Car polishers?

[Taipan]

Are these sort of polishers any good? Not looking to spend a fortune as it'll probably only get used a few times.

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[Mussels]

If you get one make sure it's random orbit, same as sanders to avoid swirls. I bought a cheap one to get rid of a gauge in my van, it did OK but was aggressive so I didn't like using it.
Maybe if I had more practice it would be fine.

[weeksy]

DAS6 are great yes.

www.cleanyourcar.co.uk

[Dodgy69]

Be careful where you put it down, if it picks up a bit of grit, oh dear, personally I'd stick with a hand job.

[Taipan]

DAS6 are great yes.

www.cleanyourcar.co.uk

That one?

https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/das-6-v2 ... n-polisher

[weeksy]

Aye. You often get a set with various polish etc combined and a bag.

[ZRX61]

The kits that include the pads usually come with the cheapest pads made & are total crap. I rinsed a pad recently & discovered they used water based glue to attach the velcro...

[ogri]

Be careful where you put it down, if it picks up a bit of grit, oh dear, personally I'd stick with a hand job.

$10 and you can give me a hand job!
Unless you know what you are doing i would stick to traditional cleaning, less chance of damaging the paintwork!

[Taipan]

Be careful where you put it down, if it picks up a bit of grit, oh dear, personally I'd stick with a hand job.

$10 and you can give me a hand job!
Unless you know what you are doing i would stick to traditional cleaning, less chance of damaging the paintwork!

You're about the 5th person to say that to me! I'm starting to bottle it a bit now. I suppose I do need the exercise...

[weeksy]

Be careful where you put it down, if it picks up a bit of grit, oh dear, personally I'd stick with a hand job.

$10 and you can give me a hand job!
Unless you know what you are doing i would stick to traditional cleaning, less chance of damaging the paintwork!

You're about the 5th person to say that to me! I'm starting to bottle it a bit now. I suppose I do need the exercise...

You've got to be a proper spanner to fuck it up with a das6

[Taipan]

$10 and you can give me a hand job!
Unless you know what you are doing i would stick to traditional cleaning, less chance of damaging the paintwork!

You're about the 5th person to say that to me! I'm starting to bottle it a bit now. I suppose I do need the exercise...

You've got to be a proper spanner to fuck it up with a das6

Me earlier!

[gremlin]

On a similar vein, anyone used one of the kits for bringing headlights back from a slow, yellowing death? Noticed one of the Merc's headlights is looking a bit sorry for itself at the weekend.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/holts-he ... MREALw_wcB

[ZRX61]

On a similar vein, anyone used one of the kits for bringing headlights back from a slow, yellowing death? Noticed one of the Merc's headlights is looking a bit sorry for itself at the weekend.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/holts-he ... MREALw_wcB

Solvol & a rag.

[asmethurst99]

Toothpaste ?

[KungFooBob]

On a similar vein, anyone used one of the kits for bringing headlights back from a slow, yellowing death? Noticed one of the Merc's headlights is looking a bit sorry for itself at the weekend.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/holts-he ... MREALw_wcB

I did the lights on my FTO with ever increasing numbered grades of wet and dry (with lots of wet). Then polished off with some cutting compound. They turned out brilliant.

[gremlin]

On a similar vein, anyone used one of the kits for bringing headlights back from a slow, yellowing death? Noticed one of the Merc's headlights is looking a bit sorry for itself at the weekend.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/holts-he ... MREALw_wcB

Solvol & a rag.

Tried that, as well as a glass polishing compound I have. No joy.

I think I need to get in with ever-decreasing coarseness W&D and then use the polishing stuff.

It's gonna get messy.

[Mussels]

On a similar vein, anyone used one of the kits for bringing headlights back from a slow, yellowing death? Noticed one of the Merc's headlights is looking a bit sorry for itself at the weekend.
https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/holts-he ... MREALw_wcB

Solvol & a rag.

Tried that, as well as a glass polishing compound I have. No joy.

I think I need to get in with ever-decreasing coarseness W&D and then use the polishing stuff.

It's gonna get messy.

Are you sure the yellow is just on the surface and not all the way through?

[gremlin]

Solvol & a rag.

Tried that, as well as a glass polishing compound I have. No joy.

I think I need to get in with ever-decreasing coarseness W&D and then use the polishing stuff.

It's gonna get messy.

Are you sure the yellow is just on the surface and not all the way through?

You can feel it as you rub your finger over it, so assuming its surface. It's not actually that bad and you struggle to see it at any sort of distance. I only noticed it as I was tidying up the engine bay with the bonnet lifted.

Currently it's only on the top edges of one light, so not too bad, but if I can tackle it now, it's the proverbial stitch in time.

[Taipan]

Well I suppose the logical approach is to try it by hand first and if it doesn’t come out right, then try a polisher.

[weeksy]

You've multiplied your efforts X 10