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Polish by hand vs machine, miles apart?

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mk5Eire:
While i have seen excellent results from machine polishing, particularly in jays detailing guide, i often ask the question is it really miles apart from doing everything by hand? Albeit by hand is a lot more time consuming and hard work. In terms of removing swirl marks i presume the machine will do a much better job than the hand?

Heres a pic of my passenger side which i done the other day. It was de tared, washed, clayed, washed followed by autoglym super resin polish and sealed with two coats of meguiars carnauba wax. I was quite happy with the shine i got and i did manage to remove a few swirl marks that were on the quarter panel. It was tough work though.



Can people post a few pics of the results they got from machine polishing? And do many on here do it all by hand? Reason im asking is im considering getting a machine polisher myself but im so used to doing cars by hand im kind of stuck in my ways  :signLOL:

Thanks,

Sean.

Deako:
You clearly don't like your fingers.

GTI-Ross:
You can get good results by hand, fact. It just take up to 10 times as long. I can machine polish every panel on my car in 2 hours, and that with 5 passes on each section.

That would probably take you 5 days, and you would have no finger tips left. Machine polishing is so much easier and you have the option to use loads of differnt pads, from heavy compound all the way to light refinement. plus you can use it to apply sealants, glazes and waxes. Win win.

rich83:
Posting pictures is not really that much help. I can wash my car and take photos of it and it will look brilliant, when in fact it need machine polishing.

mk5Eire:

--- Quote from: richwig83 on July 09, 2014, 12:15:13 am ---Posting pictures is not really that much help. I can wash my car and take photos of it and it will look brilliant, when in fact it need machine polishing.

--- End quote ---

Because you can't see swirl marks in general photos? I agree


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