I recently made a post here where I was showing a before / after photo of a scratch that I removed from my wife's car with the swirl killer, but it left me wondering "Am I using this thing correctly?" I've looked through some of the forums, and even on the Adams site as well as YouTube and I can't find a good instructional how to video on using the swirl killer, so I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction.
Like many others, I started with a Porter Cable, I liked the results but hated the vibration, and how my arms felt after using it for hours, so I stepped up to the swirl killer last year. My first use I thought went well until I burned up a brand new pad, after speaking with the Adams team, we determined that I was probably using a combination of too much pressure (being used to the Porter Cable) and too much polish and that caused the pad to heat up and start tearing apart. I've gone to less pressure now, and I've also tried to cut back on the amount of polish I use as well and I feel like I might be getting the hang of it, but sometimes I almost feel like I'm not using enough pressure or maybe I'm moving too fast or trying to cover too much of an area at a time.
Like I said, I did have good results last week when I used it on my wife's car, but again, I want to be more confident in this thing and really not hesitate when I want to go and use it. If you've got tips, or a step 1, step 2, etc. or a short video how to would be awesome!
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KoryMiller340
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I recently made a post here where I was showing a before / after photo of a scratch that I removed from my wife's car with the swirl killer, but it left me wondering "Am I using this thing correctly?" I've looked through some of the forums, and even on the Adams site as well as YouTube and I can't find a good instructional how to video on using the swirl killer, so I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction.
Like many others, I started with a Porter Cable, I liked the results but hated the vibration, and how my arms felt after using it for hours, so I stepped up to the swirl killer last year. My first use I thought went well until I burned up a brand new pad, after speaking with the Adams team, we determined that I was probably using a combination of too much pressure (being used to the Porter Cable) and too much polish and that caused the pad to heat up and start tearing apart. I've gone to less pressure now, and I've also tried to cut back on the amount of polish I use as well and I feel like I might be getting the hang of it, but sometimes I almost feel like I'm not using enough pressure or maybe I'm moving too fast or trying to cover too much of an area at a time.
Like I said, I did have good results last week when I used it on my wife's car, but again, I want to be more confident in this thing and really not hesitate when I want to go and use it. If you've got tips, or a step 1, step 2, etc. or a short video how to would be awesome!
Thanks everyone!!!
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