How To Polish A Car For Beginners || Remove Swirls and Scratches || Car Polish
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- How To Polish A Car For Beginners || Remove Swirls and Scratches || Car Polish
Polishing A car using an easy polish car method in today's car detailing episode on Stauffer Garage for beginners! If you have any polish car tips, leave them in the description box below!Cleaning a car and detailing a car is one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences. Thank you all for your support each week and if you are new be sure to Subscribe & Turn On Notifications for New disaster detailing videos! #carpolishing #polishcar #detailing #carcleaning
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Great vid except don’t use dish soap on your car use car soap
Video muito bom, poderia só por legenda em português BR
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U know what bro thank you so much for this as this was by far the easiest user friendly video across entire TH-cam even my 5 year can watch and learn from it that’s how simply yet effectively and informative it was... keep up the good work fella cheers all the way from London
2 months later, the car was finished and looks amazing.
you want it done in 30 mins right,95% of the people cant afford a professional.polishing,one of my friends live very comfortably polishing cars.
@@alanwilson1050 I had a stroke reading that
@@ace-pl4qh 😂😂
Hahahahhaa
@@alanwilson1050 r/woooosh??
I watched all the ads just for you. This is so informative.
I've only been polishing for a couple years. thought it would be difficult but it's very stress relieving 😌 it's like you create a new car in a few hours. I want v to transition into doing just polishing ..
great job man.! looks awesome 👍
Definitely Looks Much Better...Great Job!
Jescar correcting compound is my go to compound.and Jescar polish works great
A great "2-step" compound/polish is Menzerna IP 2000. I used it on my black 300C; and it really cut down the amount of time that I used to take in working out swirls. I applied it with a Griots Garage DA random orbital polisher and Lake Country pads. Afterward, the Menzerna, you can either apply a fine polish, before going to the wax finish, or go straight to the wax finish. It depends on what results you're looking for.
Love your video style: Clear, concise, simple! Going to try this on my car now. I'm a complete beginner but I'm pretty methodical and happy to take my time to get the result that I want. Thanks!
GREAT video!
Good length of time - nice chill vibe background music - nice camera angles - easy to follow - love the alternating shots with the forehead GoPro camera - 10/10 👏👏
Im 14 and i love detailing and working on cars in general and you have inspired and taught me so much about detailing and i just wanted to say thank you for being such a big influence on my love for cars!
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1:25 "you can see how dark it is" omg mate... that is the cleanest bar I ever seen, you should see mine after just a quarter of a panel done.
A quarter of a panel or a quarter panel?
@@thenegus5469quarter of a panel sounds more logical. A quarter panel sounds like it has 75% missing 😉
Thanks so much for making a walkthrough on how to..now I need to do the exact same thing to my abused, neglected car paint 😖 thanks again.. cheers and keep them videos coming 👍 subscribed.
Definitely see the difference. Nice work. 😁🤙Did you get the polishing pads at Harbor freight as well?
Great video for anyone to get involved in decontaminating and polishing!!!!
You did a good job... You're never gonna get all the stretches out.. I do this for a living
Griots complete compound is amazing! Gets rid of most swirls and is very easy to do
They sell it in any stores? Or only online? I love all their products id like to give it a try
Compound and polish are really determined by what paint you have (hard or soft). For hard paints, CarPro clearcut is your best choice for a one step. For softer paints, the Griots line is your best route. Also, when doing a correction, 3-4 dime size drops is all you need. But make sure you wear a light on your head to see when the swirls are gone. You can look through the compound as its breaking down. Going up and down makes nice designs but you want to keep going until the swirls are gone. If you want a line of products that will handle any paint you come across, CarPro ClearCut, Essence, Fixer and Reflect. Cant go wrong!
How do you know what you have? I restored a 71 rive about 6 years ago and it needs some attention, especially the roof where it has dulled.
What's the difference between a orbital polisher and a circular polisher??
@@poppaluv simple. Single stage paint will bleed when you polish it, because there is no clearcoat on it so the paint comes off on the pad. Your year is single stage. For hard paint, a more aggressive pad and compound is needed whereas on soft, a light polish may cut. Always go least aggressive first.
