JoeyRoland82
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- Oct 28, 2018
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Hello,
Years ago, when I was a young buck, I picked up the latest and great machine of that era: The Ultimate Detailing Machine 1000. I didn't get much use out of it since I managed to burn through clear coat with the heavy cutting pad and compound. Back then, your basic two choices were the UDM and the Porter Cable7424. Fast forward and the former basically flopped with no support for the product. BUT, from what I've read - whether it's true or not - is that the UDM was based on the PC7424.
Well, today I finally found my UDM and it fired right up! I also have all the old/unopened Lake Country pads I picked up along the way and didn't use. Thing is, when I look at my "project" - I notice so much of the car is just glass & windows. And while the 6.5" pads I have would probably be great for someone who actually knew what they were doing, I wanted to see if there was a way to convert the UDM into something smaller so I lessen the risk of burn, (when the clear coat incident happened, I was ignoring a raised line on the car body and not realizing the the pad was contacting that sharp edge). Thinking it's just a modified clone of the old PC7424, I was hoping to find an easy solution for swapping the backing plate, (6 inches I believe but can verify), to something like the smaller ones I see.
So my questions: what does "smaller" mean? Am I looking at 3", 3.5", 4" pads? And does that mean getting a new backing plate of the same size, (provided it's 5/16 or whatever the UDM manual said)? And from what I've seen regarding the Porter Cable - if that's even the path to mimic - is that the a new counter weight was needed but then some argued that only applied when it was used as a sander. If the function is fine and it's just bad from an ergonomic point of view with vibration, I'm okay with that. I guess I should've started with the whole goal here. But my intention is to use the UDM as a mini polisher to give me the best control without investing a lot, (as I'd rather save that for a newer DA down the line). Longer correction time is totally fine. And ANY help is greatly appreciated!
And random: I also found all my old Autogeek invoices/packing slips. Surprisingly, the prices really haven't gone crazy since the 2008 purchase. Sure did seem like I had a thing for Menzerna and Poorboys
Years ago, when I was a young buck, I picked up the latest and great machine of that era: The Ultimate Detailing Machine 1000. I didn't get much use out of it since I managed to burn through clear coat with the heavy cutting pad and compound. Back then, your basic two choices were the UDM and the Porter Cable7424. Fast forward and the former basically flopped with no support for the product. BUT, from what I've read - whether it's true or not - is that the UDM was based on the PC7424.
Well, today I finally found my UDM and it fired right up! I also have all the old/unopened Lake Country pads I picked up along the way and didn't use. Thing is, when I look at my "project" - I notice so much of the car is just glass & windows. And while the 6.5" pads I have would probably be great for someone who actually knew what they were doing, I wanted to see if there was a way to convert the UDM into something smaller so I lessen the risk of burn, (when the clear coat incident happened, I was ignoring a raised line on the car body and not realizing the the pad was contacting that sharp edge). Thinking it's just a modified clone of the old PC7424, I was hoping to find an easy solution for swapping the backing plate, (6 inches I believe but can verify), to something like the smaller ones I see.
So my questions: what does "smaller" mean? Am I looking at 3", 3.5", 4" pads? And does that mean getting a new backing plate of the same size, (provided it's 5/16 or whatever the UDM manual said)? And from what I've seen regarding the Porter Cable - if that's even the path to mimic - is that the a new counter weight was needed but then some argued that only applied when it was used as a sander. If the function is fine and it's just bad from an ergonomic point of view with vibration, I'm okay with that. I guess I should've started with the whole goal here. But my intention is to use the UDM as a mini polisher to give me the best control without investing a lot, (as I'd rather save that for a newer DA down the line). Longer correction time is totally fine. And ANY help is greatly appreciated!
And random: I also found all my old Autogeek invoices/packing slips. Surprisingly, the prices really haven't gone crazy since the 2008 purchase. Sure did seem like I had a thing for Menzerna and Poorboys
