Help Me Setup My Makita 9227C

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ErikU19

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Hey Guys,



I purchased a Makita 9227C for some light duty polishing and waxing. I need help getting it setup with the correct materials (pads, cuts, polishes, waxes, etc) to make for good work with great results.



First up is going to be the heads lights on my Escalade. The top portion which is even with the hood is begining to yellow. I'd like to clean this up and go over the entire lense as well to give it a "new look".



Secondly is my wifes white Navigator. I dont think it has ever been waxed and has fine swirl marks all over it. This obviously is a much larger job and will require different materials (and more of them).



I'm not totally new to polishing and wet sanding (wet sanded and polished grand pianos in high school) but know that the right products make the job.



thanks for all the help! :)
 
you are hardly gonna get some concrete answers cause its very hard for someone to tell you: THIS product is the best for you.

for example, i use the 9227 for quite a few years now and this is MY favourite combo, the one i almost always use:

heavy compounding: 3m fc+ on meguiars wool pad

compounding: meguiars 205 on 3m fc+ green hard foam pad

polishing: 3m superfina on its respective yellow soft foam pad

finifhing: 3m ultrafina SE on respective blue ultrasoft foam pad



and it happens that i still produce swirls by finishing on soft paints sometimes when im not concentrated enough. that makita is heavy, it has a lot of raw force and its hard to find the perfect combo for it that is gonna suite you.



im 100% sure that MY favourite combination i listed above WILL NOT be the best one for you. maybe its gonna be even your worst combo ever.



till you find what correct materials you need, its all about trial and error. the best thing you can do is to search up in the click and brag topic for some escalades and navigators that other members detailed and see what they've used for them. that could be a guide for the materials you need but again, they may not be the ones you really were looking for.

even worse for waxes. theres just too many of them, you really have to try a few to find the one you like the most.



and.... just a small advice: the word waxing and the number 9227 should not be in the same sentence. dont try that, you will be very disapointed. so, say you've purchased it for some polishing, but not for waxing. either buy a DA polisher for waxing or do it by hand.
 
ErikU19- Welcome to Autopia!



You won't like this response, but here goes anyhow- You appreciate using the right tools for the job, right? IMO (and I own one), the Makita 9227, or any rotary polisher, is not the right tool for this job. You oughta get a good random orbital polisher (e.g., the Griot's Garage 6" RO). You could still use the Makita for the most aggressive work (I really don't think it's a good idea, but if you can't return it....) and then follow up with the Griot's to remove rotary-induced artifacts like holograms and "buffer swirls".
 
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