Is there a mechanical advantage to applying wax or sealant?
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FUNX650
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•IMHO:
The actual purpose of a machine...
(in this case: a polisher)...
is to create a mechanical advantage.
•Simply put:
-Mechanical advantage (MA) means that the
output of the machine is greater than the input.
-That is to say:
MA is the output divided by the input.
•Then...consider:
"The Law of Conservation of Energy".
-It requires that when you gain a mechanical
advantage, it will cost you in another factor.
•Next to consider:
-There are three types of MAs:
Force; Distance; and Speed.
•I'll conclude by saying that:
If, by using a polisher to apply LSPs,
-the task of covering all of the desired
vehicle surfaces is completed at a faster
rate and with less force/(effort) than by hand...
-An MA has been obtained.
In other words:
Speed MA = Distance MA = 1/Force MA.
Bob
The actual purpose of a machine...
(in this case: a polisher)...
is to create a mechanical advantage.
•Simply put:
-Mechanical advantage (MA) means that the
output of the machine is greater than the input.
-That is to say:
MA is the output divided by the input.
•Then...consider:
"The Law of Conservation of Energy".
-It requires that when you gain a mechanical
advantage, it will cost you in another factor.
•Next to consider:
-There are three types of MAs:
Force; Distance; and Speed.
•I'll conclude by saying that:
If, by using a polisher to apply LSPs,
-the task of covering all of the desired
vehicle surfaces is completed at a faster
rate and with less force/(effort) than by hand...
-An MA has been obtained.
In other words:
Speed MA = Distance MA = 1/Force MA.
Bob
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And plus my arm isn't tired!
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Sure enough, i just looked for them too and the only ones i found was a 5.5" CCS pad and a 7" Kompressor. I bought mine well over a year ago and they were the 5.5" FLAT gold foam. Looks like either AG doesn't stock them or LC doesn't produce them anymore.
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Isn't the gold pad fairly aggressive? (at least that's what I'm thinking). If so, would that be used with a polish for paint correction vs LSPs? If I'm confused....... just do like my ex-wife........ ignore me
Lol!
Nah, you're thinking of the yellow. The gold is a 100 ppi pad soft pad.
The yellow one is the most aggressive in the flat, and ccs range - as of now. I hear that they will be making flats and ccs available in the purple Kompressor foam, which is crazy aggressive, like the blue Rupes foam pad.