roguerobot
08-19-2015, 09:53 AM
Just completed my second car ever, using my PC DA. I am using Ultimate Compound, Polish and Wax to get scratches and normal defects from my daily drivers. I am using Lake Country Flat pads: orange, white and red.
I learned with the first car what too much product looks like, as I quickly clogged the pads. After some careful Youtube video watching, I cut back the amount I was using, and learned to prime the pads with much smaller amounts of product. So, the second car went a bit better, and the product didn't remain behind.
My current approach is to prime with 5 pea size drops, spread at low speed, then several passes over a portion of a panel on speed 5. I wipe, them move to a different section. I add 3 pea size drops, spread around under low speed, and then several passes. But what isn't clear is what is enough product? Do I need to add more to the pad for each section?
Given that I am using diminishing abrasive products, how do I know if the product has diminished? How do I know when to add more product? In several videos, folks often just apply a spritz of detailing spray to lubricate the pad. When I do that, I definitely get what appears to be more product on the panel, but its also more watery, and can sling around (that happened once, learned what too much spray is here too!). But is this product, brought out by the detailing spray, actually cutting? Or have the abrasives diminished, and therefore I am just spinning a pad on the paint?
For the most part, I find I can continue polishing panels, even without adding product, as I see the oily haze of the product as I go across panel sections. But its not clear if this is effective, or just the oils and additives going down. And of course spritzing the panel puts more 'white liquid' on the panel, but I am not sure if this is effective at all.
Any experts care to enlighten this newbie?
I learned with the first car what too much product looks like, as I quickly clogged the pads. After some careful Youtube video watching, I cut back the amount I was using, and learned to prime the pads with much smaller amounts of product. So, the second car went a bit better, and the product didn't remain behind.
My current approach is to prime with 5 pea size drops, spread at low speed, then several passes over a portion of a panel on speed 5. I wipe, them move to a different section. I add 3 pea size drops, spread around under low speed, and then several passes. But what isn't clear is what is enough product? Do I need to add more to the pad for each section?
Given that I am using diminishing abrasive products, how do I know if the product has diminished? How do I know when to add more product? In several videos, folks often just apply a spritz of detailing spray to lubricate the pad. When I do that, I definitely get what appears to be more product on the panel, but its also more watery, and can sling around (that happened once, learned what too much spray is here too!). But is this product, brought out by the detailing spray, actually cutting? Or have the abrasives diminished, and therefore I am just spinning a pad on the paint?
For the most part, I find I can continue polishing panels, even without adding product, as I see the oily haze of the product as I go across panel sections. But its not clear if this is effective, or just the oils and additives going down. And of course spritzing the panel puts more 'white liquid' on the panel, but I am not sure if this is effective at all.
Any experts care to enlighten this newbie?