Is my SHR gone bad?

[Bootstrap]

Hey Adams Geeks, today I was working on my 97' ranger and I wasn't very pleased with my SHR. The bottle is about a year old, if not a little older. The problem I was having was that the polish seemed to be dusting, and "clumping/gunking" up instead of working into the paint. I didn't have that problem with SSR/FMP today, just the SHR. It was quite humid today, but the truck's paint was cool, and in the garage. Or could I have a bad pad?

 

 

Anyway, here is some eye candy from the day's work.

 

Before:

 

50/50:

 

 

 

Ended up working SHR really short, and just working FMP more..

[GerryC]

Using too much product can clog up the pad and cause dusting and other things you've described, but since you used the other two products without any issues, it's hard to tell. How much SHR were you putting on the pad?

 

If it starts to get clogged up or dusty, use a mist of DS to reactivate the solids still in the pad, it will help unclog the pad and cut down on the dusting.

[Rich]

Nice turnaround on that paint!

[PacificNWBuckeye]

Sounds like maybe too much product or the surface was too hot, but you mention being in a garage so maybe not. With it being a year old maybe you're dealing with a settled product, so the solids to liquid ratios were off. Did you shake the hell out of it to get a good mix before starting?

[kwalker]

I agree, shake the crap out of it. I just "polished off" (see what I did there) my three year old bottle of SHR and it worked as well as it did when I first got it.