polished today in 34 degree weather...nothing happened :(

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tommyortom

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hopefully its just because of the cold weather....



i got a PC for xmas, and my backing plate came today, so i tried out my PC on my cars hood.

i used a 5" backing plate w/ a matching counterweight. tried a yellow propel pad w/ ssr2.5, and a green propel pad with optimum. i ran the PC at level 5 and made smooth, slow, and overlapping passes.



i didnt notice much of a difference, and i believe i did everything right....except work in warm weather.
 
ive never had much success with removing defects with larger sized pads...



i know spending money is probably not what you want to hear, but 4" pads would help out alot.
 
How much pressure were you applying? If you were using only the weight of the PC, lots of luck trying to get out anything.
 
Scottwax said:
How much pressure were you applying? If you were using only the weight of the PC, lots of luck trying to get out anything.
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i applied enough pressure that i could hear a load difference on the PC's motor. i didnt put on a TON, but i felt that i used enough. maybe a yellow pad and ssr2.5 arent enough....i might order a orange pad and a tougher polish or compound?
 
tommyortom said:
i applied enough pressure that i could hear a load difference on the PC's motor. i didnt put on a TON, but i felt that i used enough. maybe a yellow pad and ssr2.5 arent enough....i might order a orange pad and a tougher polish or compound?
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It might take a stronger polish or pad, what exactly are you working on? Also, don't be afraid to turn the PC up to 6. For example, I find that with the speed on 5, it is hard to remove paint transfers quickly. Crank it to 6 and they come right out.
 
I use the yellow and SSR2.5. You do have to use quite a bit of pressure and move slowly and smoothly. I end up doing about 7 passes in this way and not all the swirls are removed.
 
approximetely how slow should passes be? are there any videos online where i could watch and see how slow passes should be?
 
tommyortom said:
approximetely how slow should passes be? are there any videos online where i could watch and see how slow passes should be?
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Around 1/2-1" per second. Make sure your passes overlap about 50% too.
 
Click here for a video using Meg's DACP



My first PC detail, I spent a lot of time using SFX-1 on an Orage DAS Pad, and unless I added a lot of swirls to my paint during that detail time and now, it didn't do as much as I thought it did. Now I will be using Optimum Comound with an Orange DAS Pad, with some pressure behind it (especially on my roof, trunk, and hood).



Good luck.



Edit: that video link doesn't work anymore.



What you should be doing while polishing is making slow passes, overlapping 50% each pass, and working in a 2ft square area. THe polishing passes should start one way (like: llllllll) and then go in a perpendicular fashiod (like: ___) and then if necessary, diagonally. Each pass again overlapping 50%
 
One important point: don't use too much product. Some products, like Optimum, are very sensitive to the correct amount. When you use more than necessary, the polishing oils take over and they just sliding and skating over themselves - seriously degrading the product's cutting/correcting ability.

When using Optimum, prime the pad with a healthy circle around the pad perimeter (using the factory fliptop, which pulls a thin strip), and smaller circle inside and go. BUT! For the following applications enough to use 4 half inch strips or two/three pea sized drops.
 
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