I Cry Foul on Product Working Time

[Nica]

Takes me a good 30-45 minutes to do one step on my hood with a PC and Optimum.

Yup, I agree with you Grimm. Mind you though, Optimum has longer working time and with the PC I can totally see you taking this long or perhaps even longer. I got a sample of the Optimum and using the rotary it definitely cuts down on time.

[budman3]

I'm going to take you up on your though BlackCoupe. I have always wondered how long I worked on each section but never actually timed myself... I can tell you this, it is well below 5 minutes per panel. Next detail I'll try to remember to time myself. I'll take a guess, when I work with SSR2.5 or XMT2, on the PC, on speed 6, in a garage in NH, I probably work it in maybe 1-2 minutes, just a guess though.

In all reality though, every product, every vehicle, every state, every weather condition could effect the work-in time of products.

[BlackCoupe]

I'm going to take you up on your though BlackCoupe. I have always wondered how long I worked on each section but never actually timed myself... I can tell you this, it is well below 5 minutes per panel. Next detail I'll try to remember to time myself. I'll take a guess, when I work with SSR2.5 or XMT2, on the PC, on speed 6, in a garage in NH, I probably work it in maybe 1-2 minutes, just a guess though.

In all reality though, every product, every vehicle, every state, every weather condition could effect the work-in time of products.

Thoughts on Speed 6: To me, going from speed 5 to 6 is a much bigger change than any of the other speed changes (like 4 to 5, etc.) and it seems to want to mis-shape my pads and wants to tear them up, and kind of hop around. Am I alone in this?

[scottgt]

Thoughts on Speed 6: To me, going from speed 5 to 6 is a much bigger change than any of the other speed changes (like 4 to 5, etc.) and it seems to want to mis-shape my pads and wants to tear them up, and kind of hop around. Am I alone in this?

haha..it is a big jump to the 6...if your on flat parts of the car its ok to use 6...but never 6 when you around edges or spoilers or licence plates...well the list goes on...just be carefull and you should be ok

[AUdakota]

I noticed a major increase in work time between my XMT polishes and than with some optimum polishes I have. I am guessing that I work XMT 3 for about 3-5 minutes and I could easily work OC for 5-7

[RallyMSP]

The long time of removing swirls has made me give up personally. Haven't had any good results yet with xmt 1,2,3,4. I'm just going to only buy white or silver cars and be done with it. swirls never bothered me before I got on this forum lol. It will be polish and wax from now on.

[bambo2888]

yea, im with grimm, its takes a good 30 minutes or so when i first polished to get my hood looking the way that i wanted it to. perfection comes through patience.

[nick19]

Very basic; the longer the working time, the more the correction.


Although I don't need 8 hours to do a one-step polishing. It can be done in about an hour. Heavy oxidized paint, severe swirls etc. all depend on the type of paint, product/pad combo, your skill & technique.


Blackcoupe, what type of polishing were you doing? What pad/products?

[nick19]

The long time of removing swirls has made me give up personally. Haven't had any good results yet with xmt 1,2,3,4. I'm just going to only buy white or silver cars and be done with it. swirls never bothered me before I got on this forum lol. It will be polish and wax from now on.

Polishing is using XMT 1,2,3 or 4.

[nick19]

Thoughts on Speed 6: To me, going from speed 5 to 6 is a much bigger change than any of the other speed changes (like 4 to 5, etc.) and it seems to want to mis-shape my pads and wants to tear them up, and kind of hop around. Am I alone in this?

The only problems I have from speed 6 is how bad it beats your hands. It's not fun holding the machine on speed 6 all day.

No tearing up my pads, nor does it hop around. That's why you apply pressure, so it doesn't hop around.