Rupes Recommended Method for Pad Priming

[PaulMys]

I am still on the side that the manufacturer of these pads/ products knows what they are doing- they would not tell us to do something that was THAT STUPID as a lot of folks think. Do you think when those tech reps there were first told by the enginering dept/ product development dept thats how to do it they weren't apprenhensive about it also?-- bet they were. Does any one think that this method was not tested out SKADS & SKADS of times prior to it being the approved procedure ? No doubt they tested this out and had BIG time testing instruments that cost more $ than any tools we use ( except our eyes mostly ) . They are using THEIR liquids also. Bottom line ( at least for me ) I am gonna follow instructions. But all that really matters in the end is what you feel comfortable doing, and if that gets the results your after--- well keep doing that!

But then you'll never know what you could be missing

Yeah, but as a mechanic, I've been listening to engineers my entire life. If I had a dollar for every time they were wrong, I could afford to pay my numerous Rupes repair bills......

[luckydawg]

I heard it was a mechanic who came up with the idea

[PaulMys]

I heard it was a mechanic who came up with the idea

You heard wrong, palm tree hugger............

[2black1s]

I am still on the side that the manufacturer of these pads/ products knows what they are doing- they would not tell us to do something that was THAT STUPID as a lot of folks think. Do you think when those tech reps there were first told by the enginering dept/ product development dept thats how to do it they weren't apprenhensive about it also?-- bet they were. Does any one think that this method was not tested out SKADS & SKADS of times prior to it being the approved procedure ? No doubt they tested this out and had BIG time testing instruments that cost more $ than any tools we use ( except our eyes mostly ) . They are using THEIR liquids also. Bottom line ( at least for me ) I am gonna follow instructions. But all that really matters in the end is what you feel comfortable doing, and if that gets the results your after--- well keep doing that!

But then you'll never know what you could be missing

Following instructions is always a good starting point, but if there is something in those instructions that doesn't make sense to you, you would be foolish not to question it. Blindly following (anything or anyone) is not in my nature. It's gotta make sense to me and if it doesn't, I'm not buying it. Of course, there can be exceptions, but generally speaking, that is my philosophy.

In this case, I kinda liked the premise of priming the pad as shown although I would never do it on a painted surface of a car I was working on... There is absolutely not a chance in hell that I would voluntarily run a polisher in a single location for 20-30 seconds without moving it on anything other than a disposable surface, and certainly not on the hood of anything I was polishing. That is the part I questioned.

I look at the tool I made as a process improvement to the Rupes process. I can now use their method to prime my pads when I feel like it, while at the same time eliminating the part of their process that didn't make sense to me.