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12-20-01, 12:07
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Lowejackson is offline
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: UK Posts: 3,871 | Polishing in straight line techniques?
It appears to be the common wisdom to apply polish in straight lines, yet the Zaino web site recommends ZFX be applied using “circular hand motions”. I also have a Autoglym video which also recommends using large circular motions (for Super Resin Polish) followed by going over the area again in straight lines. This is also echoed by Zaino.
Why does this not cause more swirls and why then go over the same area in straight lines. Is this to reduce swirls when removing the products.
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12-20-01, 12:14
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DETAILKING is offline
Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 3,207 | An abrasive product should ALWAYS be applied..........
.....in straight back and forth motions by hand. Zaino has no abrasives so is not a polish by definition. Most of us Zaino users apply it back and forth from hood to trunk on horizontal surfaces, and from roof to ground back and forth on verticle surfaces. Zaino recommends circular patterns followed by back and forth patterns to ensure full coverage when using such thin application layers..... | |
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12-20-01, 12:16
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Brad B. is offline
Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: St. Louis Posts: 3,090 | Oops, you beat me, DK.
I agree.
If you are using something with an abrasive it is better to use straight line motions to avoid swirls. You are able to apply better, more consistant pressure that way, too.
When you apply most (non-cleaner) waxes and sealants you are not using much pressure at all and use circular motions to assure coverage. | |
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12-20-01, 07:40
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carguy is offline
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 751 | Its not that you "avoid" swirls, you are just making straight line scratches instead of circular ones. (And you WILL make scratches with ANY abrasive, however fine, and they WILL show in exactly the right light. of course the goal is to replace the deeper scratches with successively finer ones. ) We generally refer to ANY fine scratches as swirls - even if they aren't curved.
Anyway, if you rub from front to back on horizontal surfaces and up and down on vertical surfaces, the scratches will be oriented such that they are the most invisible in most light. Circular is bad, because some portion of the circle is always at just the wrong angle - and therefore is more visible. | |
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12-21-01, 05:35
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Brad B. is offline
Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: St. Louis Posts: 3,090 | Yes, and it's easier to flatten and remove consistant straight line scratches as opposed to random patterns. | |
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12-21-01, 04:22
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Don2000g is offline
Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,582 | Yes, and no self-respecting man would imitate Karate Kid's Wax On, Wax Off technique. | |
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