Adamized Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 So yesterday I tried to polish out my TL. It went horrible. I've spent a very long time watching videos on the correct processes. I washed her down with two buckets/gritguards. I clayed and ended up using a whole bottle of detail spray Then I taped off a section of the hood to do a test section. Well the PC spun so violently on setting one, freaked me out so I turned it up to 4-6 and it seemed fine. My technique was so bad I just decided to call it quits for the weekend. Cool story bro huh? Well, looks like I have to wait till my spring break and then I think I'm meeting up with EDIT "WildBillsBlueC6" for some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpressThis13 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Are you running a 14 gauge extension cord? I started my detial yesterday and I did all my current correction on 5. Not sure where you got setting 1 from no where in the video does it say 1 or even setting 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 CSB. It's easy once you get the hang of it. Practice makes perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganSRT8 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It's easy once you get the hang of it. Practice makes perfect. ^^^ Right here, just like anything else you have to keep doing it and youll be fine. Having someone else show you too would never hurt, hope bill can help you out. One think I would check your PC for too is if that counterweight is on there good inside the head, ive heard of similar problems when people didn't have that on there nice and tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Oh also make sure that cardboard-esque washer is on there nice and deep like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamized Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Do you guys know of an easy way to check out the counterweight? As it was polishing I thought to myself, there's no way people like the junkman can just sit here and deal with all this vibration and talk perfectly normal and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Do you guys know of an easy way to check out the counterweight? As it was polishing I thought to myself, there's no way people like the junkman can just sit here and deal with all this vibration and talk perfectly normal and such. Well there is quite a bit of vibration from it... but I have no idea how to check the counterweight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The PC does vibrate a lot. Normal setting for actual polishing is 5. Downward pressure keeps the pad rotation down. I have a silver sharpie and made a 1" wide mark on the visible part of the backing plate (black backing plate) so I could judge if I am using enough pressure. You want maybe 1 rotation per second, not much more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Do you guys know of an easy way to check out the counterweight? As it was polishing I thought to myself, there's no way people like the junkman can just sit here and deal with all this vibration and talk perfectly normal and such. You should be able to see the counterweight with the pads off. If you remove the backing plate you can access it. I guess you get used to the vibration, it has not been an issue for me. While the machine is a little loud, I am able to talk over it when doing demonstrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamized Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I actually remembered to use a sharpie to see the rotation, speed 5 was a little easier for me to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Make sure your counter weight is tight & your backing plate. And remember 9 to 14 lbs. pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillsBlueC6 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 There is a detail clinic in N.H. next Saturday that is not to far away. We can talk there and make sure we get you happy with your detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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