How I use the PC (videos & pics)

[budman3]

Hey everyone! I was a little bored tonight so I decided to snap a few videos of how I use the PC and how well the LC 7.5” pads work on the PC. A few people from this thread, http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...c-pads-pc.html, thought that the PC wasn’t powerful enough to handle these pads. Below are videos of me using the PC but also how I used Poorboy’s SSR1.

This is not a how to use a PC video. It is meant to show that even with a lot of pressure on speed 5 and speed 6, the pad on the PC will not stop spinning, on a flat surface. Take a listen to the PC motor and you can hear it bog down with pressure, but the pad keeps on spinning! Onto the good stuff:

This is how I prime my pads with all polishes, especially the SSRs:


Now smear the pad around on the paint and try to cover all of the pad before using the pad:


After I worked that area, I went ahead and continued on to the next panel using this much product (smile ):


Notice the lack of swirls and dust (I polished the whole truck with zero dusting with the above process):


After the polishing, I applied JeffsWerkstatt Acrylic Jett, thin is in!:


Now that I sucked you in this far, here is the part that you’ve all been waiting for…

This first video is with the PC 7424 on speed 5 using various arm motions, speeds, and pressure with a LC 7.5” polishing pad.



Now, here is the same process as the above but on speed 6. Notice the difference in sound, much louder, more speed, more rotation. Even with a lot of pressure, the pad barely slowed down.



Sorry this has gotten so long but hopefully it helped some people out… If not I hope you at least enjoyed part of it. If you have any questions or comment, feel free to post up! Thanks AGO members!

[Nimble]

nice vids, but you should see how much faster the pads move with my 4" edge 2k pads. I can move quite a bit quicker and polish out more defects that way. I admire the effort, but don't see the point in using that large of pads on the pc. 6" feels huge to me now.

[Rsurfer]

great job on the post. Shooooot my 6" edge pads dont even spin with the slightest pressure and yet my ccs pads rotate great. Wonder why?

[budman3]

And here is for the ones who think that the 7.5" pads will not remove swirls. Below is a Chevy Impala that has over 100,000 miles (company vehicle). The sun was shining perfectly so I went outside with the camera, SSR2.5, 1 7.5" LC white polishing pad and 1 6" CMA polishing pad. I used both pads on speed 6. Below are the results.

Left side before:


Right side before:


I worked the polish in, maybe 2 minutes after priming the pad with SSR2.5, or until the polish looked like this:


Left side after:


Right Side after:


50/50 shots:
Left side:


Right side:


And both:


As you may have noted I forgot to mention what pad I used on each side... anyone care to guess???

[AUdakota]

It doesnt seem like my edge pads spin on speed 6 with almost no pressure.......

[joe.p]

right side LC

[LazerRed1]

Originally Posted by AUdakota

It doesnt seem like my edge pads spin on speed 6 with almost no pressure.......

I posted this problem also. Edge 2000 pad defect?

[budman3]

Originally Posted by joe.p

right side LC

Correct Joe. Sorry I don't have a prize to give you . I haven't used the Edge pads so I can't help you guys on that... but this is proof that the PC should keep the pad spinning on speed 5 and 6, on a flat surface, with pressure.

[Nica]

budman wicked info you posted here bro. Very interesting, I really like the video.

Thanks for sharing.

[klumzypinoy]

Thanks for the videos Budman!