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Old 13-10-2009, 07:49 PM
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i want to know the above on the saph,its been resprayed before i bought her so bit of a lottery choosing correct products for polishing etc, is there reasonably priced depth reader for keen amateurs and can they tell you the hardness?
Failing tht , is there a good place i can goto for testing the depth and hardess?
dont mind travelling to find out!!?pb is too far tho lol
cheers mike

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Old 13-10-2009, 10:07 PM
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One of the cheapest I seen: http://www.paintdetective.com/?gclid...FaBb4wodn3q7kw
Old 13-10-2009, 10:34 PM
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Thats pretty much the same as the one i use, except mine doesnt have the funky backlight.

Does the job tho, just make sure you calibrate it before every time you use it
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As for hardness it is not something you can measure with a gauge or meter etc.

Just start with the least abrasive polish and work up the scale of polishes and pads if needed.
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ok cheers for that ,nice one pal i,ll try tht
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if it's been sprayed to a decent finish, you'll be able to polish a fair bit til you break through the lacquer with a fine polish. even with rotary.

if you've got a Meg's G220 DA polisher then even better + safer.
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