Self-polishing machines at home

Polishing the machine is necessary to maintain a neat, well-groomed appearance and protect the body from the effects of the environment and microcracks. The small cracks formed on the lacquer coating can provoke corrosion of the metal. Polishing the body of the machine is divided into two stages: first protective, then restorative.

The technology is quite laborious and expensive. In order to save money, the procedure can be carried out independently. For this it is necessary to have:

• Professional polishing machine ;
• Two foam wheels (coarse and soft);
• Abrasive paste of three types: coarse, with fine abrasive and abrasive (scraping);
• Polishing compound;
• Cotton napkins or rags;
• If necessary, white spirit.

Polishing the machine with your own hands will take about 2 hours. To begin with, you must thoroughly wash the car body under running water (from the hose). If all the dirt is not washed off, use white spirit or special abrasive clay. Wipe the surface of the machine dry with a clean and dry cloth. After preparing the car, you can start the polishing process.

A small amount of coarse paste is applied directly to the surface of the polished section of the car. On a site of 40 * 40 sm it is required 10-20 grams of a solution. The polishing of the machine takes place gradually, due to the rapidly drying abrasive. A polishing wheel with a rough surface is put on a special machine. Not including the machine, smear paste on the site. Turning the machine on the slowest mode, cross-shaped movements polish the surface. First, horizontally, then vertically. This will make the polishing uniform. Repeated these movements several times: with a slow mode of operation of the machine and with a fast. Wipe off the remaining traces of the paste with a clean soft rag.

Having finished the first section, begin work on the next one according to the same scheme. After 3-4 passages, the foam wheel is washed in warm water.

The circle is dried at the maximum speed of the polishing machine.

It should be noted that when polishing the car, low and medium speed cars are used. Having included the maximum speed, it is possible to damage a body.

Using a fine abrasive paste, the procedure is repeated. Having finished with it, we can assume that the protective polishing of the machine is completed.

You can go to the recovery. This procedure is much simpler.

On the typewriter, a rough foam wheel on a circle is changed for soft polishing. On the cotton cloth or napkin is applied protective paste (bezabrazivnaya). She rubs the body of the car in a circular motion. As soon as the paste begins to dry, the machine switches on at an average speed, the surface is polished in circular motions. After that, a protective polish is applied. The same actions are carried out as with non-abrasive paste.

The machine is polished. It is recommended to conduct the procedure regularly, every 3-4 months. Such prevention will allow the car body to always be protected and beautiful.