Spots you can't get to with a machine

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74 thing

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What kind of applicators do you use on spots you cannot reach with a machine? For instance on really old cars in which the fenders bolt onto the body there is usually an angel between the two body panels that a machine, even with smaller pads, cannot reach. Do uyou use terry cloth applicators, foam pads, micorfiber applicators? I tried a foam applicator the other day but needed to fold it in halp to get to the spot I was woring on and due to the sever marring I had to work hard and my fingers were digging into the pad too much. I tried a terry loth towel but the results were the same. I was wondering it there was a product with a handle so you could use some leverage on the area and really work the product down.
 
I use the oval German foam applicators (red and white) and have cut one of them in half.



It works well for me.
 
Do you guys have a link to a photo so I know what to look for? I have seen the round adapter so you can use your machine spot buffs by hand but they are too wide. The area I am sorking on is probably 1 1/2" wide by 15" long (and really marred up). Thanks
 
74 thing said:
What kind of applicators do you use on spots you cannot reach with a machine? For instance on really old cars in which the fenders bolt onto the body there is usually an angel between the two body panels that a machine, even with smaller pads, cannot reach. Do uyou use terry cloth applicators, foam pads, micorfiber applicators? I tried a foam applicator the other day but needed to fold it in halp to get to the spot I was woring on and due to the sever marring I had to work hard and my fingers were digging into the pad too much. I tried a terry loth towel but the results were the same. I was wondering it there was a product with a handle so you could use some leverage on the area and really work the product down.
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Well you are thinking and that is a definite positive. Try using your imagination, anything firm and slightly forgiving would be ideal would work with a MF covering for instance.

I used to do a lot of wet sanding and was taught to use hard gum erasers (cheap) by wraping the paper around the eraser. Worked great. if the areas you are trying to get into are even tighter, fingers work well or whatever, think!

Changeling
 
Changeling said:
Well you are thinking and that is a definite positive. Try using your imagination, anything firm and slightly forgiving would be ideal would work with a MF covering for instance...
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Yeah, exactly :xyxthumbs



I was just polishing/Klasse-ing tight spots in the doorjambs of the MPV (like around the front door hinges and the trailing edge of the front fender in the same area...places you can barely reach with anything). I used various long sticks, both plastic and wood, many whittled down to the exact shape I needed. I'd wrap them with MF or terry (for more aggressive initial passes). Still slow going though...



Danase sells a set of plastic sticks for jobs like this, I keep meaning to order a set or two (the second set I'd whittle as needed).
 
Accumulator said:
Yeah, exactly :xyxthumbs



I was just polishing/Klasse-ing tight spots in the doorjambs of the MPV (like around the front door hinges and the trailing edge of the front fender in the same area...places you can barely reach with anything). I used various long sticks, both plastic and wood, many whittled down to the exact shape I needed. I'd wrap them with MF or terry (for more aggressive initial passes). Still slow going though...



Danase sells a set of plastic sticks for jobs like this, I keep meaning to order a set or two (the second set I'd whittle as needed).
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www.pimpstixxx.com
 
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