the same as the PC7424, then I got the FLEX, then the Rotary, and then a G110. So I know and use all of the discussed machines...)
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Interesting, first time I heard of that brand. i'll look into it.
 
How do I know what size pads I need? I learned earlier 5.5'' will work fine, but for heavy correction I need 4''. What other sizes I may need and for what part of my car my E36 M3? Thanks in advance!
 
The flex will get more correction out of larger pads because its a Dual action polisher in the true sense of the word. It orbits and rotates. Even though the PC rotates its not a forced rotation like the flex.
 
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