Removing Overspray Paint using Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads

[jrs1418]

Have you ever experienced Nanoskin failure?

I purchased a 6" Nanoskin to fit on the Porter Cable. I have only used the Nanoskin on roughly 10 cars, maybe three months. Already I am getting marring left by the Nanoskin on the glass & the paint. I use goo gone to remove the marring from the paint.

goo gone for marring? I think you might have had some of the polymer rubber (ow whatever it is) come off onto the paint. I have this happen with the mitts just recently. If you're marring glass with this your pad must be pretty dirty.

When I'm done with my nano skin mitts, we spray with dawn water and scrub with bush. I'm probably on car #50+ish on the blue (fine), and 20-25 on the yellow (medium) and they're holding up strong.

[sproketser]

Thanx for this thread , very useful .

[Mike Phillips]

I use the Griots with the nanoskin, But was wondering what kind of pressure to apply? I have clayed for years now, but stepped up to the Pads and with light pressure just machine weight I felt like I needed more so I added more weight on an already used pad and marred the paint on a black truck. In the end it polished out nicely with an AIO.

Supposed to use light pressure, just a little more than the weight of the machine and that's to prevent any hopping.

The exception to the rule would be some forms of contaminants have a strong bond to the paint than others and in these cases the natural inclination would be to,

Apply more pressure
Work the area longer

The results will be like what you experienced and that's marring of the paint. That's why I personally practice and recommend to plan on doing at least one machine polishing step after doing any type of decontaminating with any type of mechanical decontaminating process, (also for any chemical decontaminating process), including using an AIO also called a one-step cleaner/wax.

is it safe to use the 4 inch pads with the DA power system?

A person could if they switch to matching backing plate. My guess is with the smaller diameter pad you'll likely see an increase, or at least the potential for an increase in marring.

It would work better for thin panels or tight areas. Of course, a person could always fall back on detailing clay.

[margallar]

A person could if they switch to matching backing plate. My guess is with the smaller diameter pad you'll likely see an increase, or at least the potential for an increase in marring.

It would work better for thin panels or tight areas. Of course, a person could always fall back on detailing clay.

the backing plate on a DA power system can't be changed but i think the original one should be able to take a 4 inch nanoskin autoscrub pad.....the meguiars pad that comes with it is also 4 inch

[Mike Phillips]

When looking up this article for this thread,

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ange-peel.html


I found I never added the link to the full write-up for this project to show AFTER we removed the overspray paint we finished the job.


1963 Plymouth Fury Drag Race Car - Pictures & Video





The process used is fully documented with text and pictures.

1963 Plymouth Fury Drag Race Car - Pictures & Video

[mudman]

I will have to check this stuff out, I've been using traditional clay for a while and always end up dropping it. So my clay runs out fast.

With time usually lacking, if I could save some with a machine process I'd sure be happy. Especially when I have 6 cars to clay in the family.

[Souldetailer]

is it safe to use the 4 inch pads with the DA power system?

Absolutely, just make sure you have the correct backing plate.
3" in this case. I have several plates, makes your DA versatile.
Good luck & take care.

Peace,

Darrin