How To Polish A Car For Beginners - Beginers Guide to Paint Correction

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How To Polish A Car For Beginners - First Time Guide to Paint Correction. If your a beginner looking to polish a car then this guide should help you. Polishing a car can be daunting and complicated for beginners or first time polishers.
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@waynefromcanada 4 жыл бұрын

Just sent this to my son-in-law. He is becoming a real detail enthusiast. Great place for him to start. Well done again Jon.

@detailingyoda1652 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@PrestigeDetailingStudio 4 жыл бұрын

Really great video! Beginners will definitely benefit from this video and your knowledge, even after all this time I still love watching other people polish cars! Take care

@gavingraemescott9765 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon, really enjoying the channel, just recently start watching and it’s kept me going through lockdown and lightened my wallet!Bought a dual action polisher and about to start using it so perfect timing!

@SuperDuncan67 4 жыл бұрын

Another informative video Jon. I always go back and watch beginners videos just in case I've missed something or the process changes.

@AndyS63 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video John. I enjoy watching your channels. Keep up the good work.

@AndreasSchwarzinger 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely valuable video with lots of very important information in it! Thanks for that!

@agerating2489 4 жыл бұрын

Just got my k4 onto getting a polisher next month haha. Great vid for me to reference ! Thank you

@01123581321341 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this - such a super useful video if you’re taking the ‘plunge’ into machine polishing. Previous videos on the channel go a bit more in depth I think, great to go back over the basics. FLEX pads and KC abrasives is an ace combo 👍 just important to shake the hell out of the bottle before use !

@Rocketed12 4 жыл бұрын

I was going to get my car professionally detailed, 3 days, £800. Then I saw several of your videos, so in the past few days I've bought a VonHaus DA polisher, some yellow & black Hex logic pads big & small ones, Autoglym super resin polish, Autoglym Ultra high definition wax, several microfibre cloths large & medium, a clay bar, Bilt Hambers medium and some korrosol spray. I will start my very first proper detail next week when I'm off work! I've got 2 buckets with grit guards, good wash mitts & wheel cleaner brushes also, plus Autoglym snow foam for prewash! I'm sure you'll point out if I've forgotten anything important! Many thanks for your absolutely fantastic and massively helpful videos, much appreciated, Greg 👍🚙😁

@IcedReaver 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Greg, how did you get on with your detail?

@mazamaza129 4 жыл бұрын

Just a keep up the good work,love how you say how it is. Perfect content for the weekend warriors (me) 👍🏻

@Audittr2108 4 жыл бұрын

Wish videos like this were around 15 years ago when I started matching polishing. I had to read long articles on Detailing World!

@davestewart9146 4 жыл бұрын

Great advice, thank you for sharing 👍😁

@GrahamReid34 4 жыл бұрын

Gave mine a fine polish over the weekend, using carpro reflect such an amazing polish I highly recommend it, my paint has some wash marks and marring and a few love scuffs reflect brought 99% out I was amazed. Megiuars polishing pad on the Makita p5000c 👌🏻

@jonathanjackson1222 4 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial for beginners mate.👍

@rheijne95 4 жыл бұрын

I just polished my first complete car. Boy oh boy. It was on my father's recently aquired BMW E46 in a black metallic paint. It has had a very hard life before us, living permanantly under a tree, being a family car, and seems to always have gone through the worst Automated Carwash in The Netherlands. It was almost matt, lots of stains (sunscreen and unknown stuff) and lots of corrosion in the wheel area. I used the Flex rotary from work, with a 5' completely worn out foam pad. At the brink of imploding. My polish of choice was a 10 year old polish of Cartec. For decontamination, I ran it through the cheapest offering the best Automated Carwash in town offers. That should do it. I handled the polisher pretty well, on the lowest setting. Cleaned it 5-6 timed with an air chuck. Given all that: results were what I hoped for! Spent about 2.5-3 hours on it, of which 1.5-2 hours was spent trying to get the baked on dried out polish off. But some gloss made a return, and buffer trails/holograms weren't even that horrible. I guess about 25% of the swirls were gone. The old man was really happy! Yeah that was somewhat fun! Now i'd like to have a DA and decent non-staining polish to try again.

@marioskosmidhs9454 4 жыл бұрын

Great video john

@MAXIMILAN2QAT 4 жыл бұрын

great video as always

@filiannuzzi5871 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see a how to video as a nice refresher, i recent bought a clay pad for my polisher ? Any comments on it before i burn through my paint. Lol.

