Help with polishing

[molarman]

just finished polishing with a porter cable and 5.5 ccs pads. started with orange pad and wg 3.0 swirl remover. it seemed to bog down easily without applying much pressure. could it be related to the xs heat weve had lately? also, the product seemed to dry out quickly, after only a couple of passes. after using wg 3.0 finishing glaze and sealant, the surface still has some leftover swirls, and this is on a 1 yr old car. by the way, also did claying initially. any suggestions?

[Mike Phillips]

What speed setting are you on?
How big an area are you working?


:)

[molarman]

used speed setting 5 with both the swirl remover and finishing glaze, then 3 with the sealant. tried to keep the area no larger than 2x2

[sportscarhiatus]

hmmm... that's weird. I've used the WG twins to great success on paint that's almost 10 years old to paint that's 1 year old as well. And you said you clayed prior? Surface was smooth to touch (ala sandwich bag test?)? Did you use adequate (not excessive and not too light) pressure? And did you saturate the pad with conditioner prior to starting? And did you use enough amount of actual polish on the pad prior to starting?

[Mike Phillips]

tried to keep the area no larger than 2x2



The 5.5" pads are thinner than the 6.5" pads and should rotate easily with a PC 7424XP, if not bump the speed up to the 6.0 Speed setting and shrink the size of your work area down...


The larger the area you work the more the product is going to dry up on you because you're spreading your sell out to far to keep the product working and wet.


The larger the area you work th less abrading action each square inch of paint gets in relation to the time spend working the area.

While most instructions state to work a 2' x 2' area, when removing swirls, it's usually more effective to work a smaller area than this, I tend to stick around the 20" squarish area and even smaller if the paint is harder, the swirls are deeper and it's hotter outside.


:)