@@308sir nothing. Whereas a random orbital goes in mini circles over an area of a larger circle, hence random orbital rotation. A rotary, is like a drill.
@@rayk9897 so what he's using is alot safer
Outstanding work 👏 I was drawn in from the very beginning. Phenomenal 👌
I'm new and currently checking out numerous beginner vids. The polisher I'm using is Das 6 pro plus v2 and I'm having great results.
Sonax is my favorite line of polishes. The cutmax is amazing for heavy defects. The Sonax 04-06 is like perfect finish but 04-06 is made specifically for DA polishers and perfect finish is made for rotary but they both work great on either machine. For really hard paint the best is the Rupes UHS polish and pad combo hands down. You want to be careful using a tape line for a 50/50 because it can create a hard line in the paint that can be difficult to remove. Some polishes will be less effective when used with a detail spray because they were formulated to work without any other chemicals. Some clay bars will break down faster if a soap is used as a lubricant. Detail spray does not get the paint perfectly clean because they contain polymers such as gloss enhancers and lubricants. IPA solution or a paint prep spray is best. I have a youtube channel where I talk about some of this stuff, hopefully it will help you get better results but it looks like you got pretty good results anyway! Cheers!
What is your TH-cam address
Thanks for making this. I'm planning to do this as my summer project (currently in school) on my accord sport.
Any recommendations on using the compound to get rid of swirls? There are a lot of choices out there and I'm a beginner on this. Don't want to spend 400 plus dollars to have someone do it.
Love this video gave me some confidence I’ll be giving it a shot tomorrow
Thank you for this!
Oh man i'm from Poland thanks for the video
Geez theres some sarcastic bastards here ay?!
Roo-Pez. Sonax Perf Fin, is nice. HD Speed, one of the best AIOs, as is AngelWax Enigma.
Will look I got those, thanks for the suggestion!
Appreciate video trying my first polish with torq22d this month
Good video, thanks for posting.
I try to keep up with protection on my vehicles.
A) I wash,
B)I clay- with
Mothers SpeedClay 2.0
C)I polish- but I dont use a full polish product. I use a Ryobi 6 inch 18V orbital buffer which I own a cordless model & a corded one.
My Polish of choice is Mothers Micro-Polishing Glaze (Step 2).
Then, D) my favorite final product is Meguiars Hi-Tech Yellow Wax (#26).
If you Clay with anything.
Use Mothers Step 2.
Use Meguiars #26.
You will have a super smooth, shiny vehicle.
Try it!
Is polishing the only thing you should do to newer cars that have scratches/swirles/love marks?
And older cars that have worse condition paint, compounding then polishing is what you do, right?
I can't wait to get my Alfa Spider show ready. This has been very informative. I am a bit worried about burning the paint because I don't have an orbital polisher and have limited speed control. I'll practice on something before tackling the Alfa and the Jag.
My go to aio is mckees 360 at this time. Long work time for mobile detailers and leaves 4-6 month protection.
I've always heard changing the backing plate and greasing the bearings in that polisher helps a lot with balance.
I could use it... it’s awful! I’ll check out the grease part and order a new backing plate. Thanks for the tip
@@StaufferGarage No problem, keep it up!
Wipe down after polishing with a IPA product (isopropyl alcohol) to remove polishing oils and residues. I like to use Carpro eraser. That will leave it with a squeeky clean surface ready to accept your favorite ceramic coating/sealant/wax
Few days ago I used autoglym super resin polish on mercedes 197 obsidian black color. DA polisher is carwise and pad is sonax red one. It looks good. For many years i used wurth p10 and p20 compounds. Nice video.
Thank you ❤️
One step polishing..
Meguiar's Ultimate Polish on green Buff and Shine pads works great. Nice cut, great finish, super easy wipe off. I start with three pea sized drops, and reload with one or two.
