4" orange pad burnt my trim

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xinkid

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I was using the green polishing pad before with the new OC, it didn't do anything to the trim, but it was taking forever to remove swirls, so I switched to the orange pad. The strip of paint there is very narrow, probably only 1" wide. I have such bad luck. :((

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xinkid said:
I was using the green polishing pad before with the new OC, it didn't do anything to the trim, but it was taking forever to remove swirls, so I switched to the orange pad. The strip of paint there is very narrow, probably only 1" wide. I have such bad luck. :((
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Whoa man, sorry to hear your bad luck. Were you using a PC or Rotary?
 
Sorry to see that xinkid...4" pads can burn paint with a PC...never mind a rotary....they can do some seriuos corrections...they generate some heat...



speed 6 can be trouble if you do not watch yourself....but a warning...I took a test panel and burnt thru the clear in no time with a orange pad and some hi-temp medium cut leveler...



I hope it will be a easy fix....to get that trim fixed....



Do not under estimate the power of a 4" pad on a PC...can be good..or bad ...



Al
 
Holy crap! Im gonna have to be carefull then.. I just bought a spot buff kit and didnt know that that can happen with a PC!
 
I've never had a PC hea up that much. How much pressure where you applying? How long were you appling the above pressure.



I mean, you destroyed the pad ad everything. Very unusual. I'm sure I could do this, but only if I tried!



JJ
 
Man I'm gonna have to start being more careful. I use the 4 inch pads every once in a while. I didn't realize they could burn up the paint or trim either.
 
i use my four inch orange/green/white on almost every car i polish. never seen such a thing, the orange is a very aggressive little bugger, love the thing to death, im always on speed six as well. tape tape and more tape.
 
tape, tape and more tape!! I didn't expect this to happen at all. I was applying lots of pressure and moving the PC very slowly. I was quite freightened to go back and continue the detailing session but I finally calmed down and saw things clearly. I went to another section with an orange pad, light pressure, basically one hand resting on head of PC, speed 4. It did a pretty good job of swirl removal that way. But, on a very thin edge, that was still aggressive enough to go through primer. Next I tried green pad, same light pressure and speed 4. That also went through primer on some very thin edge. Luckily it's a short edge that I can probably touch up. I think I'm gonna tape all edges and trim now. What a hard lesson.
 
is this a cyclo pad ..sorry but it dosen't look familiar to me.. sorry this happen to you and you should be happy the car didn't belong to a client,that woiuld have s*cked..
 
sounds as if you are dealing with thin paint. Don't polish any sharp edges- leave an inch gap. Better to have swirls than missing paint.
 
wannafbody said:
sounds as if you are dealing with thin paint. Don't polish any sharp edges- leave an inch gap. Better to have swirls than missing paint.
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I don't think it is burnt paint...

it is melted plastic or rubber trim!



and the pad looks like you were putting way too much pressure on it



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BigJimZ28 said:
I don't think it is burnt paint...

it is melted plastic or rubber trim!

and the pad looks like you were putting way too much pressure on it
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I think wannafbody was reply to this



me said:
But, on a very thin edge, that was still aggressive enough to go through primer. Next I tried green pad, same light pressure and speed 4. That also went through primer on some very thin edge.
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yeah too much pressure.. I know.. All this talk I read about leaning onto the PC.. :sadpace:
 
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