Sharpen up your german and follow this link. You'll learn more about
maintaining your glider's finish than you're getting here.

http://www.rall-guitars.de/andreashp...chine_eng.html

Look around the website for anything on polishing. Though the menus are in
english (and some of the pages), patience and Babelfish will get you the
info lacking in this thread.

Think of your hard bar "wax" as finishing off the swirls left by 1200 wet
sanding. Yes, it reduces and fills in the "gaps" while polishing, but it
doesn't seal, so be sure to apply wax afterwards if you want to preserve the
finish. I suspect the reason so many have objections to the hard wax and
buffing wheel is based on lack of knowledge, trying to use it where cleaning
and sanding would be natural precursors to polishing and sealing.

Again, the results are exceptional. If you use the right tools for the
appropriate steps in the process, you'll wind up with a brilliant finish
that outshines anything from a bottle... and find that each step is really
pretty simple and largely foolproof. There's no mystery in this stuff, save
that it's tough to find valid information from a single, reliable source.

"Tuno" wrote in message
...
I've never used hard wax before, but since the factory recommends it
on the gelcoat, I'm going to give it a try. I just have no clue how to
go about it. (My Google search results are great -- for hair removal!)

I have a Makita 0-3000rpm variable speed polisher, a brick of hard
wax, and a mandrel and other accessories I got from the dealer. Is
there a technique writeup on the web somewhere?

~ted/2NO