The other one step I really like is found in the Rupes system:
Keramik Gloss + Yellow microfiber
Quarz Gloss + Yellow foam
Quarz Gloss + Green Foam
UHS + Grey foam
Polishes:
Retail: Meg's ultimate compound is closer to a professional polish. Breaks down nicely and doesn't really need a follow-up with polish. Will remove some scratches nicely and leave a great finish. Ultimate polish is good too if you just want to enhance the look.
"Professional":
3d one is both a compound and polish. With heavier cut pad will cut alot and act like a compound. With a Polish or finish pad it will act like a polish. Finishes great.
Griot's garage correcting cream. Not as aggressive as the fast correcting cream and with a orange pad will leave a beautiful finish. Their entire line is awesome.
Meguiars m210 is a great polish and less dusting and longer work times than the 205. Good price for amount you get too.
Meguiars d300 is great too. Intended for microfiber pads but will work with foam and not too aggressive when used with foam pad.
Jescar has some good stuff too. I love their correcting compound but it's aggressive so not really what you're asking for.
To be honest though, for beginners I always recommend meguiars ultimate compound and polish. They are "safer" dumbed down versions of their professional line. The compound would have knocked out what you were working on on this car in one section pass of 5 passes. More pressure for first two passes, then less and less over next three. The abrasives break down after first two passes, then the next three passes polish more and more as you let up pressure each pass until the third (5th total) pass is just weight of polisher
Use either their "cutting" yellow pad or an orange medium cut pad (or whatever color for your brand) or even a polishing pad and shouldn't need anything more.
I have the same polisher that he has but I don't know which type of pad to use with it. They have 4 different ones to use.
I legit have no clue and can't wrap my head around what to use. I really want to try to do this myself but I think my brain can't process it.
@@TJsVette start with least aggressive pad in 2X2 test spot. If not good results step up the next aggressive pad. And on and on.
@@2010stoof thank you for responding... so which pads are least to more? That's where I'm having the issue.
Very nice job thank you keep going 👍
Great narration.
Looks awesome, could you show what to do with rock chips as well
Buy a pen at the dealer with the Vin # from the car they will give you the right color paint and follow the instructions from the pen.
Pretty wild seeing how far you've come and how much you've improved compared to the last polish video I saw where you did that red civic.
thank you brother
Great video sir ty
Mann, i watched you on my phone and yesterday did it ,buyed the same stuff, and i did it for the first time in my life and ow man, it worked soo good, the paint helped me too cuz it is a glossy white the car didin't had curves on the door i m talking about a bmw 1m and under the window we re a few scratches, i was like i could get it to someone to do it, or i can learn to do it myself =]] i love doing things myself and then having the finish product as reward XD I just want to thank you for this detalied Tutorial XD Did i do something wrong by touching the place with polish cuz i didin t wanted to burn the paint??? I was so scared of burning the paint that i kept touching from time to time to make sure i don't burn it but it worked perfectly fine!
Ok I see at the end you mentioned McGuire's lol cool! 👍
Bro, very good job. Paint looks really shiny
well done .good explanation. keep up the good work.
So how many months will it take to polish the whole car?
~2 days
If you have a good polisher and a compound it can remove swirls fast but you need to polish it after to give it a mirror finish it’s a faster process but just 2 steps instead of one like this
What do you mean polish after? Isn’t he polishing it right now
@@DOCTOR_KIA A compound removes swirls but leaves a rougher surface (usually holograms too) so it needs to be polished to give it a smooth, glossy finish hence why it's called a 2-step. Anyway Stauffer here is doing a 1-step polish however it doesn't remove all the swirls and light scratches rather ones that are visible to the naked eye in natural light.
200kmile3v you can remove swirls faster with a compound liquid but it will give it a hazy finish. After that you can polish it with a polish liquid to give it a mirror finish. He’s doing a one step it takes longer because the cut of the polish grit is softer than compound.
I polished mine and ended up with some DA haze. Was my first time so I'm going to go over it again soon.
I agree with you, I've had good results with Poor Boys products. Though the products I keep falling back on for de swirling and polishing are Meguiars Ultimate Compound, followed by their Ultimate Polish. I find the results very predictable and consistent, importantly I've never damaged paintwork with this combination used with DA polisher and foam pads - avoiding pressure, let the product do the work.