@MrAeroTuck 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always John, if you encounter alot of dusting would you rinse and dry before applying a coating / sealant / wax ?

@lewisfoster9514 4 жыл бұрын

saw the video reccomended and then went back to find it and couldn't see it on uploads, it was on unplugged!!, glad i found it thanks john :)

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

dont forget to subscribe lewis :)

@lewisfoster9514 4 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 thanks I've put the bell on now so I get notifications. Got me in the mood to clean my car. Gonna enjoy this 18 degree weather :)

@paperchameleon 4 жыл бұрын

I was going to skip this video as you've covered this before couple of times before but I can't sleep so here I am, Glad I didn't I wouldn't have learnt about KC Sil if not! The GoPro isn't the best at showing marks (You did say too) maybe insert a photo just at those points in a video in the future to overcome this.

@x8dudtrackdaytoy 4 жыл бұрын

Bought the Koch kit recently, I went through h2 on a few areas required but otherwise full car in f6 and then p3. First time using a da polisher but impressed with the products and outcome for sure

@frasercarlyle8575 4 жыл бұрын

Was it the slims detailing kit you purchased? Just about to try mine out after deconing my car yesterday

@magmagmag9 4 жыл бұрын

How Jon, great video as always. What is your personal approach when it comes to polishing around the edges?

@roberttavener5569 4 жыл бұрын

Hi just a quick comment on your video applying autoglem HD ceramic coating. I done my Porsche 987 last week I was very impressed with the product following your advice I love your video's so easy to understand. well done mate keep it up

@roberttavener5569 4 жыл бұрын

What product would you use after ceramic coating has been applied to keep it in good condition Jon

@adamperrett834 4 жыл бұрын

No matter how many vlogs of yours I watch Jon I'm still petrified to put my Das 6 pro to my paintwork. I checked the receipt the other day, I bought it back in 2017 😲

@ZeroHour60 4 жыл бұрын

Adam Perrett this is me also! I’m gonna put it on my girlfriends paint work today and not my car 😅

@alangligor 4 жыл бұрын

Good demo!

@bigbadtony01 4 жыл бұрын

wish i'd watched this 1st before doing mine today. Use S20 and a fine finishing pad to just bring up the paint a bit. Happy with the result considering im a complete amateur. thats it done for another year lol

@carsalondetailing 4 жыл бұрын

NicE informative video.

@mandopando68 4 жыл бұрын

What no rotary John ?? 🤣🤣 Totally agree love the flex pads I use Koch & angelwax Another great video John waithing for the next instalment 😎😎😎

@MegaFregel 4 жыл бұрын

Andy Hogg was thinking the same. Maybe he wants to preserve some clear coat.

@jeyomcnugget9584 4 жыл бұрын

Any opinions on Moore car care jon? Got some on county detailing cheap for my 3 inch machine and I’m yet to try them.

@chrismarsden7254 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Just started out using DA after watching and following your channel. I opted for an Autobrite direct machine and am following their colour code system of pads and products. Seems a good approach for the beginner a it’s all numbered up for cut rating gloss rating. Loving their enrich product. Any thoughts on their pads and compounds, don’t think you’ve reviewed their compounds. I know you rate their magi foam. Cheers and keep the videos coming I really enjoy them all! Regarding chasing perfection, yeah it’s hard, but from a safety point of view and not going straight through clear coat I’ve decided to love the odd swirl, that way I know there’s clear coat still there! lol

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

I tend to choose german OEM abrasive manufacturers like koch, scholl etc over autobrite or chemical guys etc.. thats no disrespect to detailing brands who offer like ranges of decent quality products from one single source.. but in an industry filled with middle men, with abrasives I like to go direct to the source.

@detailingyoda1652 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Jon 👍 you're pinching my vid ideas lol

@nobbymogs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for all your hard work you put in. ive been messing about with my own cars for years but now moved up a notch all your info is good and thorough although you must have a very understanding wife could you tell me where i can get a short gun from for a stihl pressure washer please

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

in2detailing buddy.

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on h8 with flex purple the gloss Iv seen people use it is good enough for one step on hard laint

@SuperJapierdole 4 жыл бұрын

Eh Jon. Need this video to came out week ago. Just last 20 seconds of it. I went through it by feeling. So dusting. with F6 and M2 Found my way around, to some extend. Bad pad combination maybe. Moderate speed. My back I feel now. 1.5 step took 15 hrs, wash and decon not included, inculded waxing.

@bradleytwebster9314 25 күн бұрын

Hi Jon, my newish (6000) miles car has very mild wash marks so I was going to use SCHOLL s20 on it. How many pads would you recommend using?

