FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I used swirl and haze remover on my muscle car the other day. With the port a cable machine orange pad ,a little detail spray on the pad and then the product. As I was half way threw the swirl and haze remover started to gum up as I was buffing . What was I doing work?:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Approximately how much polish were you using and what speed were you working at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 I had the machine #5 speed and a X about the size if you X your figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Was it your first panel or a ways into your detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 I had half the car done when this started to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Perhaps too much product then... if you were adding an X each time you may have overly saturated the pad with product. Next time, if you start to see the same issue, stop, reprime the pad using Detail Spray only, and resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 By the last panel I only sprayed detail spray on the pad . Product was coming out of the pad. I would do a pass and go back over it then it started to gum up again and to wipe the product off was like wipe Elmer's glue off . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Sounds to me like you are using way too much product for the space you are working on. Back off on the product like Dylan mentioned, and continue polishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Perhaps too much product then... if you were adding an X each time you may have overly saturated the pad with product. Next time, if you start to see the same issue, stop, reprime the pad using Detail Spray only, and resume. You dont need to reapply product every pannel...I normally apply SHR to do one pannel, then for the next 2 I spritz the pad with DS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Thanks Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Matt,You are not alone, using too much product is a common mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07RS4 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Agree with the best. From my Black Ops missions I've performed on this forum. One big X, then three pea sized amounts thereafter when using the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubrunner Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I know the "X" on a pad is the common go around for these neck of the woods but I've always used a "?" myself. I've found over the years that this accommodates 90-percent of applications.... successfully. For what it's worth..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK427 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Yep they are all right, and if you don't intend in doing cars everyday with the PC, check out junkman’s section on this form.. He will help you take the PC to the next level.. On the last two cars I did with the PC, I used only three pea size drops per one to two panels! Never gunked up once, and lot of Detail spray ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Another way you can see that you are using too much product is that the grooves in the pad start to get shallow - that's the product building up in the pad. Plus the pad will start throwing little chunks of product out on the finish. 3 pea sized drops per 2x2' area is plenty, and if you want to work an adjacent area, use a spritz of detail spray on the pad, and then do it. I alternate polish and a spray of DS and that seems to work well. It sounds odd, but just a little polish on the pad works better than more polish on the pad- the pad does some of the work. Ask me how I know . Very common error, easily corrected by using less polish! If the pad is clogging up, hold off on the SHR, and just use a spray of DS on the pad and then work your 2x2 area. You will see that with just a spray of DS on the clogged pad, the finish will show a milky polish, which will then go clear, like normal. Continue on this way, and each area will get corrected and the pad will slowly unload the polish. A bottle of polish should get you through many polishing sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Thanks again for all you help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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