How To Polish A Car For Beginners || Remove Swirls and Scratches || Car Polish

welcome back to stauffer garage guys in today's  video i'm going to be showing you how to remove   any swirl marks or light scratching on your car's  paint so the first step is make sure you have your   car washed your car is clean of any contaminants  or dirt and then what we're going to do is we are   going to clay the surface here i'm spraying a  soapy water which is just actually dawn dish   detergent probably three or four drops in a full  bottle of water and we're using that more as a   lubricant to slide the clay back and forth across  now if you've never heard of clay barring clay bar   is not actual real clay like you would think it  is it is a specific type of material but what   it essentially does is it's a moldable piece of  putty that you slide across the surface of your   paint to remove any contaminants or dirt that is  clinging to the surface i'm going to be showing   you here in a second how dirty this clay bar is  but you're using essentially light pressure to let   the bar slide across the surface and when you hit  a contaminant or any sort of particle on the paint   surface you'll feel the bar drag a little bit and  you'll kind of slide it back and forth across that   area until it goes away that is a really crude  way of explaining it but it's essentially just   trying to remove anything on the surface before  you polish you're not scratching the paint more   here is the bar after just doing half the hood  you can see how dark it is what you'll want to   do is then just fold and knead the bar over and  essentially you're locking in all that contaminant   and dirt inside the bar revealing a fresh clean  surface to continue doing the rest of your hood   now the whole hood is done being clayed  usually you'll want to go across the whole car   for this video i'm just kind of doing a demo of  the hood itself but once you're done cleaning   i'm just using a quick detail spray to spray the  surface before i dry it off to kind of clean any   of that soapy water and any dirt that might have  been left on the surface off before we polish   now with the surface completely dried off  and ready to go we are going to begin machine   polishing today i'm going to be using a da  polisher it's so a dual action orbital polisher   polisher that i have is from harbor freight so it  is a budget friendly economical option for people   i will say though that i'm going to be doing a  video soon where i'm going to be comparing it   to a roops 15 millimeter throw polisher which i am  super super excited about because that is supposed   to be the king of polishers uh from a dual  action standpoint i'm really excited to use it   but today i'm using a gray polishing pad with  a one step type polished product there are tons   of different polish types out there i'll leave  all the products that i use in the description   box below if you're interested but you know kind  of do your research figure out what polish works   best for you this is a polish that i've been  using for a little while now i've been trying   out several different types but this is a good  one step type polish if you will that allows   you to clean the surface remove a lot of the  swirl marks but it's not super super aggressive   now when you begin polishing usually put about  dime sized circles of polish onto your pad   i usually put about seven or eight and  usually spray the surface of the pad   one time with a quick detail spray because the  pad is new the pad is fresh i haven't used it yet   and it hasn't soaked up any of that polish after  doing a large part of the car that way i just   feel that there's a little bit extra lubricity  on the surface before i throw it on the paint   now for a dual action polisher i usually kind of  dab the pad around on the paint to kind of spread   the polish onto the surface because if you turn  it on full blast right away what will happen is   you'll fling it everywhere and we don't want that  that just gives you extra work so usually start   off at a speed one or two and then for this type  polisher i'm cranking it up to about a five or six   speed which is about re relatively comparable to  any other orbital polisher in terms of speed now   one thing to remember with a da polisher orbital  polisher you can't really burn your paint i'm   sure there is types and examples where you can  but for the most part moving it slowly back and   forth in a uniform pattern overlapping with your  previous pass you'll be able to remove most swirl   marks pretty easily but just not as quickly as  if you had a circular polisher for the most part   with the orbital polisher for anybody that's  doing this as a weekend hobby it's a great option   including this harbor freight example  which you can pick up for for fairly cheap when you're doing your polishing make sure  you're doing enough of the pass and you're   going slow enough to break down the  polish itself the polish itself is   supposed to dry up it's supposed to become  chalky it's supposed to do the work for you in this example here i'm actually figuring out  that the amount of polish i used was just a   little too much based on when i was drying it you  could see some of the streaking of the polish it   wasn't coming off super super easily now with  any flashlight you can typically see there are   certain detailing flashlights that pull and show  better the different scratches and swirl marks   here you can see just after  one pass how big of a change   i was able to accomplish with this  polish and this orbital polisher now i'm going to be performing a  second pass on the same surface area   and once again cranking up the speed  to six or seven and slowly moving   the polisher back and forth doing horizontal  and vertical passes to break down the polish so this is a one-step polish which i've enjoyed  using so far but i have used different polishes in   the past especially poor boys ssr 1 2 and 2.5 that  i've enjoyed a lot more so i'm not completely sold   on the polish that i'm using this video so if you  do have recommendations of a one-step polish kind   of like the sonax perfect finish that is kind of  one that i'm looking forward to trying here soon   so if you have any product recommendations  please let me know in the comments below the good thing about orbital polishers especially  on cars with a lot of you know curves or edges on   it like my hood here you can see the different  ray surfaces an orbital polisher really can't   burn through the paint in those different  high spots whereas a circular polisher   you have to be really really careful with that and  you have to be you know a really good detailer and   know what you're doing but with an orbital  polisher kind of coming up on those edges   kind of eliminates some of the risk and  concern of damaging the paint excessively   always be careful and always keep the  polisher moving but with an orbital you do   minimize the amount of heat buildup  compared to a circular polisher i highly recommend gloves and i highly recommend  that if you are working in enclosed space   you know maybe wear a respirator as well  just for the long-term health benefits now the amount of pressure that you  typically want to apply with a polisher   is very minimal so in the orbital here this  polisher itself i'm not super super happy   with it does have some imbalances it does  need a little bit more extra control and   firmness when holding it compared to some  other nicer polishers out there but this   one in particular does a pretty good job it  just requires some extra hand control and   firmness going over some curved areas  to make sure it doesn't jump around i think one of my favorite things about polishing  a car is actually putting that tape line down the   center of a panel and polishing one  side and then removing the the tape   to reveal the difference between what you've  polished and what you haven't i think that's   one of the most rewarding parts of the whole  experience because then you can truly see   how much work you've done  and how well it's turned out i do recommend that after you're  done polishing just kind of top it   off with a quick detail spray what it  kind of does is lifts any of the oily   residue from polishing off of the paint  before you do any last step products now for the reveal so once i remove my tape  i do need to use the quick detail spray again   uh just from the residue that was  left over underneath the tape edges   the transformation just with doing one light  pass and i will say that this is not a perfect   polished deep job but you can quickly  see with about 30 minutes of polishing   how much swirl marking and damage i removed  from the paint and leveled out so here's the   line here's the right side being the polished  side and the left side being the unpolished side   it is a drastic difference in just  doing one pass with the orbital polisher and here is the after i am just following up with  a quick detail spray of what the paint job looks   like just with a polish on the hood this is no  product put on top no wax no sealant no nothing   but you can see the mirror-like finish that was  obtained just by doing one pass with an orbital   polisher and one step final polish so if you guys  liked today's video make sure you give it a thumbs   up i am going to be doing a full exterior detail  this car and i'm also going to be trying out the   new mcguire's hybrid ceramic sealant i've actually  tried it on a different car that i haven't videoed   yet and i am super pleased with the results  of it so far so if you guys want to see that   let me know in the comments below or any other  videos you want to see next and make sure you   hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out  on new videos and i'll see you guys next time

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Length: 10min 8sec (608 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 05 2019