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

What if you wanted to do one step on hard clear f6 medium cut with flex purple to get more gut but more gloss then h9

@jonandlisa2000 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon 👍

@MAXIMILAN2QAT 4 жыл бұрын

Hello John , for detailing business and work alone for one step polish “medium cut” which machine do you prefer to accomplish work with great finish and more efficient , cordless Long Throw DA or rotary ?

@Bream4life 4 жыл бұрын

You probably get this question alot, But here it goes, i got a 2019 Volvo V90 cross country, Dark Grey metallic, i has what i think is washswirls all over the paint, can only see them in The sen om under flashigt, been told that Volvos paint is hard, What polish do you recomend, i have never used a da polisher before, but i got one incase i get my courage up. Thanks in advance. Really enjoy your videos.

@ObsessiveCarDetailer 4 жыл бұрын

What a great double act, 1st a Paul Dolden video then you pop up. Great way to spend an hour👍. Thanks Jon great video

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

You gotta publish one now ;)

@ObsessiveCarDetailer 4 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 Running out of things to do to my cars & even my neighbours cars🤷🏻‍♂️. Have ordered a few products so will grab a car once the new products turn up. Take car Jon

@ashleystratton352 4 жыл бұрын

great informative video for the beginner jon well done. i was just looking at the koch panel wipe prodct before i watched your video. are you going to be doing a review on this at all mate? im currently using eraser and was wondering how this stuff compares. keep up the good work .

@robhowe4388 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers for another very informative video Jon. Quick question? How many pads would you recommend for an average sized car. Cutting and finishing please?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

5-6 cutting 4-5 polishing is what I would prolly get through. for 1 cut set and 1 polish set for whole car.

@cus-specdetailing4466 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t agree enough with getting your head around “perfecting paint” it will drive you up the wall unless it’s a pretty brand new car or a fresh paint job. There are limitations to expectations when it comes to paint correction and as long as you go at it with that mind frame you will be ok. Also so so so many factors to it as well. 🤯

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

specially on older cars. generally though Im getting less and less fussy about swirls the old I get. no matter what your wash method and how carefull you are, you will need to clay your car once a year typically, and if you clay you have to polish. so safe wash is perhaps less critical perhaps.

@davidbates247 4 жыл бұрын

Do you think your bad chest could be due to all the fine dust from polishing and small particles of paint lacquer may be you should think about a dust mask and see if you're health improves ?

@GSD-1993 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where to purchase a das6 pro for a decent price ? In2detailing seem to be out of stock

@Dejan_23Unlimited 4 жыл бұрын

How many pad you are using for a full car ?

@dazza_UTO 4 жыл бұрын

Good Vid as always. How many pads would you recommend to use per vehicle ? And what’s your views on the Koch chemmie pads ? As you tend to use flex. . Thanks

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

typically if I was doing a cut and polish (1 of each) of this car I would use about 4-6 cutting pads and 4-5 polishing. Have a watch on the unplugged channel of this video for thoughts on the koch pads. Koch and Flex pads are mega high quality only downside is the price point. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJqXd7B0vK3YqGw.html

@mouly8785 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to your opinion on Sil, on value at least it seems a real winner.

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

someone said its best used 1:2 so you would get 15 litres of product for 25 quid.. cracking value that is. but at 1:4 is mega cheap.

@ashleythomas8306 4 жыл бұрын

Do a test and review of aenso products

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

Could be one step h9 gloss looks very good

@Matt-ex4cv 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jon, great video as always. Please can you help - I am in the process of fully detailing my car (with the help of your videos) and just finished the tar/glue removal + fallout removal stage. After rinsing down yesterday I ran out of time so had to put the car away wet and today I obviously have water spotting! The next stage I am going to do is clay bar, is it safe to go ahead and do this or would it be better to remove the water spots first with Koch FSE? Would I then need to do a IPA wipe down or similar before machine polishing? Thank you.

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

remove them with FSE before claying yes mate.

@Matt-ex4cv 4 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 Thank you so much for your reply Jon, your videos have really helped me so much! I've even taken the plunge and bought the DAS-6 Pro and many, many more items that you have reviewed - loving my detailing. Cheers mate - all the best - keep up the great work!

@alanwong928 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering what do you prefer the flex forced rotation cordless or the normal non forced rotation cordless polisher? Im in the market for a new one and what puts me off the non forced flex cordless polisher is will the pad stall on uneven surfaces. Ive had the rupes bigfoot LHR15ES and currently have only the rupes LHR75E.

