Is my DA polisher defective or did I just mess up?

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Hey all,

This is probably a stupid post but it was my first time polishing my car. I was using Maxshine M8S. I was using 5" pads. Lake Country Orange. 3D one-step.

Please see the pictures below. I messed up on the edges.

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I noticed the plate/pad would vibrate a lot when using it. And even a slight touch to the edge would peel off my paint.

Is this normal in DA polishers?
 
If you’re talking about the missing paint on the edges then yeah it’s messed up. Did you drop the polisher on it? Was that area previously touched up to fill chips?
 
Is that bumper plastic?

That doesn't look like damage that would happen from a DA machine unless previously compromised.

Most, if not all DA (random orbit) polishers will instantly stall when presented with a sharp edge or tight curve. (Especially Rupes). ;)
 
I don't click links but from what has been mentioned sounds like you have burnt the paint on the edge of the bumper. You have to be really careful around the edges that is where the paint/clear is the thinnest.
Put a A!€x J0π€s Was Right sticker over it and you will be good to go
 
I'm with Paul.

It doesn't look like damage caused by routine operation of a random orbital polisher.
 
As best as I can tell by the pics, it looks like those were existing chips and not caused by your polisher. You sure they weren't there before you started?
 
Flash Gordon said:
I don't click links but from what has been mentioned sounds like you have burnt the paint on the edge of the bumper. You have to be really careful around the edges that is where the paint/clear is the thinnest.
Put a A!€x J0π€s Was Right sticker over it and you will be good to go
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You gotta click the link... These are paint chips, not burn-throughs.
 
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Has that section of the car been repainted? Kinda looks like it may have a paint adhesion issue.
 
Tell us more about this vibration? Is the backer plate making contact with the paint, as if the pad needs to be wider.
 
John U said:
Tell us more about this vibration? Is the backer plate making contact with the paint, as if the pad needs to be wider.
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Probably from being made in China. I used one of these before and it vibrated very bad. Not something that I would want to use on a daily basis
 
Oh wow, did not expect this many replies so fast. Thanks all.

Only the front-bumper was re-painted. Rear-bumper was factory. Those spots were NOT there. It's my car so I know (BMW 128i). They were caused by slight touch from the side of my foam pad. When doing headlights, accidentally touched the paint and started chipping away. Tried to be more careful, but when I got to back bumper, it chipped off more paint from the edges.

Flash Gordon said:
Probably from being made in China. I used one of these before and it vibrated very bad. Not something that I would want to use on a daily basis
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Once again, the polisher is Maxshine M8S. I don't think they're a cheap Chinese company? Seems to have pretty good reviews.

John U said:
Tell us more about this vibration? Is the backer plate making contact with the paint, as if the pad needs to be wider.
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As for vibration, not too sure how to explain it but it's not a put it on a surface and it's a smooth motion. When pad touches the car, it feels more like the pad is just vibrating on the paint. Like it's not just spinning, rather everything is vibration + spinning. And no, only the pad is making contract with the paint.

P.S. Sorry about the pictures, I tried to upload the pictures here as attachment but it kept saying "Failed to upload".
 
Never ran that brand machine, but sounds like from all the info so far, that i would be contacting maxshine aboit a faulty product

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r3faat1 said:
Only the front-bumper was re-painted. Rear-bumper was factory. Those spots were NOT there. It's my car so I know (BMW 128i). They were caused by slight touch from the side of my foam pad. When doing headlights, accidentally touched the paint and started chipping away. Tried to be more careful, but when I got to back bumper, it chipped off more paint from the edges.


Once again, the polisher is Maxshine M8S. I don't think they're a cheap Chinese company? Seems to have pretty good reviews. ".
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The raggedy edges tells me it's not burn through. Perhaps the paint wasn't prepped right from the factory and then when you polished it caused it to chip (I've never experienced this even on repainted bumpers).

It's definitely not made in Italy, Germany or the USA. If they were Maxshine would proudly say so.
It also wouldn't vibrate your arms off. Trust me
 
Unless you have pads with a sharks tooth attachment a pad on paint will not cause that. Did you maybe catch the edge with the backing plate?

Even if they were filled chips a polisher pad would not take them off like that.


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The only way your polisher caused them is if you used it as a fly swatter and was swattin flies with it
 
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