Not much luck with the MF bonnets :o\

[vaca222]

I started a thread the other day inquiring about MF bonnets for polish removal (thanks to all who replied, much appreciated!) I bought a 2nd PC to use strictly as a polish remover, thinking it would save me some time.

Eh, not so much.

I slipped the MF bonnet on over the stock foam pad that comes with the PC as well as an old 6" pad and had a hard time removing anything with it. I either had to press down really hard or barely touch the paint, and neither method provided easy and quick polish removal.

Am I doing something wrong? Maybe my speed setting was an issue (set at 3 or so)? Although I ended up being more tired my removing the polishes by hand, it seemed to be much quicker for me.

[Denzil]

Maybe you either...

a) overworked your polish or
b) applied too much polish to your surface

I've never used a MF bonnet before but it should be just as easy to remove polish by hand.

[BigAl3]

use speed 5 with a mf bonnet over a cutting pad (less give/bend), or you can do it this way... YouTube - Adams Polishes: Removing the Polish (DVD Volume 5)

[SuperBee364]

Vaca, that's been my experience, too. Difficult to remove LSP's really don't come off any better with a PC and an MF bonnet. Easily removed LSP's come off *very* fast with the PC and an MF bonnet. They'll save you some work, but unfortunately not on the hard to remove stuff. I bought them to try and help me remove HD-Cleanse (which can be the very worst product in the world to remove) with no luck.

[Accumulator]

With the MF bonnets, I've found *polish* removal to be more problematic than *LSP* removal.

There's more of it, it's thicker, and you generally want to get it off before it dries completely.

FWIW, I do wonder if the larger size is causing issues; I do a lot better with polish *and LSP* removal via Cyclo than via PC. It's just so easy to overload the PC with that ~6" pad, and then it merely "jiggles".

FWIW I do use higher speeds than 3 (usually ~4.5 or so) when doing such stuff with the PC.

I wonder how the Griot's polish removal system would work He's now selling a dedicated backing pad for the MF bonnets. I (like BigAl3) use a cutting pad, usually a Meg's 7006. Note that the Griot's system is specifically designed to buff off his machine polishes, and those aren't (IME) the most user-friendly polishes in the world either.

Denzil- I dunno if it's really *easier* so much as *different*. I started doing product removal via machine back when I had a shoulder injury; it was the only way I could do the job at all. The motions where simply quite different (and painless) compared to doing it by hand. I've since found that I simply like it better, and where LSPs are concerned I do believe I get a slightly better "burnishing effect" when I buff them off with the machines.

But the only polishes I buff off by machine are the 1Z consumer line stuff, which basically break down into cleaner-wax and can be allowed to dry without issues.

[Denzil]

Originally Posted by Accumulator

With the MF bonnets, I've found *polish* removal to be more problematic than *LSP* removal.

There's more of it, it's thicker, and you generally want to get it off before it dries completely.

FWIW, I do wonder if the larger size is causing issues; I do a lot better with polish *and LSP* removal via Cyclo than via PC. It's just so easy to overload the PC with that ~6" pad, and then it merely "jiggles".

FWIW I do use higher speeds than 3 (usually ~4.5 or so) when doing such stuff with the PC.

I wonder how the Griot's polish removal system would work He's now selling a dedicated backing pad for the MF bonnets. I (like BigAl3) use a cutting pad, usually a Meg's 7006. Note that the Griot's system is specifically designed to buff off his machine polishes, and those aren't (IME) the most user-friendly polishes in the world either.

Denzil- I dunno if it's really *easier* so much as *different*. I started doing product removal via machine back when I had a shoulder injury; it was the only way I could do the job at all. The motions where simply quite different (and painless) compared to doing it by hand. I've since found that I simply like it better, and where LSPs are concerned I do believe I get a slightly better "burnishing effect" when I buff them off with the machines.

But the only polishes I buff off by machine are the 1Z consumer line stuff, which basically break down into cleaner-wax and can be allowed to dry without issues.

Yeah, I figured that with a MF bonnet and MF towel it wouldn't be more difficult or picky with the bonnet considering they are the same material. I guess it just comes down to the motion of polish removal.