Kevin Brown's Paper! - Page 4

bufferbarry · 09-26-09, 03:00

I order pads in bulk. I use one per panel then toss is until its clean.. a good pressure washer and airline works wonders. What else is realy a fantastic tool is those pad washers in a bucket. there amazing. I used have one at a shop I work at years ago. I still can't believe I have gotton one yet.

Accumulator · 09-26-09, 08:42

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Originally Posted by rusty bumper

I've seen that done before.

The flat blade screwdriver had rounded corners after a while.

The one I've used was already rounded via a grinder for other reasons, and it's made of a mighty tough steel. But yeah...

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Guess where the "missing metal" went...?!? Hmmmm... hopefully it went where the old residue did....

That *is* some good food for thought there

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I like to use compressed air for cleaning pads.

I have gotten so spoiled with using air...

Yeah, now that I've gone back to doing that I can't believe I ever quit. Well, actually I guess I quit doing it when I was going through a bunch of pads, doing it the way buffer barry does, just getting out a fresh one as needed.

I agree, an air compressor is *such* a must-have, for all sorts of reasons.

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Originally Posted by buffer barry

What else is realy a fantastic tool is those pad washers in a bucket. there amazing...

I always blew those off, thinking they'd only be appropriate for a shop where people where going through a *lot* of pads. Hmm... maybe I'm discounting my time/hassle a bit too much, cleaing pads by hand *does* take a while.

Given your no-BS approach to this stuff, when *you* say they're good, well, I'm paying attention.

rusty bumper · 09-26-09, 11:26

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AIR. The "CLEAN" pad-cleaning TOOL!

Clean air that is.

I used to use compressed air at work, and some days, I swear, I thought it was a garden hose instead of an air hose.

Plasma torches just won't work with a wet, oily air supply.

bert31 · 09-26-09, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Kevin Brown

Spend the dough on a small portable air compressor instead.

How small of a compressor would be OK? How many PSI do you want to have?

bert31 · 09-26-09, 11:44

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

I agree, an air compressor is *such* a must-have, for all sorts of reasons.

What all do you use your air compressor for? I just don't see myself using one very much.

PresdntialDtail · 09-26-09, 11:52

Kevin I hope you put this into a hard back book for all us to have on our shelves! With you diagrams it would make an amazing book with gloss pages!

Accumulator · 09-26-09, 12:12

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Originally Posted by rusty bumper

Clean air that is..

Right, gotta have water traps and filters.

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Originally Posted by bert31

What all do you use your air compressor for? I just don't see myself using one very much.

Blowing water out of nooks and crannies, blowing off/drying pads, inflating tires, blowing out filter screens and mixture bars on foamguns, shooting undercoating, and powering air tools all come to mind.

I simply couldn't avoid waterspots without mine, unless I used my CRS for everything, and that'd go through a lot of resin. I do this at *every* wash.

And I can't imagine how I'd fill tires with my little backup footpump or even my 12V ones.

No idea how small you could get away with, I've had big two-stage ones since forever.

Kevin Brown · 09-26-09, 12:21

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Originally Posted by bert31

How small of a compressor would be OK? How many PSI do you want to have?

Something like this one would work fine:

They can be had for about $150.

bufferbarry · 09-26-09, 12:25

when was the 3 page paper released?

Accumulator · 09-26-09, 12:26

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Originally Posted by PresdntialDtail

Kevin I hope you put this into a hard back book for all us to have on our shelves!...

Yeah, I tried to nudge him in that direction too. One of the places that does self-publishing runs should be able to whip some up for those of us who'd pay for a nice hardcopy. Easy for *us* to suggest ways for Kevin to complicate his life though

While I do understand that plenty of people find polishing paint to be a pretty intuitively obvious process, and also that many people are satisfied with a black-box level of understanding of how polishers work, a nice hardcopy would be great for those of us who'd appreciate it.

rusty bumper · 09-26-09, 01:56

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Originally Posted by Kevin Brown

Something like this one would work fine:

They can be had for about $150.

Can you give us a part number Kevin?

I have a 7 gallon portable air tank, but I'm not sure how useful it would be for cleaning pads. I fill it at a garage close by.

MDg35 · 09-26-09, 03:18

Porter-Cable C2002-WK Oil-Free UMC Pancake Compressor with 13-Piece Accessory Kit - $180 shipped.