Your video was very informative. Have you ever tried meguiars cut and polish?
Nice job. Couldn't tell from the video but it appears you didn't change the HF backing plate. I highly recommend doing so and going with a 5" instead of a 6". It'll give you a bit more control.
no. as long a your pad is the same side as the backing plate your all good.
Buy a 5" back plate and 5.5"-6" pads
Really thankful to you
Nice work!
Adam’s polishes one step
Whatever you’re paying for the music it’s worth every penny! Great video
Just found your channel...good job man
great video !!!......how long does your clay bar last?....also, how many towels do you use per detail?.......
Thanks for the tips, I appreciate it as a beginner. Wish me luck on my first DA polish next weekend! Regards ~ Mike
Hope it went good man
For me, Start with speed 3 and yellow pad. Finish with speed 6 Orange pad.If rubbing selection is good, it will take very less time as compared with you.
Good vidio tnx for posting
Try Malcos light finish,good one step
5 videos so far and no one explains which pads to use and the difference.
Polishing uses abrasive products to remove imperfections from your paint. Waxing adds the shine to the exterior of your vehicle, as well as, a layer of protection from the elements. Ultimately, polishing prepares the car to be waxed.
You can wax without polishing
Great video thank you 👍..
What are the recommended RPMs while compounding( step 1 ) and while polishing ( step 2 ) ?
I would say try Renewit by showcar. It's a real good one step polish as well
Thanks for the suggestion!
Ssd
is it ceramic?
I don't know how I ended here...well, I kinda saw the detailing of the marketplace car, and then I got sucked in...I'm thinking of doing this to my car...I just don't have the products you use
si eu la fel :))
Wicked videos mate! Keep them coming!! Try Scholls S20 for 1step S3Gold for compound and S40 for a Finishing polish!
is it recommended to polish ppf surface for deep/further gloss
Detail spray is only adding a layer of protection to the swirls your trying to remove. Can’t stress enough how much panel prep is needed in this process. Specially after clay bar process and in between polishing/compound passes using non filler agents. If the compound/polish has fillers in it you don’t want to use panel prep because it will remove what your trying to fill in. Just some info for the garage guys🤙
what is detail spray?
@@aumy3602 ipa spray
I dont have a car what am I doing here. Great video thou!!!
A do it better here in Africa.
Lmfao 😂😂 I used to see lions fighting over food on discovery channel and it has nothing to do with me😂😂😂😂😂😂
Queen Kyah I don’t have a car either, but I do have a car washing business, and am trying to learn how to polish
Knowledge is power
I have a few little tips I've picked up that have really helped. First is just a suggestion I wish I'd done: test on a not so nice car before trying on your really nice car. My first was the trunk lid of my nice bmw and in retrospect is was scary. But I was lucky. Other tips: on first use of the pad work the polish into the pad by hand to "prime" it. After every few sections, blow the pad out to get any picked up grit out. And for me if I took too long to get the polish off the car it was a nightmare to get off so get it off quick (I use Meguiars so maybe that's a quirk of theirs).
Very nice
1 quick hint about polishing. I polished for years until I realized the hard way that you can only polish in 1 certain direction. Left to the Right. (Do not polish Up and Down ) the car will look like it has had lousy bodywork done to it. Waves occur.
Maybe only with rotary, not with a dual action polisher..
How can there possibly be a difference?
This is Cap🧢
Your done, you park in your driveway. Ahhhh. Then you hear a lawnmower !!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Always a good idea to throw some carnauba wax, a ceramic coating or something else on top bc the all you gotta do is hose it down and dry
Enjoyed a lot. What is your take on buying those black leather/vinyl type car bras? I've heard that with the movement it will take off the paint off your hood and bumper. I'm not talking about the clear plastic wraps that I see but the leather/vinyl bra that hooks under the hood and around the bumper. Thanks.
I appreciate the video. Thank you. Question. Does it matter if your vehicle has any kind of coating or clear coat on it or does this type of polishing work regardless? Thank you.
