NEVER lift the pc

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Brandon DeFeo

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I've read the warning here many times, and did it anyway. Using the PC to put some polish on the car (3M SMR). The handle started to twist out as I was using it. Lifted it up to tighten the handle... polish everywhere. Windsheild, wiperblades, hood, wall of garage, white t-shirt (did you know that stuff stains?). Oh the horror! Lesson learned the hard way. But, if I can save just one white t-shirt, then my experience wasn't in vein.
 
blktaurus said:
I've read the warning here many times, and did it anyway. Using the PC to put some polish on the car (3M SMR). The handle started to twist out as I was using it. Lifted it up to tighten the handle... polish everywhere. Windsheild, wiperblades, hood, wall of garage, white t-shirt (did you know that stuff stains?). Oh the horror! Lesson learned the hard way. But, if I can save just one white t-shirt, then my experience wasn't in vein.
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:) I did the same, except I don't have the handle attached, I ended uo with polish on my face and hair. I jus hope this this is good for skin exfoliation.:D



Next time use an apron an old T-shirt;)



Ricardo
 
Hehe, reminds me of the first time I used my PC:



A friend of mine's mom is a realtor and wanted her van done (Nissan). I said sure and thought I'd try out the PC with the crap-ola pad that came with it b/c I am currently waiting for CMA to ship my pads to me.



So I start off with some ScratchX and that barely makes a dent... (figuratively speaking of course :D) Her hood had alot of swirls and kinda looked like the consistency of sand paper (not quite that extreme but not nearly mirror-like).



Anyways, I am getting annoyed so I jump to the Medium-Cut Cleaner and that worked! :up So i'm tackling the hood and have the PC cruising at speed 6 then I lift the pad off the hood. It started shaking violently and then next thing I know my friend (who was standing next to me) is crouched over holding his face.



With all that shaking, the pad kinda disintegrated! The PC shot off a whole edge and it hit my friend square in the face! I could not stop laughing!



Anyways I was in the middle of the hood so I couldn't just leave one side looking great and the other... not... so I finished with half a pad.



I tell ya, I dunno if that pad was just crap or what, but I am never lifting a pad off a car again at speed 6! Who knows? Next time it could be my face!
 
How about never lift a rotary. I accidentally ;) lifted the rotary the first time I used it and I never did it again. I wonder why :D



With Aloha,

Ranney :)
 
the pad that came with my PC also exploded when I was drying it at speed 6. Brand new and off to the trash. Havent had that problem with the CMA's pads though
 
Yep I made that mistake to after getting mine. I accidently lifted it off the paint and I sprayed, the windsheild, grill, dads truck that was next to mine, and ME!!!!!!!!



Havnt done that a second time yet
 
That is too funny cause I finally used my PC and have been reading everything here the one thing I kept telling myself is "Don't lift, Don't lift" the urges were there though!
 
Reason #2359.7 why I don't use 3M polishes. Their stuff slings like no other I've used. And if you let the slung polish dry, may God help you to remove it 'cause your gonna need all the help you can get!
 
The first thing I told my son when I was teaching him to use the PC was that if it is on, it must be in contact with the paint and not to lift it immediately when he shuts it off. So far, so good!
 
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