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No machine (yet!). Although she does love doing it but would like to pick up a little speed, so maybe a polisher is a good idea? She spends about 3-4 hours doing a detail of her Mazda CX-5, inside and out. Some of the issue is her height of 5 foot, so getting the middle of the hood and the roof lows her down.
I have this one from Mothers. It works really good and has a nice low speed so you won't shouldn't burn through the clear coat.

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Thanks and I like this - Christmas shopping for Kate on the Ranger5G forum!

I also like Porter Cable, so this one would be perfect (for both of us). =)
Also, if you got a 5" and a 3" polisher, you could both have one... LOL
 

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Also, unlike @AzScorpion who owns 303,i don't have a dog in the polisher fight.... LOL
 

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Much like a boat though, sometimes it's best if you have a friend with one that you can borrow.

First it's the polisher, than it's the pads, and the polishes, and the compounds....
 

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Machines make everything faster...

While they all do the same thing... I go by the, buy once, cry once philosophy.

We have the 5" and 3" versions of these... https://www.autogeek.net/rupes-bigfoot-lhr-15-markiii-polisher.html

This is where I sourced mine from... https://www.esotericcarcare.com/rupes-lhr15-bigfoot-mark-iii/

They are nice machines, but expensive.
Two sizes!

Hold on here, just before summer, before I got the Ranger, I was a "let God wash it" kind of guy. I admit that I'm surprised to now be all into these microscopic finishes and even special towels (OMG, you should see the zilions of microfibers we have - Kate even has some monster 3 foot by 4 foot drying ones!).

But I gotta pump the brakes on two polishers! (give me a day, I give in easily)

Thanks for the links and choices, woohoo, time to part with more $$$! =p
 


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Low speed? Have you been watching me work? LOL, slow and sleepy, err, I mean slow and steady!

Thanks for the link and good point about cutting too much due to speed! Sheesh, I'm truly becoming a dandy! =D
 

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Two sizes!

Hold on here, just before summer, before I got the Ranger, I was a "let God wash it" kind of guy. I admit that I'm surprised to now be all into these microscopic finishes and even special towels (OMG, you should see the zilions of microfibers we have - Kate even has some monster 3 foot by 4 foot drying ones!).

But I gotta pump the brakes on two polishers! (give me a day, I give in easily)

Thanks for the links and choices, woohoo, time to part with more $$$! =p
Also, towels are expendable items you should be buying them in bulk and cycling them out every few months....

LOL

I get excited about good drying towels....
 

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Low speed? Have you been watching me work? LOL, slow and sleepy, err, I mean slow and steady!

Thanks for the link and good point about cutting too much due to speed! Sheesh, I'm truly becoming a dandy! =D
The dual action polishers make it almost impossible to burn through the clearcoat.
 

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Also, towels are expendable items you should be buying them in bulk and cycling them out every few months....

LOL

I get excited about good drying towels....
Yeah, Kate got some series of gigantic towels that she loves (being short, she can kind of lob it over the roof).

And ... I now toss any towel I drop into the dirty towel bucket. A few weekends back, it was windy and three clean, unused towels blew of the truck. Like a good little wannbe detailer, I put them aside. Gone are my days of using cut up Levi legs for rags ...
 

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Yeah, Kate got some series of gigantic towels that she loves (being short, she can kind of lob it over the roof).

And ... I now toss any towel I drop into the dirty towel bucket. A few weekends back, it was windy and three clean, unused towels blew of the truck. Like a good little wannbe detailer, I put them aside. Gone are my days of using cut up Levi legs for rags ...
I have a tote of towels, a tote of wash products, a tote of interior products and a tote for my pressure washer... LOL

When we move and the boss sees how many totes of detailing supplies I have, I may be in trouble... LOL
 

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detailing youtube



https://www.youtube.com/c/PanTheOrganizer

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMMONYCdotcom

https://www.youtube.com/c/Esotericdetail

https://www.youtube.com/c/Ralda’sDetails

https://www.youtube.com/c/CarprousSKY

https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteDetails

I think that's most of the channels I follow for detailing. . .

This may or may not be me assisting coat these wheels - fun fact, the coating failed due to the heat within a month. LOL it was for sure an off label use of the product, we just wanted to see if it worked. lol

 

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detailing youtube



https://www.youtube.com/c/PanTheOrganizer

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMMONYCdotcom

https://www.youtube.com/c/Esotericdetail

https://www.youtube.com/c/Ralda’sDetails

https://www.youtube.com/c/CarprousSKY

https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteDetails

I think that's most of the channels I follow for detailing. . .

This may or may not be me assisting coat these wheels - fun fact, the coating failed due to the heat within a month. LOL it was for sure an off label use of the product, we just wanted to see if it worked. lol

Excellent and how's this for romance - Kate and I will watch these tonight!

32 years of marriage and we know what makes a nice evening! LOL =)

Thanks! =)


UPDATE: ha ha, I just subscribed to all of them. Some I knew but most I did not - thanks again!
 

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Excellent and how's this for romance - Kate and I will watch these tonight!

32 years of marriage and we know what makes a nice evening! LOL =)

Thanks! =)


UPDATE: ha ha, I just subscribed to all of them. Some I knew but most I did not - thanks again!
I guess romance isn't dead.

:)

I enjoy the AMMO NYC channel for what it is - a sales channel where he washes some cool old cars. :)
 

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Nuff said.

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Boo!! And I only say that because we had Monty first ?, then he had to do something stupid. You guys are having a great year though! A Stars frame is on my soon to acquire list.
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