marcortez
04-06-2010, 01:35 PM
Hello everyone.....lurker turned poster here.
Product rundown I am using.
Collinite 920 fiberglass cleaner
Collinite 870 cleaner/wax
Makita 9227C variable speed machine
Lake Country pads, orange and blue.
Polishing/cleaning up non oxidized gel coat on a fiberglass boat.
Usually, I just pour a bit of the cleaner or wax directly on the pads and
spin up the Makita. Doing this, slings cleaner all over me, into areas I don't want
the liquid and half way to my neighbors yard.
Even in the lowest Makita speed, I get this "slinging" effect.
Now, I am doing the same, except rubbing the liquid along the length of boat that I want to work on first...without spinning it up.
Still.......when powered up, it slings the cleaner/wax all over.
So the brilliant me decides.....well then, just put the cleaner on by using a hand pad.
However, that seems to me to defeat the purpose of having an electric polisher.
I suppose the question would be:.....what is the proper method to apply the runny stuff without the "sling" factor? Just use less, let it soak in????
Also, the Collinite 870 is a "cleaner/wax" so is it necessary to even use the 920 cleaner?
c
Product rundown I am using.
Collinite 920 fiberglass cleaner
Collinite 870 cleaner/wax
Makita 9227C variable speed machine
Lake Country pads, orange and blue.
Polishing/cleaning up non oxidized gel coat on a fiberglass boat.
Usually, I just pour a bit of the cleaner or wax directly on the pads and
spin up the Makita. Doing this, slings cleaner all over me, into areas I don't want
the liquid and half way to my neighbors yard.
Even in the lowest Makita speed, I get this "slinging" effect.
Now, I am doing the same, except rubbing the liquid along the length of boat that I want to work on first...without spinning it up.
Still.......when powered up, it slings the cleaner/wax all over.
So the brilliant me decides.....well then, just put the cleaner on by using a hand pad.
However, that seems to me to defeat the purpose of having an electric polisher.
I suppose the question would be:.....what is the proper method to apply the runny stuff without the "sling" factor? Just use less, let it soak in????
Also, the Collinite 870 is a "cleaner/wax" so is it necessary to even use the 920 cleaner?
c