Ok, so today I decided to clean my mom's Camry which is in terrible shape since some body work a few years ago. I couldn't stand the swirls anymore and decided to give a shot at fixing them. I used a PC and a swirlbuster pad with Poorboys ssr 2.5 on speed 6. I had some progress but it was taking me 1.5 hours just to get 65-70% of the swirls out of the hood. None the less I consider myself successful even though not perfect. But by the time I got to the end of the 2nd third of the hood I noticed my pad seemed to be disintegrating from the inside. As I was polishing, foam pieces were coming out of the center hole. By the time I was finished with the hood I was changing pads to use
AIO on the rest of the car since I was out of time. But by the time I pulled the pad off, it had fused with the backing plate and that's what caused the disintegration. I touched the middle of it that had separated and it was really hot and the velcro melted. I used a bit of pressure when polishing. Is that what caused the melting? I was going to polish a small area of the car every time I got the chance until it looks good but now my PC is out of service because I don't have another backing plate and the pad that actually made a smudge in the swirls is destroyed.
So I was wondering is it my fault that the backing plate melted?
I need suggestions for a new plate and a new pad that cuts as good as or better than the Swirlbuster. Has to be reasonably priced too since I didn't intend on buying this stuff for a while. Thanks in advance.
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