How To Polish Curved Areas 

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Hi there, good question. For that area, if the pad is smaller than the surface, and if the polisher housing may enter without bumping into any surface (especially the tip of the neck), the answer is yes.

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@@OSRENOfficial didnt see your reply until now, thanks i look it up.

Hey, so for really tight curves, we don't recommend polishing with a 5" or 6", it's forceful and might cause unwanted result such as backing plate knocking on paint. Perhaps hand would be the best out of this situation. You will have to use your discernment on this, if you may be able to tilt and not knock into the curvy surface, and the pad is still able to spin, then it's fine.

Hi Faust, hope you find this video informative. We have something on polishing edges. You can watch our video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EJK5gtYIJ8g.html

Hey Ben, we actually polish this car with da entirely. So yes it applies on dual action polisher as well. As long as there is sufficient surface area for a polishing pad that is in contact with the paint surface, it will rotate. There are times where smaller polishing pads are favoured to allow more contact coverage of pad and to navigate narrow and smaller surface as well.

Hey there! A smaller polisher will definitely help in tackling convex or concave surfaces with greater ease, however, the drawback is that for a smaller pad, it might take longer to cover the surface. At times, during polishing, we do find that a 3" da polisher (or a pad that is slightly oversized) with the techniques applied would yield the same result at a much short time for most curvy areas. But for difficult or smaller surfaces, the 2" and 1" are truly a wonder. Of course, if you have access to multiple-sized dual action polishers, polishing these areas will be easier!

We don't recommend using hand polish sponges as by hand isn't sufficient in defect removal. Unfortunately machine polish is the way. For concave and convex areas, switching to a smaller polisher will help too

Hey Rajiv, I'm afraid we don't understand your question. We are guessing, so hope you find the answer relevant. Polishing edges regardless of da or rotary requires a more cautionary approach as we don't want to chip off / strikethrough paint on edges. We recommend tilting ever-so-slightly in a way that the rotation spins off the panel rather than hitting it directly. Most polishers are rotating clockwise, hence tilting on the correct angle to prevent it from knocking the paint would make sense. (Da pads would stall if there is too much tilting, hence ever-so-slightly approach) There are also other precaution steps we recommend including taping adjacent panel's edges and slowing down on machine speed.

@@OSRENOfficial what I mean to say is if I have small area where I cannot fit the entire pad, can I still polish by placing tip of pad surface on that small area?

@@gmaail... on rotary, this is a common technique and approach. On a dual action polisher, most of the time it's difficult and doesn't correct that well with deeper swirls/scratches by doing so. A smaller polisher is still highly recommended.

Hey Nick! I was using a Microfibre Cutting 😃

Nope! 😁 angling the pads on curve or caved surfaces will actually maintain parallel and maximum contact

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