Can the Europa club afford one of these?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: JW
Subject: Re: The wet look....
Dave and/or Tony...
There are polishers and there are polishers... For my money,
nothing produces a better finish than the Cyclo Dual Head Professional
Polisher. Check out...
http://www.wingwaxers.com/orderproducts.html
The Cyclo Dual Head unit does at it says it does, and makes it
impossible to burn the surface. I've used mine on cars for five years
or so. I've had (and still do) several other heavy duty polishers, but
nothing comes close to what this unit can produce. Another source for
it is a place called "Top of the Line" Detailing Supplies. They call
the Cyclo Dual Head polisher "Best Polisher in the World"... Period!
Check out this link, which is the result of doing a search on the
http://www.topoftheline.com/ website.
http://store.yahoo.com/tolae/cycorpol.html
Jeff
Dave DeFord wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Krzyzewski" <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
> Does anyone know of a product which will go over a painted surface
to give
it a
> super gloss look? I tried Carnauba wax as recommended by Polyfiber
but
didn't
> achieve the look that I wanted - and it added a yellow tinge to
the
finish.
Our airplane was painted with Dupont Chroma Base (base coat/clear
coat)
paint. Wet sanding with 2000-grit paper leaves a very smooth, but
dull
finish. To bring up the shine, we first buffed it with a 3M rubbing
compound, using a coarse pad on a heavy duty Hitachi buffer. This
was
followed with 3M polishing compound, using a fine pad on the buffer.
A
light duty buffer/polisher proved useless for this task, and hand
application of these products never comes close to achieving the
results we
got with the right buffer. The Hitachi buffer costs about $250
here, and is
similar to other suitable buffers in the same price range from
Dewalt, etc.
I'd recommend talking to a local automotive paint supplier or
professional
painter for recommendations on tools and materials.
You have to be careful to keep the buffer moving, and run it at low
speed
only. (The only use we have found for the high speed settings is to
spin
the water out, after cleaning the pads.) The tool must always be
held at an
angle that prevents the pad from catching on an edge of the painted
surface,
or it can go through the paint in a fraction of a second. The final
hand
polishing is easy, after the buffer does the hard part of the work.
The
results are well worth the effort, as the final finish has such a
high gloss
that you can see a mirror-like reflection of your face in the
surface.
Clear coats are noted for their high, wet-look gloss, but I assume
that
other paints would also benefit from this procedure. No wax is
needed to
achieve the gloss, but some people feel it helps to protect the
surface.
Dave DeFord
N135TD
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