I now hate O’Riley auto parts because of the insane frequency of their ads. Great video though, thank you!
Yes f to the o on the relentless robotic ads
For me it is Wix..LMAO
o riley is too cheap to update the song. It's been the same for 20 yrs.
Fucking see their ads and it kills me because I live in a state with 0 locations
Do yourself a favor and get TH-cam Red
Clay is not putty.
Quick detailer forms a protective layer on the paint so dont use that before polishing.
You're using a black finishing pad to cut paint.
He could have just use water and car wash soap as a lubricant. Using a detailer spray is usually after you want the residue gone. He cracked me up trying to use a black finishing pad for applying a three-in-one which is all he was doing was laying wax instead of actually compounding or paint correcting.
Great video
Should I use pressure, when using this? If so, an idea of how much? Also, when do I know I should sand first? Also, is there a certain polish I'm able to use, that could make it possible to not sand? (I know this would be a different product, if available, than regular polish I'm using.)
While washing clay at the same time saves time and with the car soap same results. Been claying for 20 plus years
But its harder to see through the car soap for claying I would assume? Saving time-yes.
Video Idea: Do an interior detail on the Mercedes Benz
You were talking about imbalance and the DA jumping around.. were you using the Warrior Backing Pad? that came with the DA? I've heard a lot of the shafts are not exactly straight. Giving a slight wobble when using the DA.
The different steps are explained so perfectly. It's very useful for beginners like us . Thanks for sharing.
-Bijetri Bose .
This should’ve been compounded first.... in your left/right comparison, you can clearly see the right side still had scratches. The paint has added depth and a mirror like finish due to the fact that you used a polish.... that’s exactly what a polish does. Clearly your swirls and scratches are deeper than what your eyes can see and you need to hit it with a compound, then a polish. Do not use dish soap as a lubricant. You can use car soap and water as lubricant when clay barring. Always prime your buff/polishing pads with product by spreading the product evenly throughout the pad THEN put dime-sized dots of product to spread on paint surface. And use 50/50 IPA and water spray to remove the oils after polishing/compounding. Happy detailing and keep learning!
Why not use dish soap for clay bar lubricant and why not use dish soap to remove the remaining polish. It should just be getting all of the oils off the car
Excellent…thank you.
I imagine you smell the paper after you wipe, don't you?
What are the next steps after polishing? Do you have to use sealant or is using wax after only polish also fine? I am thinking of starting my own detailing business, I need some help :)
sealant then wax.
hope you started that business, think of where you would've been if you started it last year.
The orbiter you have back plate- is that a 4 inch? If so where did you buy it?? Nice camera view of before and after very detail on how close you go to the hood with a flashlight. Most people just show it in the sun light.
Autoglym Super Resin Polish
This Is a really really good polish! My dad and I use it all the time and always amazing! Also heavily uses by dealerships
What does a detail spray consist of
Water and isopropyl alcohol
3:06 "Lubricity" definitely made me immediately pause
😂 same
ME TOO
I work at the Performance Manufacturing Center that builds the Acura NSX. They only use Meguiars products on these supercars!
Excellent . . . Stay Frosty All .
Why detail spray and not an IPA? Thanks for the video
Only because I feel better about the lubricant properties when cleaning up after clay. Own personal preference really
I thought IPAs are for removing waxes and other polishes. It’s not meant to be a proper lubricant needed for clay barring.
After polishing, compounding, or any correction work, using an alcohol solution (IPA) removes all oils and residues from the paint surface. For the claybar process, they make specific lubricants for that process as well as different levels of clay. The more aggressive clay you use, the greater the chance of scratching. They will be removed during polishing but a basic clay compound is usually sufficient. I personally dont use detail sprays because they leave a film behind with artificial gloss enhancers.
What’s ipa?
@@wammles1237 its short for isopropyl alcohol, found at any convenience store.
GoPro 😉🙌🏼
Now I feel I can polish now, great video. Should I put a spray wax after polish?
Thanks bro. I learned a new vocabulary word. Lubricity I’m adding that to the archive
A nigga yall needs to learn ebonics too