First Go At Rotary Polishing On The Lexus Is200

[KnightUnit]

Just a mini write up on my first go at using a rotary on my car & pretty much third or fourth go at machine polishing in total, after some practising on the girlfriends Clio :thumb:

After reading DaveKG’s excellent rotary polishing guide 2 or 3 times (@detailingworld.co.uk) , watching videos on rotary polishing and reading numerous threads in the “Machine Polishing” section of DW , I felt pretty prepared for trying the rotary on my car (Black Lexus IS200). Having used power tools before many times before, as stated in a few threads I read this would give a good idea of the feel and how to control the rotary.

The Gear:

Rotary: Silverline Orange

Backing Plate: Silverline 125mm (until 3M one arrives, hopefully tomorrow)

Pad: Megs W8006 Polishing Pad, prepped with a couple of squirts of LT.

Polish: Menzerna PO 106 FA

Technique: Zenith Point, from DaveKG’s guide.

No befores, as my camera is not the best for capturing swirls, plus I didn’t have a powerful light to help in trying to get photos of swirls in the paint. But as you can imagine an 8 year old black Lexus was going to have a fair few swirls, which it did. (Camera not the best for this)

Finished bonnet which I completed in 6 sections (After IPA wipedown)

A not so great attempt at a 50/50 (without any torch), so is not to clear to see.

Collinite 845 Applied:

And buffed:

And yes the MF on the floor in this one was going in the wash :)

The Pad after:

The Silverline:

All in all I feel it went very well, I could see the polish breaking down as I was going, as described in DaveKG’s guide. No marring or holograms were left, just a clear sharp finish, LSP ready.

As for rotary control, I left the machine do the work and guided in with my right hand and it felt pretty natural, there was no hoping or tugging of the machine.

I have next week off so the rest of the car will follow then. Thanks for looking.

[Rob's Lexx]

so thats not a random orbit then matey??

looks good.

the 50/50 shot is pretty good too, even without a sunlamp

[KnightUnit]

Nah, straight rotary, so was taking it pretty careful.

Random Orbit and Megs machine etc are pretty expensive, so I went for the silverline rotarty at £35 and just did alot of research into machine polishing so had a good knowledge base to get me going.