Scared to death!

[supercharged]

rotary might be scary, PC/UDM is not.

[skenzer]

Sounds like everybody is on the same page here....my confidence has been boosted...thanks!

So let's say I go with a UDM pr PC, I could see using it twice a year maybe? I assume it's not good to over clean/wax your ride? If it's fun enough to use I could see myself waxing my car every weekend.

[makdaddy626]

While you don't want to over POLISH your paint, I think it's pretty hard to over wax it. Eventually depending on the product you'll see a diminishing return as you layer some waxes or sealants up to the point where it actually starts to detract from the appearance. Then it's time to strip it off and start over. I don't usually use my PC for applying wax though, I enjoy doing that by hand. Still, I find I use the PC more than once or twice a year because once you see the kind of difference it can make, you'll be offering to do your friends and families cars.

[Nica]

Originally Posted by skenzer

Sounds like everybody is on the same page here....my confidence has been boosted...thanks!

So let's say I go with a UDM pr PC, I could see using it twice a year maybe? I assume it's not good to over clean/wax your ride? If it's fun enough to use I could see myself waxing my car every weekend.

You mean you don't wax your vehicle every weekend? just teasing.

As for the PC/UDM purchase we were all at the point of being scared of using a machine on our vehicles. I know I was. PC/UDM or any DA machine are super easy to use. Like everyone has said, there is no way you can damage your paint. Give it a try and you will see that once you have detailed your vehicles you'll want to detail more vehicles and that's when the fun beggins

Besides, who wants to live with fear

[ricka]

I posted this before and hope to get a response this time.

I too am looking to buy a UDM but have some troublesome tendonitis in my right elbow and wondering if the vibrations over hours of use to polish paint will aggravate it too much...

Do some of you in here have elbow tendonitis issues (especially long-term detailers) to where I may want someone to polish it for me once or twice a year allowing me to continue having fun maintaining the washing/waxing/sealing by hand.

Thanks again.

[makdaddy626]

Originally Posted by ricka

I posted this before and hope to get a response this time.

I too am looking to buy a UDM but have some troublesome tendonitis in my right elbow and wondering if the vibrations over hours of use to polish paint will aggravate it too much...

Do some of you in here have elbow tendonitis issues (especially long-term detailers) to where I may want someone to polish it for me once or twice a year allowing me to continue having fun maintaining the washing/waxing/sealing by hand.

Thanks again.

Don't have tendonitis so I can't offer an opinion on how much a UDM will aggrevate it but one idea I had would be to located a local detailer (the one you would choose to polish your vehicles) and explain the situation. Maybe he'll let you use one of his machines on a panel or two?

[Gary Sword]

I guess you would not be a good candidate for Fear Factor. You would have to try pretty hard to mess up your paint with a PC or UDM. Just don't let go of it, drop it on your car or hold it in the same spot for 1/2 hour and you should be ok.

[richy]

Originally Posted by Nica

You mean you don't wax your vehicle every weekend? just teasing.

As for the PC/UDM purchase we were all at the point of being scared of using a machine on our vehicles. I know I was. PC/UDM or any DA machine are super easy to use. Like everyone has said, there is no way you can damage your paint. Give it a try and you will see that once you have detailed your vehicles you'll want to detail more vehicles and that's when the fun beggins

Besides, who wants to live with fear

Carlos..what a powerful statement! I know the only way to screw up paint using a UDM..glue sandpaper to your backing plate and go wild!!

[alban61]

Originally Posted by richy

Carlos..what a powerful statement! I know the only way to screw up paint using a UDM..glue sandpaper to your backing plate and go wild!!

Don't forget to spray QD first, and you'll be WETSANDING!! JUST KIDDING!!!

[klumzypinoy]

Originally Posted by alban61

Don't forget to spray QD first, and you'll be WETSANDING!! JUST KIDDING!!!

LOL! You can also "polish" your car with the bare backing plate...that'll be sorta like sanding

ricka: Sorry, I can't say anything about the vibrations irritating your elbow, but it does vibrate. I would think that your elbow would get irritated..Have you ever tried out a pc?

skenzer: After you use an abrasive polish to take out your swirls, you can do a maintenance paint cleaning. You can do this more often than swirl removal. You can take a polishing pad or finishing pad, and use a chemical cleaner such as Pinnacle paintwork cleansing lotion, P21S paintwork cleansing lotion, XMT 360, Klasse AIO, etc. This will be an upkeep for your swirl free finish and will remove old layers of wax and sealants. Some of them have fillers as well.