Pad burnning

[monito]

I noticed thar the size of the back plate I received was not 5 in but 4.5 inches. Aftet using 6.5 orange pad for about 30 minutes it burned on the velcro area. The black and white no problems. In my humble opinion 2 inches of play is way too much. I used a newone and the 2nd one burnned in about 5 minutes.

Any ideas?

Pat

[Danube]

Welcome to AG first of all!!

What product did you use on the pad and how much?

[rider9195]

6 inch backing plate with 6.5 inch pads

[dad07]

Originally Posted by monito

I noticed thar the size of the back plate I received was not 5 in but 4.5 inches. Aftet using 6.5 orange pad for about 30 minutes it burned on the velcro area. The black and white no problems. In my humble opinion 2 inches of play is way too much. I used a newone and the 2nd one burnned in about 5 minutes.

Any ideas?

Pat

6.5 pads on a 5inch plate is your problem........you need a 6inch backing plate

[Rsurfer]

If your humble opinion was that 2" of overhang was too much and after burning the velcro, why did you jump in the fire again? Yeah Pat, my idea is to get the right size backing plate and pad.

Originally Posted by monito

I noticed thar the size of the back plate I received was not 5 in but 4.5 inches. Aftet using 6.5 orange pad for about 30 minutes it burned on the velcro area. The black and white no problems. In my humble opinion 2 inches of play is way too much. I used a newone and the 2nd one burnned in about 5 minutes.

Any ideas?

Pat

[PPLd]

Originally Posted by monito

I noticed thar the size of the back plate I received was not 5 in but 4.5 inches. Aftet using 6.5 orange pad for about 30 minutes it burned on the velcro area. The black and white no problems. In my humble opinion 2 inches of play is way too much. I used a newone and the 2nd one burnned in about 5 minutes.

Any ideas?

Pat

Hi,

Welcome to AGO!
It would be nice if you can upload a photo showing the burning of your pad, about how the velcro was burnt.
While you are supposed to use a 6 inch backing plate for 6.5 inch pad, it should not make your pad burn due to that reason alone. I have used a 7 inch pad on a 5 inch backing plate before with no problem. Please describe the product and procedure used, how long and how hard you pressed on the machine during the process.
If you keep pressing on the same spot, you can make the pad / paint very hot even with DA.

Cheers,

[LegacyGT]

Honestly I think backing plate burning / melting is heat coming from the polisher / spindle assembly.

[mark58]

Pad type? Backing plate type? Short or long loop backing plate? Sounds like operator error to me.

[Rsurfer]

From using too much pressure perhaps?

Originally Posted by LegacyGT

Honestly I think backing plate burning / melting is heat coming from the polisher / spindle assembly.

[Danube]

We can guess further, but obviously more info is needed to provide the opinion.