đź’¦ Detailing How hard is it to burn through paint?
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ZXMustang your thoughts?
Did he burn through on a car?
Ive always wondered about doing this stuff myself, but was always worried about it. Seems like as long as youre using an orbital and dont go crazy you should be good though.
That’s exactly why I posted this. I worried for years about the amount of clear I was removing, and apparently I was worrying for no reason. It’s my understanding that an mf pad and compound probably takes 100x more clear off than a polishing pad and polish. In other words, it may be impossible to burn through paint with basic polish and a random orbital.Did he burn through on a car?
Ive always wondered about doing this stuff myself, but was always worried about it. Seems like as long as youre using an orbital and dont go crazy you should be good though.
Did he burn through on a car?
Ive always wondered about doing this stuff myself, but was always worried about it. Seems like as long as youre using an orbital and dont go crazy you should be good though.
he did. through the clear on a quarter iirc
he has me blocked though so he has no idea i tagged him.
Time to admit my mistake - need help/advice.
So being the master porter cable detailer I am, I decided it was time to step up to the big leagues. Rotary buffer. I spent time in the garage practicing wet sanding with 3000/2500/2000 and buffing that out on our less than perfect minivan all winter. But the porter cable was taking way too...
Hmm, very interesting. Ive always thought its almost impossible to burn thru paint with a DA. But fuck, 7 section passes to get it perfect is a lot imo.
I learned 25 years ago on a high speed rotary with wool pads and never burned thru paint either. Maybe factory paint was a lot better then, because I hear horror stories now a days with rotary's. I'm contemplating going back to a rotary, even though I havent used one on probably 18 years or so.
Just what I was saying above about horror storiesTime to admit my mistake - need help/advice.
So being the master porter cable detailer I am, I decided it was time to step up to the big leagues. Rotary buffer. I spent time in the garage practicing wet sanding with 3000/2500/2000 and buffing that out on our less than perfect minivan all winter. But the porter cable was taking way too...www.thechicagogarage.com
What’s the Difference with Dual Action, Random Orbit, and Rotary Buffers
There are so many types of polishers For the sake of this article we are going to refer to buffers, buffing machines, polishing machines, etc. as polishers. This is going to be a very basic introduction into the world of polishers so that you can easily understand what they do and which one is...
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in case there are more people than just I that are not entirely sure of the pattern of how they all work.
I think I recall in one of the detailing thread that the CG one was kinda junky. Gav recommended the Porter Cable that KJ listed earlier, the 7424 I think?
I have the DeWALT cordless one, which is I think is DA, would have to check. They just list it as a random orbital.
Edit: Cause I forgot
greasy would see the thread.... Got the DeWALT based on his,
Yaj Yak, and
Gav'sPurpleZ recommendation.
greasy, I'm loving my DeWALT stuffs!
One thing to remember is that the amount of paint ( base and clear ) is getting thinner on today's vehicles.
Some manufacturers are delivering cars with sub 4 mil "coating" measurements. This is primer, base and clear combined. Which means there's about 1.5 mils of clear.
These gauges usually show microns and mils, there are roughly 25 microns in 1 mil.
Some manufacturers are delivering cars with sub 4 mil "coating" measurements. This is primer, base and clear combined. Which means there's about 1.5 mils of clear.
These gauges usually show microns and mils, there are roughly 25 microns in 1 mil.
I have the Torq one. I'm a super amateur and use it once a year at most....and it works well for my purposes.
I’ve burned paint in 2 seconds with a makita buffer and a white wool pad, I was drunk buffing a garage paint job but you catch anything that jerks the buffer hard and your edge is burned though, that’s why I only buff my own cars with a high speed buffer
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