Worst thing you've done with a PC??

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Radicalrev

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The title says it...just want to know what is the worst accident/thing you have done to a car's paint with a PC (exclude the 4" pads)...
 
I left mine on top of my heated powerwasher and it melted. (extreamly busy day And I got sidetracked) wasn't a P/C but it's my D/A for the shop (dewalt) melted the handle right off it.
 
When I first started I knicked a sideview mirror with the backing plat because I was using too big of a plate. The car went on to win first place in a car show at Cobo Hall in Detroit that weekend though so it was all good. ;)
 
Never done any damage except with 4" pads...heh heh, too often the PC won't even "damage the marring" unless I use a smaller pad ;)



Edit: I take that back...I did cut through the old/thin/worn factory ss on the Volvo in a few places (edges, etc.), did it with a ~5" pad back when Griot's sold a variety of pads in that size. Gee, that was so long ago I'm surprised I remembered it at all! That was a weird situation that others probably don't need to worry about.
 
I recall a detailer on here (not saying names) cutting the paint when his pad broke and the backing plate made a lot of contact with the paint and cut the paint.
 
I instilled a lot of little hook marks with a yellow pad and Optimum. I was sure I worked it long enough, but who knows. It took several passes to get it out.



And my first time using it I chopped up the edges of a pad pretty good when it must have caught a rough edge of trim.
 
Worst thing I've done with the PC:

Got the antenna line for XM Radio caught up in the PC counterweight and ripped it in two.
 
I was using a Lake Country spot buff kit and the backing plate somehow screwed off. The adapter then hit my car's hood causing a small dent and a large chip in the paint about the size of a nickel.
 
JoshVette said:
I recall a detailer on here (not saying names) cutting the paint when his pad broke and the backing plate made a lot of contact with the paint and cut the paint.
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woww...the pad broke?? like flew off?
 
First time ever polishing a vehicle, i remember it well. I was using a green lake country pad with meguiar's #80. I finished one panel of a crew cab ford truck and it started feeling wobbly so i took the PC off the paint and pad went flying across the garage..i was afraid to use it on speed 6 for months...no damage to the truck though! needless to say i almost had to change my pants.
 
Radicalrev said:
woww...thats bad enough...how can the backing plate screwed off? was it loose?
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The spot buffs kit comes with a backing plate that can be used on either a rotary or a PC. If you're using it on a PC then you have to screw an adapter into the back of the plate in order to be able to connect it to the PC. Most backing plates do not screw together like this one.



jordanrossbell said:
First time ever polishing a vehicle, i remember it well. I was using a green lake country pad with meguiar's #80. I finished one panel of a crew cab ford truck and it started feeling wobbly so i took the PC off the paint and pad went flying across the garage..i was afraid to use it on speed 6 for months...no damage to the truck though! needless to say i almost had to change my pants.
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Anytime you take the machine off the paint while it's running there's a good chance the pad will fly off. The pad is attached with velcro not super glue. Always turn the machine off before lifting it off the paint.
 
Mikeyc said:
I was using a Lake Country spot buff kit and the backing plate somehow screwed off. The adapter then hit my car's hood causing a small dent and a large chip in the paint about the size of a nickel.
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Ouch! :wall That sucks man. Did you get it fixed or have you been having to endure looking at the damage?
 
Here is what happened to my LC backing plate the first time I used the PC:



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I did not lift the PC off the car while running. In fact, I just started the detail (on my first panel) and the pad with backing plate flew off. Missed my car, thankfully.
 
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