Average time to polish a car (2wice) with 3401?

[m4gician]

Hey guys,

For the purpose of giving an estimate, how long would it take to polish a medium sized car (nissan maxima/toyota camry) twice over with menz sip and 106ff with the flex 3401?

I have LC and Sonus pads.

[blkyukon]

Originally Posted by m4gician

Hey guys,

For the purpose of giving an estimate, how long would it take to polish a medium sized car (nissan maxima/toyota camry) twice over with menz sip and 106ff with the flex 3401?

I have LC and Sonus pads.

Time will vary so it can average anywhere from 4 hours to 8 hours to polish a car that size. The amount of time spent polishing will depend on machine speed, pressure, outside temp. humidity, condition of the car, etc....

[killrwheels@autogeek]

I was thinking 4 hours minimum with Flex, thats about what my Vette takes with SIP/106FF. With PC it took about 6 hours to do correctly.

[blacknblu]

I did a Honda Civic yesterday with the 3401 and 106ff. It took about 4.5 hours for polishing (1x with white pad, and 1x with gray). I probably could have been done sooner if I was using SIP as there were quite a few areas I had to go over twice/three times to remove swirls.

[sal329]

Really depends on the condition of the paint 4+ hours

[m4gician]

4+ hours eh? Okay, that sounds reasonable.

[MadOzodi]

Hell, I'd block off a whole Saturday and Sunday...you never know what you'll run into. Of course, I'm frikkin slow so take that with a grain of salt.

[mixxer]

4-6 for true 2 step

[m4gician]

Originally Posted by mixxer

4-6 for true 2 step

Excellent, thanks for your help guys.

[conan777]

Wow, unless you have very nice paint to start off with that easily cleans up I would be hard pressed to finish a 2 step polishing job in under 10 hrs. 4-5 hours is flying! how do you guys break down your polish that fast and yet still remove the swirls.