3 inch pad question

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I was working on a black jeep wrangler and I noticed that when I changed my PC to a 3 inch backing plate, it didn't take out half of the defects it did as a 5.5 inch. I changed it so I could get into the narrow fenders of the wrangler. I used an orange pad for both sides. Should I go with a more aggressive pad next time or should I go to a stronger polish, or even a compound? I finally got everything out sllllllooooooowly and carefully, but I would like to speed up the process to keep my costs low.

Thanks for your advice!

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You changed to both a 3" pad and 3" backing plate...or you used the 5.5" pad with a 3" backing plate? Because you should definitely get better correction on a DA with a 3" pad vs. a 5.5. Would not hold true for a rotary, depending.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
You changed to both a 3" pad and 3" backing plate...or you used the 5.5" pad with a 3" backing plate? Because you should definitely get better correction on a DA with a 3" pad vs. a 5.5. Would not hold true for a rotary, depending.
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Sorry I should have specified, I changed both pad and backing plate. I used an LC 3inch orange pad.

Not sure if the jeep had hard clear coat on the fenders and soft on the rest of it.

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DETAILROOKIE said:
...I noticed that when I changed my PC to a 3 inch backing plate, it didn't take out half of the defects it did as a 5.5 inch... I used an orange pad for both sides. Should I go with a more aggressive pad next time or should I go to a stronger polish, or even a compound? I finally got everything out sllllllooooooowly and carefully, but I would like to speed up the process to keep my costs low.
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I take it you were only using a polish with the orange pad? Perhaps the pad size did have something to do with the rate of defect removal. But if you want to speed things up, moving up to a compound would be my next step.
 
derass said:
I take it you were only using a polish with the orange pad? Perhaps the pad size did have something to do with the rate of defect removal. But if you want to speed things up, moving up to a compound would be my next step.
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Sounds like I plan to me. I was using HD SPEED.

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Hello!

Always be careful when using a 3 inch Plate on a porter cable style machine, The machine becomes more like a rotary now due to the smaller plate it is now traveling at a much higher OPM than with a 5 inch plate.

Also if you are trying to remove the most defects as possible, HD speed is not the product. If you want to remove the most damage as possible you always use a compound.

This is going to speed up the process. All-In-One polishes were designed for paint enhancement not paint perfection.

when you get the chance read this article I recently wrote. You will learn tons. And I wish when I started detailing I would of read something like this sooner.

https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...es-maximize-your-profits-time-efficiency.html
 
Joe@NextLevelDetail said:
Hello!

Always be careful when using a 3 inch Plate on a porter cable style machine, The machine becomes more like a rotary now due to the smaller plate it is now traveling at a much higher OPM than with a 5 inch plate.

Also if you are trying to remove the most defects as possible, HD speed is not the product. If you want to remove the most damage as possible you always use a compound.

This is going to speed up the process. All-In-One polishes were designed for paint enhancement not paint perfection.

when you get the chance read this article I recently wrote. You will learn tons. And I wish when I started detailing I would of read something like this sooner.

https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...es-maximize-your-profits-time-efficiency.html
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Thank you for your input! I was completing a 1 step on a jeep wrangler and noticed HD Speed was removing a majority of the defects with a 5.5 inch pad, but when I moved to the 3 inch plate, not so much. But, like you said in your article, I have to put away the swirl finder light because my OCD takes over and I want perfection even if the client isn't pay for it nor will they notice it.

Thanks again!

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DETAILROOKIE said:
Thank you for your input! I was completing a 1 step on a jeep wrangler and noticed HD Speed was removing a majority of the defects with a 5.5 inch pad, but when I moved to the 3 inch plate, not so much. But, like you said in your article, I have to put away the swirl finder light because my OCD takes over and I want perfection even if the client isn't pay for it nor will they notice it.
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Well, ok. But as Joe and I both noted, you SHOULD have been getting better defect removal with a 3" pad setup on a PC, then with a 5.5" pad. Something that you might want to explore as to why that didn't happen in this case because there is going to be some time when you want to do spot defect removal with a small pad.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Well, ok. But as Joe and I both noted, you SHOULD have been getting better defect removal with a 3" pad setup on a PC, then with a 5.5" pad. Something that you might want to explore as to why that didn't happen in this case because there is going to be some time when you want to do spot defect removal with a small pad.
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Yea I'm not sure what happened, but like you said, I might have used too much product, so I'm going to practice using the smaller set up and see what gives me the best results. This was the first time I used my PC as a 3 inch so I have a lot of practicing ahead of me.

Thank you for all of your advice!

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DETAILROOKIE said:
Yea I'm not sure what happened, but like you said, I might have used too much product, so I'm going to practice using the smaller set up and see what gives me the best results. This was the first time I used my PC as a 3 inch so I have a lot of practicing ahead of me.

Thank you for all of your advice!

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Sorry that wasn't you that said too much product. I will have experiment with quantity of product and technique very soon.

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fightnews said:
Just because both pads were orange doesn't mean they were the same
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These were the type of pads that I used since my boss pads did not come in until today. Do you have any recommendations for pads? Have you had better luck with a thinner or thicker pad with a 3 inch set up?

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