Idrees Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Hi guysI want to give my BMW a thorough clean/polish. With her being my daily driver, I regularly have the car hand washed locally as I don't have the time to clean it myself. As you can guess, this has resulted in a fair few swirl marks around the car.Ideally I'd like to give it a full machine polish/buff but I simply don't have the time for it. So, I am looking for something quick and easy to use. I can spare a few hours to do the whole car (it's a 5 series so pretty big), my main aim is to bring the colour back to life. Hiding the swirl marks would be great too (as I understand it is literally impossible to actually get rid of them).Cheers guysIdrees Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) A rotary will make easy work of swirls, I think people use Poorboys Black Hole for black cars? I use Menzerna via DA but it won't be enough to tackle German paint with most pads! Rotary is your best bet but Menzerna polish is really good you can work it in for ages! My GT using Menzerna 203s and refined with Menzerna Final Finish: Edited November 20, 2012 by Amjad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean@mainzcarcare Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Here is a pic of my gf's old MINIUsing Cherry Glaze (http://www.autocleanz.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=75) by hand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Is that a cutting or filling polish? Was the car corrected before? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean@mainzcarcare Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Is that a cutting or filling polish? Was the car corrected before?It's an AIO polish so it does have a mild cut and some fillers, and the car wasn't corrected before nope, just looked after Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 I need something tomorrow and I won't have time to pop over to Sheffield for some of that I'm afraid it does look like awesome stuff though.Amjad, when you say say rotary do you mean machine polish? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean@mainzcarcare Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I need something tomorrow and I won't have time to pop over to Sheffield for some of that I'm afraid it does look like awesome stuff though.In Leeds tomorrow if that helps at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) I just use autogylm ultra deep shine and extra gloss protection comes up ace on my SRDid have it mopped with g3 or something along that line and my mint but for day to day the above is fine This is autoglym shampoo, meguires ultimate polish with Auto glym extra gloss protection, nothing else. No camera tricks either. Was about 11 months earlier it was mopped and its still fairly swirl free Edited November 20, 2012 by morgey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yeah there are two types of machine Dual Action which I have (great for softer paints like Japanese cars etc) and Rotary which is what bodyshops tend to use. The latter gets results way faster! I spent ages doing a black Audi and after several hours there were still swirls although the paint was a lot deeper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean@mainzcarcare Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yeah there are two types of machine Dual Action which I have (great for softer paints like Japanese cars etc) and Rotary which is what bodyshops tend to use. The latter gets results way faster! I spent ages doing a black Audi and after several hours there were still swirls although the paint was a lot deeper.Need to know what your doing with a rotory to make sure you don't burn through the lacquar, seen it done a good few times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have a rotary, I previously did some bodywork so I used it for buffing lacquer after painting. If you know how to use them they are good but I don't have the time for a full job using that. Dean if you fancy popping in to Huddersfield then we have a deal Morgey that looks sweet, I'll probably go for that as it will be easy to get hold of! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 True, I might step it up to a rotary in the future as it's really frustrating seeing half the results on harder paint in the same given time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dean@mainzcarcare Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have a rotary, I previously did some bodywork so I used it for buffing lacquer after painting. If you know how to use them they are good but I don't have the time for a full job using that.Dean if you fancy popping in to Huddersfield then we have a deal Morgey that looks sweet, I'll probably go for that as it will be easy to get hold of!Depends totally on what time your around mate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I just use maguiuiuiuiures gold shampoo, turtle wax in a pot and clay bar with maguieueiueieures quick detailer when needed.. Here's the results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Rbz that actually looks awesome! Good work ;)Dean I am usually in the office from 9-6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Rbz motor looks awsome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Haha thanks lads! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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