Argos Dual Action polisher

[Bleacher]

Any feedback on this yet?

 

[warren]

Had a go with it yesterday, using just normal Autoglym Polish and the foam pad that came with it on the other halfs Ibiza.

Car was absolutely covered in marks such as this

Was pretty bad paint scuffing on the front corner, which was then restored to this

And the entire rear loading bay part of the rear bumper and boot lid above was absolutely covered in little scrapes and just about the most dull bit of paintwork I'd ever seen was restored to this

All in all I am extremely impressed by it, me with my very limited knowledge of this equipment and process managed to produce some extremely good results with just normal polish and a layer of wax over it. The car is in in better nick now than its ever been since she's owned it.

Very impressed. Thumbs up.

 

[CHARLIE11]

Had a go with it yesterday, using just normal Autoglym Polish and the foam pad that came with it on the other halfs Ibiza.

Car was absolutely covered in marks such as this

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Was pretty bad paint scuffing on the front corner, which was then restored to this

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And the entire rear loading bay part of the rear bumper and boot lid above was absolutely covered in little scrapes and just about the most dull bit of paintwork I'd ever seen was restored to this

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All in all I am extremely impressed by it, me with my very limited knowledge of this equipment and process managed to produce some extremely good results with just normal polish and a layer of wax over it. The car is in in better nick now than its ever been since she's owned it.

Very impressed. Thumbs up.

I like the way u 'tested it' on 'the other halfs' car first...smooth move lol

 

[warren]

Yeah luckily parts of her paint were in such bad condition that I would have had a hard time making it worse lol

 

[warren]

I have a few little marks on the S80, I'll be sure to take a proper before and after shot of that one! Time wasn't on my side when I was doing the Ibiza sadly!

 

[Antoin]

I think I may give it a go as well then based on those results. For the minimal amount of use it'll get it should last a decent amount of time.
Thanks for the review @warren

 

[And1]

Wondering if I'm missing something - finding difficulty in attaching the foam pad that won't stay on at speed

 

[warren]

I just gave mine a good hard press against it and it stuck really well and never came off once!

 

[And1]

Some elbow grease then lol

 

[Uncle Buck]

Bought one last week and tried it out this weekend. Having given the car a run with it using meguiar's swirl x and ultimate polish, can say it definitely helped and I was happy with the results from it. No problems with pads falling off or anything either!

 

[kristen]

Bought one to bought compound and polishing pad from north down motors and used this very good value for money and easy used

 

[warren]

Still enjoying working round cars with this. Works a treat on the few little scuffs I have on the S80

Before

After

 

[mckeown]

Are you using compound or just SRP for those results?

 

[warren]

That was just going over it with Autoglym resin polish. Wasn't even waxed at that point

 

[EP3 James]

Im always tempted to buy one of these but I am scared of damaging my paint or something ha ha ha. Looks good

 

[Bleacher]

So overall out of ten marks for this?

Worthwhile? I have never owned or used one before but always tempted...

 

[_James_]

Im always tempted to buy one of these but I am scared of damaging my paint or something ha ha ha. Looks good

You pretty much can't damage the paintwork using a DA unless you are a full retard and dip you pad in grit before applying it to the car.

I'm really ham fisted when it comes to things like this and even I get good results!

 

[Bleacher]

One of the reviews on argos says it onl;y has 1 speed, is that accurate?

"Nice product for the price you get what you pay for as it is one of the cheapest da polishers out there it is 600 watt which it doesn't mention in the description just one setting"

 

[And1]

One of the reviews on argos says it onl;y has 1 speed, is that accurate?

"Nice product for the price you get what you pay for as it is one of the cheapest da polishers out there it is 600 watt which it doesn't mention in the description just one setting"

5 or 6 speed iirc

 

[Uncle Buck]

6 speeds, used it again yesterday on my mum's 206 and again, left a good job. Will be used twice more this week too. Good job for not too much money

 

[warren]

Speed is a dial on the back 1-6. I don't use it professionally and I've never owned another one but I really couldn't fault it

 

[Antoin]

@warren warrenhow noisy was your DA ? Mine sounds like the bearings have **** themselves already. Or are they all like that?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Mine sounds something similar too

 

[warren]

Oh yeah mines certainly not quiet.... Lol

 

[Antoin]

Oh yeah mines certainly not quiet.... Lol

Mine sounds something similar too

Does it sound like the bearings are grinding though? Mine sounds awful.