Rotary polishing videos

S&S Detailing said:
This may be a stupid question, but is he going way too fast or do I just buff really slowly :think:(And I'm talking about the speed he goes over the surface, not the rpm's of the buffer itself) I was always taught that the slower you go the less swirls you will get etc. If someone could enlighten me I would appreciate it!!!
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I'm using a lot slower arm speeds too and keep the pad flat.
 
If you know how to use a 8 inch wool pad to do true compounding, you will never compound with a orange foam pad. The problem these days is people are affraid of wool. To keep it real I wonder how have the detailers on these forums would have done years ago before foam was popular. We used to finish done with wool pads. No foam was never used. You see guys like this who use wool and don't have the pad flat, maybe there is a reason for this! I never see people laugh at my work?



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To break it down for you a wool pad runs cooler on the paints surface. A larger pads cuts more. You can run wool safly at higher speeds and still be safer then foam generating heat at a lower speed during compounding. Bob Whyte is a 30 year Veteran of this business who is very knowledgeable. He has a lot to offer if people would listen. The problem is everyone is so wrapped up thinking that the Autopian way is the only way LOL. I talk to some of the highly praised detailers in this country daily who often go outside the autopian suggestions. If most would open there eyes and ears and not critize one for his ways. You may learn something that will work!!! :werd:
 
Thanks Barry, and also salpac.



I've started using a right angle drill with these mandrels and backing plates to get into the really tight spots now. Nice thing too is that the buffing pads are free. I cut out the unused centers of my electrified wool pads. The Black Lamb is great for that BTW. On a full size pad 2400 would be pretty fast but with the smaller diameter it's about right.



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Happy Festivus,



Robert
 
David Fermani said:
I laugh at your work all the time!!! :laugh::laugh::laugh::grinno::grinno::grinno:
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ahhh David! I know you laugh in envy!!! lmao as I look outside to 6 inches of snow and blizzard!!!
 
Speaking for myself only. When it comes to speed and angle, yes, I was moving pretty fast on that Silver Ferrari. That particular paint was pretty easy to cut and I was working to cross cut the pattern, but I may not have shown that very clearly.



There are a few things I think are the whole video that aren't in that clip. First, the backing plate I was using is flexible as was the pad, so even though the angle of the machine might be higher, the contact patch itself was pretty flat and big. Also, I use a very fine polish and make sure that polish is evenly distributed over the entire pad so I don't get dry pad scuffs no matter what part of the pad hits the paint. Also notice, I have little to no fling. My polishes are used in the pad, not on the paint, there's no slurrying around, the pad holds the cutter and the pad acts like a very fine abrasive disk - very, very fine. I sometimes get dust if the paint is very dry and also, I won't use a product if it has a bad effect on rubber - beyond the obvious that any polish will eat rubber for lunch if you hit it hard.



Keeping compound/polish out of the gaps comes down to keeping just enough polish on the pad that it won't pile up and going off of or parallel to the edges - almost any polish will pile up on an edge if the pad runs onto it. Even then, a good polish should, even when dry, come out of the gaps without a lot of effort. I'm not sure what causes some polishes to be hard to get out of the gaps but I've found that those having fillers to hide swirls tend to have that problem.



There are lots of ways to get good results, I know mine work because I've made a living for a long time using them in a very competitive detailing environment, but I know there are others here who get results as good as mine using entirely different products and techniques.



Robert
 
I prefer wool for cutting as well. I just hate breaking in new pads (fuzz balls) but having a pad washer sure does help.
 
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