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Been playing with my birthday present...

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Been playing with my birthday present...

Post by malibudave » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:55 pm

For my 30th I received a DA-6 with bits and bobs, so today I set aside a few hours (8 to be precise) and set to work.

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I decided that the British weather cant be trusted so I put up our new gazebo. The neighbours must have thought I had sunk to new levels of car geek....but I felt quite professional:

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And after many hours later the finished article. I'm pleased with the results, the DA polisher definately produced better results than I ever could by hand, however I was disappointed that I didnt manage to get rid some of the deeper swirl marks. However I think that I will save that for another day and perhaps a slightly coarser polish.

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Re: Been playing with my birthday present...

Post by inkey$ » Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:05 pm

:thumbsup: Ace results. And dont worry about the car geek thing. It resides in us all and we all have our own spiritual gazebo (mine's green though) :D
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Post by DrNick » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:43 am

Excellent work! When would it be convenient to bring mine round :poke: :thumbsup:
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Post by Redzedfour » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:33 pm

DrNick wrote:Excellent work! When would it be convenient to bring mine round :poke: :thumbsup:
Second that :thumbsup:
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Post by Taz » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:45 pm

Redzedfour wrote:
DrNick wrote:Excellent work! When would it be convenient to bring mine round :poke: :thumbsup:
Second that :thumbsup:
third it

i could never have this much patience :headbang:

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Post by Aliv6 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:06 pm

Nice level of correction! Deeper swirls may require a rotary.
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Re: Been playing with my birthday present...

Post by VvrooomM » Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:19 pm

just think if youd not bought that reg you could have been detailing an 'M' I have a meguires polisher and found it quite difficult to get a good finish being a novice and all
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Post by scousefly » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:32 pm

What polish are U using with yr DA??
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Post by BlueZ4 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:15 pm

Montego blue coupes are simply stunning. Very nice job on the detail! 8)

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Post by Jembo » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:00 pm

BlueZ4 wrote:Montego blue coupes are simply stunning. Very nice job on the detail! 8)
Is it a Montego Blue, or Maldives blue? Whichever one it is, my favorite colour though am a little biased,

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