Can Buttery Wax be applied with a polisher?

[Editguy]

If so, which color pad would you use? Red?

[Nickfire20]

54 minutes ago, Editguy said:

If so, which color pad would you use? Red?

Yes grey or red.  Makes the job extremely quick, and helps with even distribution and easier removal (not that application or removal was ever hard)

[falcaineer]

Also recommend you apply on a low speed...2, 3 at most.

[shane@detailedreflections]

It could be, but why?  It goes on and comes off easily enough by hand. And hand application of the final layer let’s you really inspect your work. 

 

I cant think of a time we ever applied our last step by machine. 

 

That being said if you really want to, use the lowest setting on your machine. You are not performing a mechanical process like polishing so you don’t need the speed. Less speed will equal less sling. 

[pirahnah3]

@Nickfire20 @falcaineer and @shane@detailedreflections are all spot on. Red or Grey pads, low speed, and in a lot of cases I would ask why. I say a lot, because I have done it once myself, and I didnt notice any extra benefit to doing it. The reason I did it thou was that my arms and shoulders were just BEAT from doing a full detail on the vehicle that day and I just didnt have the effort for the movement. I even tried to cheat and put a towel under a pad and removed it that way...That didnt work as well as one would hope and I ended up spending a fair bit of time chasing bits all around the vehicle. 

 

In short, yeah you can do it...but for the reasons stated above, why? 

[Editguy]

Thank you all for your input. I'm pretty much still a noob at detailing and I'm kind of thinking out loud exploring my options.

[pirahnah3]

Asking questions is always a great way to learn and get many different points of view.