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Ed Fisher

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Just bought a Bosch laundry dryer for wife. It' s one of the exhaustless types which has a tank of 3 liters capacity where the condensed water is stored so you can pour it away and drain the tank.



Since that water is supposed to be distilled water (condensation water) would it be wise to store it and use it during machine buffing with a spray bottle ? What do you guys think ?



Thanks already...
 
Interesting idea. You probably could do that. It will only be pure water that evaporates and condenses, so I don't see why it wouldn't be equal to distilled water.
 
Hmm, what would be the usefulness of using distilled water in the buffing process? Then again what is the usefulness of water when buffing anyway?
 
I always spray a QD or some water on my pads, just to soften up the pad and provide a little more working time for the product. It works especially well with AIO. I find that using AIO with a bone-dry pad makes the product a little harder to spread, and harder to buff off as well.

And as far as the usefullness...

We worry about dust on our cars, so why not worry about dissolved minerals in the water we use when buffing? :D
 
Besides, the friction will generate heat and it would be safe to use some coolant (and added lubrication) effect onto the pad of the machine...
 
I wouldn't. Water collected from a dryer as condensation may not be as "pure" as you might think. Distillation is one thing, condensation is another. I believe condensation could carry a lot of impurities with it. When you collect the first of the condensed water, take a wiff (smell it) and see if you think it's "distilled" water.............
 
Murat said:
Besides, the friction will generate heat and it would be safe to use some coolant (and added lubrication) effect onto the pad of the machine...
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Say what? Heat and friction is how polishers work in the first place.
 
MorBid said:
Say what? Heat and friction is how polishers work in the first place.
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I mean the excess heat caused by the friction... why are we all worried of the burns and swirls if we wanted all the heat and friction we want ??
 
Virtually all polishes/compounds made to be used with a high speed machine (Rotary) will require heat to "break down" and do their job. And thier job is to use heat and friction to "level" the paint's surface (remove imperfections) and bring up the shine.



Every manufacture will list on the instruction's label what RPM's are needed to "work" their product in to achive this "break down".



Keep a high speed polisher in one spot for a period of time and you will burn through the paint. I don't care how much water you use.



Swirls on the other hand have nothing to do with the heat from the machine.



Yes many will spritz a pad with water or some other lubricant when it's fresh but this has little to do with reducing the heat and friction and more to do with adding in helping the pad "load up" with product.



In fact we know that a wet piece of sandpaper will cut more quickly and deeper than a dry one. So when using too much water when working a polish or compound you will either dillute it too the point were it will become in-effective or cause the polish to act more aggressively than intended.
 
Hummmm... Good point... Well, we can't know it all can we ? Thanks for the insight; I learnt a lot from this one...



Cheers...
 
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