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Originally Posted by Bigpikle
well I must be doing something wrong then, as I'm struggling a bit with this stuff 
I am putting 4 blobs on the pad (3M finishing blue 6" pad) and spreading and working at 900rpm - the min speed of my rotary. The pad just doesnt glide nicely like with 106 when its working nicely, or MarkV Mystique, that I have also been playing with today - both nice and oily and a joy to use.
Light pressure only but after a few times over the area, the pad is just wanting to jump a bit and generally be a little annoying to use. I am also finding the polish a bit of a pain to wipe away afterwards as well - needed a spray of QD one time. I cant keep working it until its gone as the pad is not wanting to keep going nicely, even after 8-10 passes over the paint.... I thought I would just see the residue disappear and leave almost nothing to wipe away, but thats just not happening for me.
It IS finishing well, and taking away very slight marks on my Audi test panel, and bringing up a nice gloss, but it just isnt as nice as I had hoped to actually use.
Any tips please... wondering if I need a bit more/less product to help it work better so will try again in a few minutes...  |
This happened to me the very first time I used the 1Z. I wrote a blistering review of the stuff here on Autopia right afterward. The symptoms (buffer hop, and flashed over polish that is very difficult to remove) are exactly what happened to me.
The only thing I can think of is that your pad speed is still too high, or possibly that you're working it a bit too long.. As long as the RPMs are way down, I haven't had any problems at all with buffer hop or hard to remove product. It's hard to say for sure, but it sounds like you're using the correct amount of product. It seems like I'm only getting about four passes out of the 1Z before it's pretty much gone.
I'm sorry to hear you're having such a hard time with this stuff. :/ Especially after me touting it as being so easy to use
