Favorite Pads & Size on the BigFoot LHR 21 Mark II ?

Re: Favorite Pads & Size on the BigFoot LHR 21 Mark II ?

So you guys are using the Keramik as a one-step pretty much? Then topping it with Sealant or Wax Im guessing?

Im just trying to get used to this machine, after coming off a Torq 10FX.
 
Re: Favorite Pads & Size on the BigFoot LHR 21 Mark II ?

TwistedAutoDetail said:
So you guys are using the Keramik as a one-step pretty much? Then topping it with Sealant or Wax Im guessing?

Im just trying to get used to this machine, after coming off a Torq 10FX.
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It's all perspective. I see the Keramik + Yellow foam as a finisher. It always, always finishes spectacular for me. If it so happens to eliminate a good amount of defects - bonus.

But the Keramik on the Yellow Microfiber disc gives me a little bit more cut and maybe a little less gloss.

If I were to do a true "one step" I would use the UHS system, and spray it with Rupes 808 sealant.
 
Re: Favorite Pads & Size on the BigFoot LHR 21 Mark II ?

dlc95 said:
It's all perspective. I see the Keramik + Yellow foam as a finisher. It always, always finishes spectacular for me. If it so happens to eliminate a good amount of defects - bonus.

But the Keramik on the Yellow Microfiber disc gives me a little bit more cut and maybe a little less gloss.

If I were to do a true "one step" I would use the UHS system, and spray it with Rupes 808 sealant.
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I have read some comments online of UHS suggesting that the Rupes gray pad should be used with it. Do you use gray or yellow when you do your one step with UHS?

Thanks!
 
Re: Favorite Pads & Size on the BigFoot LHR 21 Mark II ?

Dan Tran said:
I’m not dlc95, but...

When the UHS system is brought up, it refers to the UHS polishing compound + the gray UHS pads.

It is a true one step system and works as advertised.

Their is a slight learning curve with the UHS gray pads when using them for the first time.

High-End Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Ceramic Coatings * Portsmouth, NH
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Thanks for the advice. Can you elaborate on the learning curve?
 
It is about how to prime the UHS pads based on RUPES recommendation. Similar to priming RUPES blue pads.

Place about 4-6 drops of product onto the pad. Then run the machine at a very low speed setting on a flat panel for about 20-30 secs to create friction to heat up and soften the pad.

Next, load of the pad with two small pea size drops of product and proceed with your polishing procedure.

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You may already had known this. But either way, the pads are pretty stiff at the beginning. Soften them up to just prevent product sling.


High-End Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Ceramic Coatings * Portsmouth, NH
 
Dan Tran said:
It is about how to prime the UHS pads based on RUPES recommendation. Similar to priming RUPES blue pads.

Place about 4-6 drops of product onto the pad. Then run the machine at a very low speed setting on a flat panel for about 20-30 secs to create friction to heat up and soften the pad.

Next, load of the pad with two small pea size drops of product and proceed with your polishing procedure.

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You may already had known this. But either way, the pads are pretty stiff at the beginning. Soften them up to just prevent product sling.


High-End Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Ceramic Coatings * Portsmouth, NH
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Thanks. That's the process I've been following for priming the Rupes pads. Seems to work well!
 
TwistedAutoDetail said:
Wanted to also say thank you on getting my order shipped to me in such a timely fashion. I'm a firm believer in AutoGeek now. 100%.
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We have a GREAT team of people here and it shows with comments like yours above.



TwistedAutoDetail said:
Thank you a bunch good sir! It's awesome to hear from "the man" himself, Mike Phillips.
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I'm just a blue collar working class dog - woof woof :)



TwistedAutoDetail said:
Have a great weekend, and I'll be placing another order shortly to get the quantity of pads I'll be needing. What came in my kit is definitely enough to get me going with this system, but of course additional will have to be bought!

-Matt
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Something I share with all my detailing classes and really, pretty much anyone I talk to about getting into machine polishing,

Here at Autogeek, most polishers come in a kit and the kit includes enough pads TO GET YOU STARTED - but it's not enough pads to buff out a car. If Autogeek included all the pads you needed to do a proper paint correction detail job my guess is, due to the number of pads the kit would include it would scare too many people away from purchasing the polisher.

So we include enough to get you going and most people come to the conclusion, out as they buff out a car or two,


I need more pads


In fact, I always try to include a picture of all the pads I use in my write-ups that document my work as to how many pads I use as a way of TELEGRAPHING to the masses that you need more than one or two pads to buff out a car.


1: With more pads you work faster.

2: With more pads YOU and your hard work are more efficient - this means when compounding you do a better job and a faster job of actually REMOVING defects. If a person tries to use one or two pads to do all the compounding and correction work - at some point the pads become so wet and soft, they are no longer cutting or correcting and thus you are simply wasting time.

3: With more pads, because you switch out often, your pads are not as PUNISHED and therefore last longer.


Those three reasons are just off the top of my head, there's probably more.


Thanks for the PM too! :xyxthumbs:



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