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Was Miagi onto something?



Is one motion better than another? Side-to-side, clockwise, counter, cross-hatching?



Or maybe apply your polish or wax, clockwise then buff counter-clockwise...
 
Oil- Welcome to Autopia!



As long as you're not instilling any marring (straight scratches don't show quite as badly as circular/elliptical ones) it shouldn't make any difference. As a.k.a. Patrick alluded to regarding the UDM, a lot of us use random orbital machines for this sort of thing and they move in, well, random orbits.
 
If you're polishing and/or waxing by hand - do the horizontal panels (hood, roof, trunk) front-to-back, vertical panels (doors, fenders) up-and-down. It has to do with how the light hits the paint.
 
PTRon said:
If you're polishing and/or waxing by hand - do the horizontal panels (hood, roof, trunk) front-to-back, vertical panels (doors, fenders) up-and-down. It has to do with how the light hits the paint.
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I've read that "detailing tip" on a few product sites but don't have any proof that it works.

Unless one of our respected members can confirm this I have my doubts that it matters.



I've tried it both ways and could not see any difference.
 
Gears- I've never seen a difference either, and I can't help but wonder how it's supposed to work :think: It's not like the LSP is directional or anything...and it's not like a hand-applied job (where the direction can be controlled) looks better than a machine-applied job (where the direction *can't* be controlled).



Nobody's ever explained the supposed benefit in a way that makes sense to me..it's not like there's a "grain" to the LSP that'll refract the light in some weird way.



That's not a slam at you, PTRon, I figure it's something you read/heard about. And hey, it's not like doing it directionally will cause any problems as long as you get a good uniform application.
 
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