Backing plate melting?

[dengood1]

Has anyone ever experienced a backing plate, or the velcro on it, melting in the center of the plate? I was detailing an Expedition today and when I went to apply more polish I noticed the pad was indented in the middle, kind of "sucked in" a little. I tried to pull the pad off and it was melted to the center of the backing plate! Sure, the PC gets hot when running at 6, but didn't think it would generate enough heat on the center shaft to melt the backing plate hook and loops! Has this happened to anyone else? Your thoughts?




Thanks!

[joe.p]

Originally Posted by dengood1

Has anyone ever experienced a backing plate, or the velcro on it, melting in the center of the plate? I was detailing an Expedition today and when I went to apply more polish I noticed the pad was indented in the middle, kind of "sucked in" a little. I tried to pull the pad off and it was melted to the center of the backing plate! Sure, the PC gets hot when running at 6, but didn't think it would generate enough heat on the center shaft to melt the backing plate hook and loops! Has this happened to anyone else? Your thoughts?




Thanks!

DG where you applying a lot of pressure or in one spot too long,I have had the velcro on the pads fail before but never seen a BP melt,sorry i couldn't help. someone from AG may have the answer dunno..

[Neothin]

happens to me ALOT. occurs more often with small 4" pads, but i have melted a large backing plate before. If you continued to polish, it would've eventually had the yellow foam part melt and the whole backing plate would've ripped itself in half. happened to me many times. I can't figure out how to fix it besides turn the speed down, but you have to use speed 6 to polish, so im in a catch 22.

call jason in the morning and tell him that your having the same problem with the backing plate that i have. He'll help you out.

[dengood1]

Originally Posted by Neothin

happens to me ALOT. occurs more often with small 4" pads, but i have melted a large backing plate before. If you continued to polish, it would've eventually had the yellow foam part melt and the whole backing plate would've ripped itself in half. happened to me many times. I can't figure out how to fix it besides turn the speed down, but you have to use speed 6 to polish, so im in a catch 22.

call jason in the morning and tell him that your having the same problem with the backing plate that i have. He'll help you out.

Does it happen less often using the larger pads and backing plate? I was using the low profile orange pad and I was doing a large vehicle.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by dengood1

Has anyone ever experienced a backing plate, or the velcro on it, melting in the center of the plate? I was detailing an Expedition today and when I went to apply more polish I noticed the pad was indented in the middle, kind of "sucked in" a little. I tried to pull the pad off and it was melted to the center of the backing plate! Sure, the PC gets hot when running at 6, but didn't think it would generate enough heat on the center shaft to melt the backing plate hook and loops! Has this happened to anyone else? Your thoughts?
Thanks!

Dennis call Jason at his ext. (208) he will take care of you.

[Surfer]

I know this has happened to quite a few hook and loop owners. My friend had his actually seperate at speed 5 and fly off. He has the Edge pads and his hook and loops just sit there now. I can do our suv's one after another at full tile (speed 6) and my Edge pads hold up fine. The shaft gets hot but the plastic inner seems to disipitate the heat.

[SpoiledMan]

Originally Posted by Neothin

I can't figure out how to fix it besides turn the speed down, but you have to use speed 6 to polish, so im in a catch 22.

Sounds like you're using the wrong tool for the job. If you have to crank the PC up to a point that it's destroying BP's then it's time to pull out the rotary.

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by SpoiledMan

Sounds like you're using the wrong tool for the job. If you have to crank the PC up to a point that it's destroying BP's then it's time to pull out the rotary.

Except the PC can't do any real work with a polish or compound unless at speeds 5-6. I have Optimum Compound and Polish and they require speed 6 for a good break down and finishing up (but I have the Edge pads as well so...). Otherwise speed 3-4 I'll sit there all day with OC or OP with nothing happening.

[SpoiledMan]

Originally Posted by Surfer

Except the PC can't do any real work with a polish or compound unless at speeds 5-6. I have Optimum Compound and Polish and they require speed 6 for a good break down and finishing up (but I have the Edge pads as well so...). Otherwise speed 3-4 I'll sit there all day with OC or OP with nothing happening.

That's why it's time to step up to something more powerful. In more than 2 years, I've only killed one BP on my PC and it wasn't melted or distorted at all but simply lost it's "grip."

[Rapidity]

Originally Posted by Surfer

Except the PC can't do any real work with a polish or compound unless at speeds 5-6. I have Optimum Compound and Polish and they require speed 6 for a good break down and finishing up (but I have the Edge pads as well so...). Otherwise speed 3-4 I'll sit there all day with OC or OP with nothing happening.

Here is what your edge pad will look like if it self destructs. Jason has already replaced this for me... This is just to counter surfer's point that the edge pads are without reproach.