Simonez Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 cheers fella hopefully simonez can stick a bit more info on too Hey dude! ive been looking into getting this polisher to! ive got a silverline Rotary at the moment, its good, but fancy trying a DA, the roatarys are good, but are for the professional detailers, damage can occur real easy, so defo start with a DA ive heard good things about the DAS-6, its a perfect starter kit, personally i would go for the megs G220, used one of these and loved it! but its a far whack dearer, but again its down your personal preference mate, and most of all your budget. as for polish, its down to you, all of the stuff do the same, but some work easier than others, i like menz / sonus / megs the lots, at the moment ive got Megs stuff, but is decent enough and i find it easy to work with the wash / clay / polish / wax procedure i do most the time is this: Spray DownSnow Foamed with ph neutral and a drop of duragloss 901APC all shuts / gaps etcCleaned wheels / arches (bilberry / Superdegreaser / APC)rinsed downWashed with Duragloss 901 via the 2 Bucket methodrinsed downClayed with Megs Quick clay kit (Last touch was used as lube)rinsed downWashed with duragloss 901 via the 2BMRinsed with the hose Dried with Miracle drying towel and Last touch as drying aidDried all door shuts / doors with a microfibreSRP`d with Autoglym SRP (2 coats of this)EGP with Autoglym Extra gloss protection, left to haze for about an hourwent around removing any excess in the doors / gaps etcDressed tyres / trim Hoovered and cleaned inside the cabinCleaned the engine bay With APC / SuperdegreaserPolished exhaustWaxed paintwork with Megs #16 Paste wax thats without the Machine polishing in it, so after the claying of the car, and drying it off, youd polish it with the DA definatly learn how to prep the paintwork before hand, you need it as smooth as possible and contaminent free. give it a go mate! easy enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 thanks all simonez - thats a bit hardcore even for me! how long does it take you to do all that?!!??! i've been wanting an excuse to buy this so could i get this clay to go with it or is there one that you guys would recommend? i did look at the megs da but thought i'd get the das6 as it looked a better deal and i'm only doing it to an old escort at the end of the day - just dipping my toe in the water to start with - buftyness hasnt kicked in to concourse level just yet! so after washing (with megs gold class), and claying (with possibly the links above)... what products are next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Born Slippy is nice, I use it with my Megs or Dodo Juice Supernatural clay. Im not a massive fan of poly clay's, I prefer the proper stuff, like the megs ones. You should be thinking about: Wash - Megs gold class Clay - Megs quik clay with quick detailer or Born Slippy Wash again Dry - get a nice microfibre drying towel, they are a world away from standard MF cloths and the old chamois Polish - to improve depth and reflection, use a finishing pad with either Menzerna FF106 or PO85RD or even Megs Speed glaze #80 After polishing, Im a fan of using a pre wax cleanser like Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite, it isnt always necessary. Final stage is protection. There are lots of different waxes and sealants out there, for varying amounts of money. It depends on what you want to do, there are wipe on wipe away products like Dodo Juice Red Mist that are polymer sealants, or there are waxes, that need to be left on to cure before buffing off. A combination of the two works wonders for durability. When I detailed Neil's yellow fiesta at Ford Fair, I got a layer of Red Mist down before using Dodo Juice's Supernatural wax, a combination that can give over 6 months protection with the right washing technique. Neil even commented in the mag how easy it has been to clean the Fiesta since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 thanks all simonez - thats a bit hardcore even for me! how long does it take you to do all that?!!??! i've been wanting an excuse to buy this so could i get this clay to go with it or is there one that you guys would recommend? i did look at the megs da but thought i'd get the das6 as it looked a better deal and i'm only doing it to an old escort at the end of the day - just dipping my toe in the water to start with - buftyness hasnt kicked in to concourse level just yet! so after washing (with megs gold class), and claying (with possibly the links above)... what products are next? i did that on my subaru the day before i sold it, took around 4-5 hours of hardcore cleaning, but it sold to the first person! so was so worth it, and it went at the asking price thread on DW about it here: http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/show...ad.php?t=122919 that was the result without machine polishing it, all by hand, yer its covering up the swirls, but its the cheapest and a great option to those on a budget machine polsihing is the Real "Detailing" aswell as going the extra mile,anybody can wash/clay/polish/wax a car as for clay, i use the megs quick clay kit: http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/detailing-cl...-/prod_226.html that is great for beginners, and the results speak for themselves! i use this most the time, you can get different grades of clay, but stick to the starter kit, you cant go wrong at all. as for lube, in the clay kit you will get a bottle of detailing spray, this is good stuff, and works wonders, once ive used that i use Megs last touch, which is great for everything! id go for the DAS-6 mate! give it a blast, im going to invest in one also at a later date, when the weather picks up! ive just picked up a 1999 golf gti turbo, with some serious swirls / fade on it so cant wait to get my hands on it properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 righto - just placed my order for: Dodo Juice - Born SlippyMeguiars Quik Clay BarDAS-6 Dual Action PolisherSonus SFX-2 Paint Polishing PadMenzerna Final Finish (PO 106 FA) already got megs gold class car shampoo and megs nxt2.0 wax so car will be getting a good scrub up when the weather improves for a second! will update.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 righto - just placed my order for: Dodo Juice - Born SlippyMeguiars Quik Clay BarDAS-6 Dual Action PolisherSonus SFX-2 Paint Polishing PadMenzerna Final Finish (PO 106 FA) already got megs gold class car shampoo and megs nxt2.0 wax so car will be getting a good scrub up when the weather improves for a second! will update.... Sweet mate! Make sure you get some pictures up! I've booked some time of work at the end of the month so i can do my GTi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Menz 106 is an amazing polish, its my go-to finishing polish. You should have a look on detailing world, there are guides on how to use the machine, I found it really helpful when I started using my rotary, there are DA guides too. I will look forward to seeing the results here is the link for the DA guide, there is alot of info in there, most of it you will find to be relevant, some not so, its definitley useful. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=63859 Edited January 14, 2010 by Trig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 used the clay and da today - well impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) ah good man, get some pics up mate! how did you find the DA to use? easy and simple? what polish did you use? Edited February 7, 2010 by Simonez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 i was a bit worried about the DA so had it on 1k at first then went to 3k when i was a bit more used to it, dead easy to use and it got rid of a couple of small marks that polishing by hand never removed i used the menz final finish on a sonus sfx2 pad no idea still how you manage to do all your detail in a day! took me about 5 1/2 hours to wash the car x2, clay it, use the DA then remove by hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 ah good man, get some pics up mate! Hezz put pics of his car up??? NEVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 it has been known - once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 ah good man, get some pics up mate! Hezz put pics of his car up??? NEVER!not quite true ---> clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Cool mate, Be good to see some piccies Think i spent 5 hours doing my GTi the other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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