How many of you use a MACHINE to WAX your vehicle?

How many of you use a MACHINE to WAX your vehicle?

  • All the time

    Votes: 53 43.1%

  • Half the time

    Votes: 37 30.1%

  • Never use a machine

    Votes: 33 26.8%
  • Total voters
    123
  • Poll closed .
OK, I'm cornfused.

Why can't you use the machine to get extremely close to the do-not-touch parts then finish by hand?

did I miss something somewhere?

PS - favorite polish of choice for machine. How about one from autoparts stores.

Like Turtle Wax or Meguiars or _______
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DannyC said:
OK, I'm cornfused.

Why can't you use the machine to get extremely close to the do-not-touch parts then finish by hand?

did I miss something somewhere?
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You can. That’s what you outta do. A few of of us just prefer to do the whole thing by hand. I like some peace and quiet during the final step. Lol.
 
One of the best things I ever did: bought the 20$ wen buffer, ripped the foam backing off to the platic plate, glued hook and loop. Now I use black 6" foam finishing pads to wax. I can apply liquid wax to my Durango in like 10 mins. Then start back over buffing with MF.
 
gsmarquis said:
One of the best things I ever did: bought the 20$ wen buffer, ripped the foam backing off to the platic plate, glued hook and loop. Now I use black 6" foam finishing pads to wax. I can apply liquid wax to my Durango in like 10 mins. Then start back over buffing with MF.
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I just did this to my Black & Decker cheapo "polisher" I hope it will be perfect for putting wax/sealant on - I do have a GG6 that I got for my birthday 2 years ago for doing serious polishing jobs. Along with the GG 6" orbital I also a series of LC flat pads, a new 5" backing plate, and a few polishes to have fun with that I bought last month from AutoGeek.
 
Route246 said:
+1.

Just machine waxed with my GG3 today. Incredibly fast to apply, much, much faster than hand application could ever be. The real value is the application is even, consistent and thin, which is very difficult to achieve by hand.
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There you go ! 100 % agree. Uniformity and speed.
 
How does everyone feel about a 6" Palm polisher? Say one form Oreillys/harbor freight? We have used these many times over the years. Got away from them for the Rupes to wax. And have had issues with the pad leaving mars on the paint.
 
How does everyone feel about a 6" Palm polisher? Say one form Oreillys/harbor freight? We have used these many times over the years. Got away from them for the Rupes to wax. And have had issues with the pad leaving mars on the paint.
 
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JeepJT04 said:
How does everyone feel about a 6" Palm polisher? Say one form Oreillys/harbor freight? We have used these many times over the years. Got away from them for the Rupes to wax. And have had issues with the pad leaving mars on the paint.
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Just another reason I do it by hand. My hand has never messed up.
 
Don’t want to risk marring in the end after a whole lot of work. By hand only all the way for me too.
 
So the difference in what we do, is that ours are retail paid waxes. We wash the vehicle, nano skin occasionally, degrease remove tar, then wax the vehicle. We are a production shop.
 
JeepJT04 said:
So the difference in what we do, is that ours are retail paid waxes. We wash the vehicle, nano skin occasionally, degrease remove tar, then wax the vehicle. We are a production shop.
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If you’re a production shop, and the big harmless wax spreader works for you, then use it. Ain’t no shame in your game. I say go for it.
 
Most of the time it works great. Now I will stir the pot. Waxing new paint. We do it. Because it has been done for years and years. We bake our base paint, and our clear coats. We do not wash the new paint. But we do use the orbital to apply the wax.
 
I have a 6" Coleman corded waxer that I use all the time. I find I use less product and get much better coverage. I've been thinking of picking up a Ryobi cordless waxer.
 
yakky said:
I have a 6" Coleman corded waxer that I use all the time. I find I use less product and get much better coverage. I've been thinking of picking up a Ryobi cordless waxer.
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I looked into a cordless, but with a team of 8 people, I would need multiple batteries for the number of waxes we complete in a day
 
JeepJT04 said:
I looked into a cordless, but with a team of 8 people, I would need multiple batteries for the number of waxes we complete in a day
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You're in luck. Ryobi sells those too! Ryobi one is a nice tool system, I have several home tools that use the one battery system. Just got the impact gun for tire changes.
 
Never did, never will

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Griots 3” mini polisher and red ThinPro waxing pads work quite well. Thin, even coverage and quicker than by hand. No worries about the machine “getting away from you.”

Works for Mike Phillips, works for me.

I don’t mind doing it by hand either for the “therapy” .
 
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