Pats300zx
07-04-2007, 03:09 PM
Well today after approximately 1.5 years I have had sometime to mess with my Harbor Freight rotary. I am down at the shore all week and today not being the best beach day here in the East was a perfect day to try out the rotary. The weather is kind of overcas. I knew that I would have some time this week so I brought all of my stuff down to mess around.
My weapons of choice:
Harbor Freight rotary
Sonus DAS Green pad
Sonus SFX White pad
Optimum polish
Optimum compound
Test vehicle:
Black Jeep Grand Cherokee (not the best car to start on but it beats having to use your own if you screw up) :)
I basically kept the rotary at speeds around 1500 with OC and around 1000 with the OP.
My observations:
1. Clearcoat didn't immediately fly off of the finish like I thought it would :)
2. The rotary is a great tool and I see why you guys love it. I also see how if you aren't careful in what you are doing that it can turn to diaster quickly (especially with plastic panels). I don't know if I would ever use one on something like a plastic panel.
2. I was pretty product of myself. I had no buffer hop and only had some limited splatter when I was picking up a bead of polish that I put down on the panels. I kept the rotary moving at all times and did overlapping passes. I did notice that the polishes would dry up alot faster than on a PC or UDM. I was able to remove TONS of swirls after inspection with my Brinkman.
3. I am still a few light years away from trying this on a clients car but I feel with continued practice that I will be able to match the perfection of some of the AG masters (Young Jedi voice) :righton:
Any tips that you guys want to contribute please feel free :awesome:
My weapons of choice:
Harbor Freight rotary
Sonus DAS Green pad
Sonus SFX White pad
Optimum polish
Optimum compound
Test vehicle:
Black Jeep Grand Cherokee (not the best car to start on but it beats having to use your own if you screw up) :)
I basically kept the rotary at speeds around 1500 with OC and around 1000 with the OP.
My observations:
1. Clearcoat didn't immediately fly off of the finish like I thought it would :)
2. The rotary is a great tool and I see why you guys love it. I also see how if you aren't careful in what you are doing that it can turn to diaster quickly (especially with plastic panels). I don't know if I would ever use one on something like a plastic panel.
2. I was pretty product of myself. I had no buffer hop and only had some limited splatter when I was picking up a bead of polish that I put down on the panels. I kept the rotary moving at all times and did overlapping passes. I did notice that the polishes would dry up alot faster than on a PC or UDM. I was able to remove TONS of swirls after inspection with my Brinkman.
3. I am still a few light years away from trying this on a clients car but I feel with continued practice that I will be able to match the perfection of some of the AG masters (Young Jedi voice) :righton:
Any tips that you guys want to contribute please feel free :awesome: