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    Tips and advice appreciated

    After spending lots of time reading and watching all the videos I could find here, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips about using a PC or UDM on the curved areas and other more difficult places. All of the how-to videos usually use the hood or a door panel. While this allows the viewer to get a really good idea for the basic technique and the end results, it leaves me wishing I could see someone doing something a little more tricky, like where a rear end curves in before a license plate or other such locations.

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    most use smaller 4inch pads...or you just have to work a smaller area at a time..curves are not a real big deal for ramdom orbitals....just work the area the same following the contours of whatever area you are working...



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    How flexible are most pads? Will the "bend" to fit in places where panels are inwards?

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    Like orngez mentioned, going with a smaller pad will help you navigate the curves/corners more easily. Some places are just too tight/small to navigate with a machine, I'll just do that spot by hand with one of the gray/orange applicators.

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