Questions about polishing with the flex

[J.greenroyd]

Last night i started polishing with the Flex for the first time. It took me 3 hours just to get the right front fender and passenger door of a 2009 black silverado about 90% corrected. I had to do 3 passes of each polish, is this too much? Im working Severe swirl and Swirl and haze on speed 5, and Fine machine on 3. Does 3 hours sound like the right amount of time or am i taking too long, or am i doing something wrong thats not correcting it faster?

[redneck08sierra]

did you have a PC before your bought your Flex, I assume you did? I wonder how long it would take with the PC on the same amount of space. I don't have a flex but from what others say on speed/time, 3 hours seems long for a small area.

[J.greenroyd]

No i didnt have the PC before this

[ihaveacamaro]

Take as long as you need to get the results you want.

[Team Adam's]

Justin, the time it takes for polishing is all irrelevant. Don't be overly concerned with the time it takes you, especially when working with a new machine.

 

How bad was the paint before you started? 3 passes of 3 different polishes does seem like a little more than usual unless your panel was absolutely hammered.

 

Did you strip wash and clay first?

Edited April 10, 2013 by Nick@Adams

[J.greenroyd]

I just dont understand why its taking so long, I did 2 passes of Severe Swirl and there was still quite a bit of swirls. Im brushing the pads out after every pass and im working the product long enough so i dont know

[J.greenroyd]

The paint is pretty bad, yes i did strip wash and clay first

[Bootstrap]

Take a 1-2 minutes video of your technique. I did this and had dylan critique it

 

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[camaro2ssblack]

Sounds like you need a more aggressive compound. One or two passes of an aggressive compound and whala, your ready for FMP.

[J.greenroyd]

Thats what i was thinking too. But ive seen all these other write ups where they only used Adams 3 polishes and it came out amazing! So im just not sure what im doing wrong

[camaro2ssblack]

It all depends on the condition of the paint, the hardness of the clear and technique. Take a good before shot of the area and maybe a quick video and we can rule out lots of things...

[J.greenroyd]

Yea im going to do that tonight after i get off work.

[THE Mook]

Try going up to Speed 6 for SSR and SHR both. I would love to see a video of your technique.

 

Thank You,

[J.greenroyd]

Ok, will do Mook

[Numbr3t]

So typically should the flex be set at 5 or 6?