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I used the wool pad and backing plate that came with the $35 rotary to apply some M105 to my 'rents Saturn. I have never used a rotary before. I used it near full speed and took a considerable amount of clear coat off. I did not start with a less aggressive method.
All that said, it came out absolutely wonderful. I absolutely would not recommend someone with no rotary experience do what I did; I have been reading/learning about the rotary for a long time now and wanted to try my hand on a horribly trashed surface that really wouldn't matter if it was damaged. My parents didn't even really care if I burned through clear coat even after I explained the ins and outs of it. I knew that a less agressive method just wouldn't fix the problems this surface had: the most horrendous swirls I have every seen, bad RIDS and general dullness.
(After a nice wash) I taped off the windshield, side panel and front of the boot. I clayed it with the Mother's Clay kit
and gave it a final wipe down with QD followed by distilled water. I began prepping by prepping the Harbor Freight wool pad with a sprits of QD and a bit of M105. I buffed the surface for a short amount of time on moderate speed, slowly increasing the speed until I was near full blast. I wiped off surface and inspected it, one more quick pass with the M105 on the wool and I was done with the rotary.
After wiping the surface down again I looked at what was to be expected: holograms galore. I prepped a W8207 pad with a spray of QD and some M105. I compounded away at speed 6 on my G110 until the holograms were nearly non-existant. I finished up with some M205 on a W9207 pad at speed 5. Two coats of M16 and I was done.
The depth, clarity and wetness that the surface is getting now is dazzling. Anyone with working vision can see how distinct the difference is.
Keep in mind, I taped the trunk lid down the middle to showcase my detailing skills; I've done the same down the hood. Half of my Saturn's trunk lid and hood is corrected while the other half is riddled with bad swirls and RIDS. Anyone who notices this gets a business card, I'll probably also bring it with me to a couple of car meets.
So there you have it, no burned clear coat, no melted plastics and no irreparable buffer trails. I would consider my first rotary use a success, lets just hope I can better cultivate and hone my skills so that I can feel comfortable using a rotary on customers' cars (plus my own).
I used the wool pad and backing plate that came with the $35 rotary to apply some M105 to my 'rents Saturn. I have never used a rotary before. I used it near full speed and took a considerable amount of clear coat off. I did not start with a less aggressive method.
All that said, it came out absolutely wonderful. I absolutely would not recommend someone with no rotary experience do what I did; I have been reading/learning about the rotary for a long time now and wanted to try my hand on a horribly trashed surface that really wouldn't matter if it was damaged. My parents didn't even really care if I burned through clear coat even after I explained the ins and outs of it. I knew that a less agressive method just wouldn't fix the problems this surface had: the most horrendous swirls I have every seen, bad RIDS and general dullness.
(After a nice wash) I taped off the windshield, side panel and front of the boot. I clayed it with the Mother's Clay kit
and gave it a final wipe down with QD followed by distilled water. I began prepping by prepping the Harbor Freight wool pad with a sprits of QD and a bit of M105. I buffed the surface for a short amount of time on moderate speed, slowly increasing the speed until I was near full blast. I wiped off surface and inspected it, one more quick pass with the M105 on the wool and I was done with the rotary.After wiping the surface down again I looked at what was to be expected: holograms galore. I prepped a W8207 pad with a spray of QD and some M105. I compounded away at speed 6 on my G110 until the holograms were nearly non-existant. I finished up with some M205 on a W9207 pad at speed 5. Two coats of M16 and I was done.
The depth, clarity and wetness that the surface is getting now is dazzling. Anyone with working vision can see how distinct the difference is. Keep in mind, I taped the trunk lid down the middle to showcase my detailing skills; I've done the same down the hood. Half of my Saturn's trunk lid and hood is corrected while the other half is riddled with bad swirls and RIDS. Anyone who notices this gets a business card, I'll probably also bring it with me to a couple of car meets.
So there you have it, no burned clear coat, no melted plastics and no irreparable buffer trails. I would consider my first rotary use a success, lets just hope I can better cultivate and hone my skills so that I can feel comfortable using a rotary on customers' cars (plus my own
).
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