I need some education on PB's SSR products..

[skenzer]

Originally Posted by budman3

Here is a simple list of what I do in order to get optimal results with the PB SSRs (my favorite polish with a PC or UDM):

-Always use a polishing pad (or orange ... if careful) with SSR2.5 (it'll remove a ton of swirls, if not do another pass or bump up to another product)
-DO NOT PRIME WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PRODUCT ITSELF (very crucial)
-Apply a thin bead of product around the pad for each section of the car
-Spread it at whatever speed you want, work it in at Speed 6.... don't be afraid of speed 6.
-Work it in until very clear (may take a few minutes)
-If the product begins to build up on the pad, brush off with stiff brush or wipe off excess polish with a terry towel
-Wipe off
-Admire no swirls
-Go to finer polish (if needed- with the polishing pad you most likely don't NEED to follow up but it wouldn't hurt).
-Do not use a new pad that hasn't been washed- Pads come from the factory with small foam particles left in the pad that look like product dust.

The orange pad will dry out the product faster so I usually use a white polishing pad. however, recently I used SSR2.5 with an orange light cut pad and was able to go right to wax.

blkyukon has pictures of what the SSR 2.5 looks like through its polishing stages:
Polish Break Down Stages - Poorboys SSR2.5

Holy cow Budman! I took a look at the link you posted and now I know for SURE that i've been applying too much polish. Actually, what he shows on the pad is about what I applied everytime I put some on the pad. Apparently, once the pad is primed I was supposed to cut that amount in half....I sure didn't do that. I didn't realize that once a pad was primed that you didn't need to use as much. Live and learn I guess.
Also, the stages of breakdown were good to see. It's harder to see those stages on my red Jeep though...but they did show me that I need to work it a bit longer though. however, putting less SSR on the pad will also help a lot.

thanks again, you're a life saver!
Brad

[budman3]

Originally Posted by skenzer

Holy cow Budman! I took a look at the link you posted and now I know for SURE that i've been applying too much polish. Actually, what he shows on the pad is about what I applied everytime I put some on the pad. Apparently, once the pad is primed I was supposed to cut that amount in half....I sure didn't do that. I didn't realize that once a pad was primed that you didn't need to use as much. Live and learn I guess.
Also, the stages of breakdown were good to see. It's harder to see those stages on my red Jeep though...but they did show me that I need to work it a bit longer though. however, putting less SSR on the pad will also help a lot.

thanks again, you're a life saver!
Brad

I figured Blkyukons site would be more helpful than my wording. His site is a great resource... lots of good information there. It does sound like you were using too much.. hopefully next time around you can fine tune how you use it and get even better results. Something that I do is about half way through the car, my pad gets saturated with product. This can lead to dusting or just an overall mess. I take an old terry cloth towel (or Al 53 recomends a nail brush) and I wipe the pad clean of any built up product. This will leave the pad primed but it'll take off the excess for a better experience. Plus you can use only 1 pad instead of getting a new one. Also, be sure that you don't get any water drips and to keep the SSRs away from water when you are working ... they don't like water . Glad we could help.

[P1et]

I also use Poorboys polishes as they have worked great on every vehicle I have done. People complain about dusting, but then again, everyone swears by Menzerna and that dusts like no one's business.

Anyways, go easy on the product and work the product slow. If you're not sure that you've worked it long enough, work it a little more. I usually do about 5 minutes per area and stop when it really starts snowing in my garage (from all the dust!).

I have done some really rotten paintjobs with SSR2.5 on orange and SSR1 on white and they have all come out great. Just make sure that you work the SSR1 on the white pad long enough as the SSR2.5 and the orange pad leaves quite a bit of marring!

[Black Bart]

I"m sure you were not working it long enough and using too much since it is slinging but don't work it too long and go into a dry buff.
Some go from one extreme to the other.
wiping it off a little early would be better than going into a dry buff.

GOOD LUCK