@forensicunplugged4295 3 жыл бұрын

the XFE cordless will stall if you pressure down into the paintwork.. the XCE cordless does not have this problem. For me the cordless is perfect. If I was in the trade though I think corded would be the way to go.

@RM-iu6mm 4 жыл бұрын

Really handy video! Thinking about giving polishing a go. Is pad conditioner just snake oil?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

yes. The koch abrasives are not designed to be mixed with other materials.

@RM-iu6mm 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged thanks for the fast reply. Keep safe mate 🙂

@Thecardetailingnut 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video again Jon must start using my Carbon Collective Kit to polish my Car

@davidjob6881 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you prime the the pad?

@ptheledge5390 4 жыл бұрын

I have everything i need polish my car but just keep Putting it off but seeing this has helped! Only problem is I’d have to polish it outside as I don’t have a garage! Would that be a problem doing it outside?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

just pick a good day with low wind and not too hot. And go for it. you wont be able to inspect as consistently so be extra carefull for pigtails or machine marring. but you can still do a wicked job

@Goose23JD 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jon, Will you be doing koch chemie sil review on either of your channels as sound like bargain product plus in current times(COVID-19) getting isopropyl to make ipa mixture is almost impossible nowadays-for obvious reasons and if you lucky to get it than cost per 1ltr is same what I paid for 5ltr before. Or maybe you will consider doing panel wipe test/comparison? Also would you mixing it with distilled water or tap?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

I can do video on SIL yes. best to think of SIL as basically pure IPA.

@lozzarichards5515 4 жыл бұрын

Hey John, where did you get you're plastic towel racking from..cheers

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

bandQ 4 draw units 11 quid. can be stacked like I have by popping the top off.

@ianyoud1 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John after watching one of your videos on pads you mentioned about a place you got some off eBay from zfe stores I went and bought about 60 different ones orange white red blue and black I’m going use theses for the first time tomorrow with some Autoglim rapid renovator could you please advise me what colour should I start with I have an 08 Range Rover in Alaska white which is like a very pale white many thanks Ian .

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

use the stiffest of the ZFE pads.. I think thats the yellow color code?? You might find these pads are too soft for rapid renovator.

@ianyoud1 4 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 should I go out and buy some different ones which are more suitable

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

Iv looked cant find anywhere where it says you can dilute sil? Does it say on the bottle you can dilute it? Also sonax excut 05-05 is a good single stage on hard paint I got between 80-100% correction with it on Audi paint

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

says on the front of the bottle Hak. But also if you look at Slims detailing "how to guides" for the product it says it there. I think it also says it on certain abrasives like P3 (not 100% sure on that though)

@janasourav90 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen lot of detailers applying Meguiar's yellow carnauba wax on top of a 3M cream wax. Is that effective enough wax on a top of wax?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

doesnt make too much difference really.

@AlexGnok 4 жыл бұрын

The real problem now for the people who are just starting a path in polishing their cars - DAS6 pro has been sold from everywhere, I was looking it up and trying to find in about a dozen of online retailers - non have it. And the ones that still have put a ridiculous price on it 😂

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

So John between using a brush to clean out the pad and an air line is there any difference haven’t used a brush I use an air line and will wash out the pad and then spin it on the da to dry it it’s safe to dry it like that because that’s what you do with pad washeds

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

if you wash it out I dont really see the point in air lining it. I wouldnt wash it out every set though. If you wash your pad every set the chance of spltter and sling goes up and you can think down the products a bit. some dont play with water well. I would just brush it personally.. some guys at home rotate 2 pads. so you could choose to wash that pad when you swap it out. I dont actually know what its like to use air to blow polish from a foam pad as Ive never done it.

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged I mean if you wash it out spin it on the da to dry it Iv always done that and airline seems to blow lot of crap out the pad

@callum5307 4 жыл бұрын

I recently bought all the gear and tried to polish my car for the first time and I definitely made some mistakes. Using a fine claybar with water I managed to inflict loads of crosshatch scratches which I'm not sure I've fully removed, it's very difficult to see what your doing, only under direct sunlight can you notice. I don't have a hose and there might have been some iron fallout dried residue, don't really know where I went wrong.

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

when you clay your scratch up the paintwork. there are lots of things you can do to minimise this. Important to do chemical decon first for tar and glue and fallout. Important to use fine clay when possible and use lots of clay lube and light pressure. but when you clay you will tear up the clear coat and cover the paint in fine marks and these marks typically need to be machine polished out.

