So I was messing around today with my Makita and was trying to get it so I could go straight from using the rotary to my LSP.
I was practicing on a Hyundai Santa Fe with moderate swirls. I was using a yellow polishing pad with D151 at 1400-1500 RPM's with moderate pressure. It did a fairly good job of removing the swirls and when I got to the end of working a section, I eased up to no pressure, and slowed down to 1200 RPM's. Only a few times did I nail a section that left no holograms. The other sections left very light holograms behind.
How do you guys finish off your sections without having any holograms? I know sometimes it is inevitable with a rotary and a wool pad, but with a polishing pad and D151, I feel like it is possible, especially considering since I had success with it a few times. Is 1200 RPM's still too fast? I don't believe I have any issues with my movement and technique. I wasn't going all over, really fast, but rather moving in side to side, up and down methodical patterns.
Another issue I am wondering about is the workability of products on a rotary. I feel that product is absorbed very quickly when using a rotary and that it is almost impossible to keep the working area wet with product like you would with a DA. However the pad still remains wet with product, it is just that the paint does not. Is this the way it should be?
Thanks for your advice and help in advance!
I was practicing on a Hyundai Santa Fe with moderate swirls. I was using a yellow polishing pad with D151 at 1400-1500 RPM's with moderate pressure. It did a fairly good job of removing the swirls and when I got to the end of working a section, I eased up to no pressure, and slowed down to 1200 RPM's. Only a few times did I nail a section that left no holograms. The other sections left very light holograms behind.
How do you guys finish off your sections without having any holograms? I know sometimes it is inevitable with a rotary and a wool pad, but with a polishing pad and D151, I feel like it is possible, especially considering since I had success with it a few times. Is 1200 RPM's still too fast? I don't believe I have any issues with my movement and technique. I wasn't going all over, really fast, but rather moving in side to side, up and down methodical patterns.
Another issue I am wondering about is the workability of products on a rotary. I feel that product is absorbed very quickly when using a rotary and that it is almost impossible to keep the working area wet with product like you would with a DA. However the pad still remains wet with product, it is just that the paint does not. Is this the way it should be?
Thanks for your advice and help in advance!
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