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Deffo use a proper polishing mop first, a lot of them marks look like they should come
Straight out with one, bit too far away to use mine me thinks though!!

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FEED ME MORE!!!!

Should have got a mig welder jony

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i didnt have a choice im afriad danny, i actually swapped my crap mig for this arc

cheers for the input guys helps alot, dunno what DA stand for but ill try and get my mates high speed buffer thing

DA means Dual Action. Your 'cheap' one you used should do the same, instead of going around in a circle like an angle grinder for example, it oscilates - basically so it doesnt stay in one spot for too long, less chance of burning the paint.

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aye it does, orbital i know them as

No orbital goes round in a circle ( i think) DA stands for Dual action, goes up down round and round.

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I'm pretty sure orbitals ain't directly round, as most planets orbit I. A oval looking motion ya know?

Anywho my mate come through I can pick up the buffer tomorrow but I gotta get the foam pad, what do I need a medium or light?

i'd start off light, what you gonna use? you need quite a harsh cutting compound then work your way up to a finishing polish. you cant just use any normal polish, Sonus do a 3 step thing.

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ok been busy today, first off as my mate come through and lent me use of his silverline albiet good rotary buffer with variable speeds, i was using 1-2 settings between 800-1800 rpm


decided to use the proper camera as my phone just wouldn't do these shots justice

only one side and rear done so far but im so happy with the results, it really has given my paint another lease of life,

enough talk...
























Boot before








Boot after














Just a cheeky pic



tomorrow more wet and dry, the drivers sides turn, and then more renovating, roof included

comments welcome

Good effort! made hell of a difference.

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springer spaniel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats my comment. ill comment tomorrow when im not drunk. looks good though j-boy!

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lol drunk its not even 8! lmao


thanks alot guys means alot, its harder thn i though at first, ive burnt the plastics on part of the bumper under the light and on the two arches a bit, the light is hiding it in the pics, i need to wet it and buff where its burned but yea its come out brilliantly im very proud/happy

Just been reading a mountune mk7 on zsoc, he had some bluey fogs fitted and i really like them, so ive ordered some lol, will go well with my main bulbs

I was drunk way before 8 lol. It does look very good though mate

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lookin good, keep at it,

hows your front o/s got soo much camber? i thought it was a track car when i first seen the pic

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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........

more work today, drivers side and the roof






























Roof before







1200 wet and dry








Buffed drivers half of the roof







i did finish with the passengers side of the roof too, all i need to do now is 2 spots on the drivers quarter, and the front bumper, bonnet wont need doing as its only recently been resprayed


here are 5 videos of me doing the last part of the work, if your new to this is can be quite helpful, those who are more experienced please be kind, im no pro

how do i get the youtube links to work?

lol

looks good mate!

as for youtube erm i think you put the tags with just the video ID in it. so on the url it says something like youtube.com/watch?123456 just copy everything after the ? so it looks like .... im sure thats how you do it for this forum, different forums use different ways lol

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nice job that jonny. how did the corner where the rust is come out? i have exactly that in exactly the same place, did a 'DIY' job and it was shit, that seems better and looks more professional if that makes sense!

if you think your paintwork is bad wait until you see mine...

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