@01123581321341 4 жыл бұрын

What advice would you give for using a rotary for the first time ? Just got a mini rotary spot polisher. Used a DA a good few times but bit unsure about using a rotary. Higher speeds for small 40mm pads ?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

if your using tiny spot pads with a rotary just work small sections at a time. use tiny amount of product. run at higher rotation speeds than normal for sure. also take the weight of the polisher up more or the pads will just flatten under the machine weight.

@01123581321341 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged Great - cheers for the advice 👌

@garygrainge6909 4 жыл бұрын

What is IPA

@stuartbaynham1402 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I've got a 2009 tigra really bad paint lots of swirls, is this classed as hard or soft paint?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

its more likely to be soft to medium but not 100% sure.

@giovannigallo8429 4 жыл бұрын

Great video.. Jon is machine polishing outside a no no?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

no it can be done sure no problems. sunlight on the panels can be a problem. You also cant inspect reliably.. sometimes you might get the sun shining in the right spot and have amazing light to see swirls but you can move the sun when you change to a different panel.. so its harder to do a higher standard of paint correction outside because inspecting is important for that... but you can still employ good technique outside and get very good results.. set piece rule.

@giovannigallo8429 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged thanks Jon, appreciate the feedback 👍🏻

@jonmayhew4468 4 жыл бұрын

Are you able to clarify the density of clear coat? I hear it's about as thick as a piece of A4 paper, so I don't understand how people are able to do multiple polishes spread out of years, let alone multiple passes (3 stages etc)

@ForensicDetailing 4 жыл бұрын

about 50 microns of clearcoat is a good like amount.. can be a lot lower and a lot higher.. a micron is a thousandth of a millimeter. the reason you can do so many passes is purly down to the abrasive particles being so small.

@jonmayhew4468 4 жыл бұрын

@@ForensicDetailing ah i see, thanks for clarifying for me, loving the content as always!

@jamesparish186 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, what RPM do you suggest as guide to polish at as my poor boys DA polisher goes up to about 6000rpm which is too much?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

crank it down a bit to like 4000-4500 and only crank up if your stalling out too easily when flat.

@jamesparish186 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged thank you very much 👍🏻😊

@ricardovandam1727 4 жыл бұрын

Do you also take it a step further and wet sand and than polish a car, or is polishing removing enough orange peel?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

polishing wont remove orange peel. Do not wet sand your car Ricardo. Not unless you research it very extensivly. And not untill you have machine polished a fair few cars first. buy a test hood to practise on.. but generally just dont wet sand OEM clear to remove peel. some bodyshops do it on non OEM refinishing work because peel levels dont match or they put in back textured work etc..

@MrRugbyplayer8 4 жыл бұрын

How many pads per stage would you need to do the whole car do you think? Trying to build up my kit and knowledge before taking the plunge on my Type R.

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

so for 1 set of cutting and 1 set of polishing I would suggest 4-6 of each really.

@MrRugbyplayer8 4 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged 5 pads to cut and 5 to polish. Best get the piggy bank out. Cheers mate!

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrRugbyplayer8 can do it with 1 but you have to clean it out properly periodically. Cleaning it with the hose will also cool it down.

@michaellaud9633 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone finding it near on impossible to get your hands on bilt hamber or other good quality detailing products?!

@jasjeetsuri 4 жыл бұрын

detailing is the perfect thing during isolation, all the stuffs out of stock XD

@Mrtom40 3 жыл бұрын

So if i wash the car on day one a polish the next but I don’t have a garage so the car would be left out overnight would that be ok

@forensicunplugged4295 3 жыл бұрын

hey tim I would recomend a quick 5 minute wash.. just in case any debry falls on the car. even a blanket of foam and rinse it off. be extra carefull drying the areas you have buffed. obviously the conditions, time of year etc play a key factor.. pollen etc.. sleet or snow in winter etc.

@Mrtom40 3 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 it would be spring so do the day one wash stage put before starting day 2 polish stage give it a snow foam and blower dry

@JustBlinkMe1 4 жыл бұрын

I've got a 2 year old car with just over 9k miles. The previous owner has left some scratches by where you open the doors, boot and bonnet (idiot). The rest of the car is in excellent condition but if I'm removing the other scratches I'm thinking I may as well machine polish the whole car. Would you recommend that I only use the finest polish seeing as the paint work is pretty much brand new and just go over the car once?

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

the sort of scratches you get near the handle can be too deep to remove. so you might want to compound or even wet sand those. and then just do a light polish on the car.

