Until today, my machine of preference has been the PC. My first attempts with both the rotary and the cyclo were not good ones, and blamed both negative experiences on poor quality pads and/or poor pad choice. I haven't purchased new rotary pads yet, but I have recently purchased a few new Cyclo pads (LC) and wow what a difference these made. The Cyclo is so much more powerful than the PC, it's really like night and day. It's a bit cumbersome at first, but once you get the hang of it, it really isn't that bad at all.
Today was detail day for me and a few friends, so I decided to give the Cyclo a try with the new pads. My brother's white 98' Cobra was the first up, and it isn't really in bad shape at all so my polish of choice was #80, but I had a little bit of marring to knock out so I decided to use the yellow cutting pads for some extra bite.
I don't really know what went wrong when I originally tried out the Cyclo, but this time it was so easy it was ridiculous. I just kind of held the handle with one hand and let the machine just glide across the surface and I could literally watch the swirls and scratches disappear. Some areas were harder than others and all I had to do was apply a little more pressure with my right hand on the top handle, done deal. Just like the PC, I just took my time and moved very slowly, letting the machine and polish do their job and it was so easy that I was having a conversation at the same time without even thinking about what I was doing with the Cyclo.......try that with a rotary!
About halfway through the detail, the pads got a little loaded so I took them off, hosed them out, dried them as best as I could, and then put them back on for the rest of the detail.
After finishing with #80, the next step was VM and I decided to do this with the PC thinking I could get it done a little faster. Going from the Cyclo to the PC was like going from a freight train to a go kart, it's that much of a difference. The PC bogs with even the slightest pressure and you have to move the PC around probably twice as much as the bigger Cyclo, which covers a lot more surface area.
Bottom line, I am amazed at the ease of use and quality of the results that the Cyclo produces and am extremely glad I gave it a second chance with some better pads. I still love the PC, but will probably keep it for the last few steps of the detail and start using the Cyclo for all of the polishing duties.
Now all that's left to conqueor is the rotary!
By the way, I finished up this detail with Ex-P+ applied via PC, and it was amazing. Top notch products and tools make all the difference!
Glad it's growing on you.
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