So our maintenance guy decided to spray paint one of the houses last monday next to where most of us park our car, though he assigned someone to it and didn't supervise, wind got the overspray on about 5 cars including mine, a 2011 Mazda 3. He offered to get it professionally cleaned, however, we live in the boonies (third world country hell Honduras) and qualified rubbing personnel is non existent, heck all they recommend is using "3m rubbing compound, it's the best"... Anyway... TLDR... I was able to get most of overspray from the hood using microfiber cloth wrapped around a piece of wood and sorta rub them out ( I can use my nail... but ouch)... Anyway I've decided it's the best excuse to buy a polisher and do the job properly... But i've a couple of questions:
1. How long can the clear coat be polished with a DA/orbital before it starts to thin.
2. Is there any difference between da/ orbital? (apparently not? )
3. Will an orbital/da be enough to remove the overspray?
4. So far i've look at the following options for polisher:
Amazon.com: Meguiar's G110v2 Professional Dual Action Polisher: Automotive
Amazon.com: Porter-Cable 7424XP 6-Inch Variable-Speed Polisher: Home Improvement
Though, I might give it a shot with meguiars clay or does anyone here recommend a specific brand?
Edit: I don't think i'll need any compound besides a good wax + polisher + softest pad, since i'm able to remove the overspray with a bit of elbow grease like explained above, however any suggestions are welcome.
Also what type of pads? polish, compounds? etc? :S i've googled the heck out of this and more I read, the less and less I know what to get :|
Edit 2: Also, I posted in this forum, because of how broad my questions and not limited just to buffers.
1. How long can the clear coat be polished with a DA/orbital before it starts to thin.
2. Is there any difference between da/ orbital? (apparently not? )
3. Will an orbital/da be enough to remove the overspray?
4. So far i've look at the following options for polisher:
Amazon.com: Meguiar's G110v2 Professional Dual Action Polisher: Automotive
Amazon.com: Porter-Cable 7424XP 6-Inch Variable-Speed Polisher: Home Improvement
Though, I might give it a shot with meguiars clay or does anyone here recommend a specific brand?
Edit: I don't think i'll need any compound besides a good wax + polisher + softest pad, since i'm able to remove the overspray with a bit of elbow grease like explained above, however any suggestions are welcome.
Also what type of pads? polish, compounds? etc? :S i've googled the heck out of this and more I read, the less and less I know what to get :|
Edit 2: Also, I posted in this forum, because of how broad my questions and not limited just to buffers.
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