@JustBlinkMe1 4 жыл бұрын

@@forensicunplugged4295 Ah OK, that makes sense. Thank you very much!

@stevenparkins6344 4 жыл бұрын

When you say panel wipe 4 to 1 are you talking 4 part product 1 part water or 4 part water and 1 part product? Cheers

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

1 part product 4 parts water

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

yes thats for the SIL product only though. what hakman said 1p product to 4p water

@stevenparkins6344 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the response guys 👍

@HTP_ 4 жыл бұрын

Really useful video thanks Jon 👍 I've got a DAS6 and the Koch Chemie abrasive range sat ready to go. My dad's said I can try it on his Golf that's never been machine polished and is very heavily scratched. Would I just use the Heavy Cut and then go onto the Micro Cut? Is there any point in doing a set with the F6 fine cut? Thanks!!! (Not expecting perfection but I'd still like to try and improve the paint 🙂)

@DinoGrahovic 4 жыл бұрын

First check paint code,if it has cr in front it is ceramic clear also known as uhs clear its hard as rock. You can start with wool pad and with h9,and make sure that you brake abrassives all the way (like doing 4 5 passes) If it is normal clear you can start with normal pad. If you brake down h9 all the way you can finish with M3 with no problem,beacuse h9 finishes quite good for cutting compound.

@HTP_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@DinoGrahovic Thanks! Didn't know about that. I've just looked at the paint code for my Polo and that just says LC9X Which is the Deep Black Pearl

@MAXIMILAN2QAT 4 жыл бұрын

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@AdeReeves 4 жыл бұрын

Polishing never ends...Especially on black paint...Believe me i know :)

@feraljim 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you pay a polish guy to do it. Job done

@hakman239 3 жыл бұрын

So one step on hard paint f6 flex purple?

@forensicunplugged4295 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@hakman239 3 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged is like to see a vid of you doing that on the bmw vs one step with h9 with same pad

@forensicunplugged4295 3 жыл бұрын

@@hakman239 you wont be able to see the difference with your eyes hakim.. but H9 will cut more, F6 will cut less add a bit of gloss. so you could pick H9 if you wanted to work more cut and you knew for sure you only had one set. Lots of pro's tell me they single stage with H9 (or H8) or S3 gold.

@hakman239 3 жыл бұрын

Forensic Unplugged would h9 leave a haze tho I used h9 on wool pad on my golf to remove a scratch could feel with my nail it removed it with pressure on da and 8 passes finished down very well checked with a light couldn’t see a haze but it was late at night

@ForensicDetailing 3 жыл бұрын

@@hakman239 might be the wool hakman thats contributing.. but yes I dont like to single stage with H9 either.. but people do.

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

Should have put this on the main channel

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

theres about 3-4 already on there. I thought I would do like a live one for the unplugged channel.

@chris-vn6sw 3 жыл бұрын

Try saying “Polish it behind the door” quickly 🤪😂

@hakman239 4 жыл бұрын

That’s better 3 passes instead of overworking lol

@a.k1311 4 жыл бұрын

£5 a liter John... that can is 5 liter!!

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

yer but that can should be diluted down 1:4 so you get 25 litres for 25 quid. = fiver a liter.

@julianpalmer583 4 жыл бұрын

Jon, I don't know if anyone else here thinks this but, get yourself some ear defenders mate and wear them please. Sound damage to hearing is cumulative!

@forensicunplugged4295 4 жыл бұрын

Respectfully you have to apply some perspective, im doing a one polishing set demo with a machine that is kicking out around 60 DB for 2 minutes. My lawnmower kicks out about 90db and I run that for 30 minutes with no ear defenders. We have talked about noise protection on the channel but you cant cover every single relevent thing or the video will be hours long. its clearly an unscripted demo. Someone else could raise that the oxide in these polishes is something you dont want to breath in so dont just wear a particle filter mask, wear a half mask with filters. Some detailers will also tell you glove up when polishing and goggle up as well because the dust and solvents get into your eyes. This flex brushless DA though is really smooth Im not sure I would wear defenders with it even if polishing a full car, although I typically use wireless noise reduction headphones to zone out and listen to music. From engaging with millions of people now I can say, virtually no one at home will wear filter masks and very very few will wear ear defenders. If your doing this every day then you should of course think carefully about PPE or it will bite you back. But you also have too apply commen sense as well, I cant wear ear defenders when filming and shooting dialogue live like this.

@julianpalmer583 4 жыл бұрын

Jon fair points, thanks for the reply.