What pads to buy?

[Paul_no_Longer_uses_this_account]

Man that bites Paul. Yikes!

Notice how the product is caked in the center of the pad, yet the outsides are almost totally clean? Goes back to what Mike has said about product migrating to the middle. I've found that it's a fiine line sometimes between getting a pad primed, and a pad that's too wet, (especially in the middle). :dunno:

Tons of pad cleaning, and pad swapping, along the way is the only thing that'll help.

Yeah, sometimes I learn lessons the hard way. Should have purchased more of these pads instead of trying to do too many panels with 1 pad.

 

[cardaddy]

Did you hold the buffer in the air while the pad was spinning at full speed?

that's the only way I think you can get a pad to break apart into chunks like you show....

IN all of my life I've never destroyed a pad like this...

I would make the same offer to you...

Holy melted pad Batman! If I were only in FL I would gladly run away from my family, buy lunch, (or dinner for that matter) to be so lucky.

Fantastic offer Mike! :dblthumb2:

 

[jhnybgood47]

Dude.... is that the face of that pad that you've managed to turn black and melt? Only thing that would cause that is too much product, speed, and too large a working area.

Megs 105 in notorious for short work times, although there are some work arounds. I'd say try Ultimate Compound and get much much more working time.

You mentioned you did the entire car with one pad? That's not possible, and can damage more than your pad if you're trying to do any really swirl removal. After priming the pad additional applications are just pea sized dots in 3 ~ 4 spots. Any material will work it's way to the middle of the pad and just sit there till it turns into a hot spinning glob of goo.

no the pad isn't melted. the black is where the foam was attached. I did a lot of the car with the one pad and finished with the other pad.

Did you hold the buffer in the air while the pad was spinning at full speed?

that's the only way I think you can get a pad to break apart into chunks like you show in your picture.


IN all of my life I've never destroyed a pad like this...




By the way I put your picture in your gallery so it could be "inserted" instead of merely attached.

Your Gallery




I see you're in Florida, so was Rob and I invited him to swing by Autogeek and he did and we went out into the studio for a little hands-on training to flatten out the learning curve.


New (to me) BMW - any hope?


Hey Rob,

It was nice to meet you and spend a little time going over techniques for machine polishing. I really think the stains in your car's hood are pretty deep but if you massage them a little with your new Griot's DA Polisher you should be able to improve them enough to live with them while removing all the swirls.

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I would make the same offer to you...

First of all let me say that if I wasn't having employee issues at work I would be on my way right now. Thank you for the offer though.

The pad was on the car when it ripped apart. From what people have been saying I put too much product on the pad and didn't clean it as often as it needed to be.