In my admitedly short time dealing with the PC I can tell you that if your technique is good you can do amazing things with it. If your technique is not good, you'll spend all day just moving product around on the surface of your vehicle and accomplish not much of anything. When compared to poor technique with a high speed rotary (heavy holograms at best, burnt paint at worst), there's nothing to fear with the PC - just don't drop it on your hood!
Having said that, I just went through the
Meguiar's detail clinic over the weekend and found out exactly what I was doing wrong - not enough pressure, hand speed too high, not working product long enough. I got back from the clinic with a fresh bottle of
Meg's #80 and a
Meg's yellow pad and set to work, again, on getting rid of the swirls on the vehicle in question. Well what do you know...the swirls are gone!! I'm stunned and thrilled at the same time - this is just great and now I can move on to my "good" cars with confidence!!
The #80 is great because you can work it for a very long time without having it dry up and start to dust. Trying to determine the amount of pressure to use is the tricky part - some people say "use 10lbs of pressure" or "maybe 5-6lbs of pressure", but really, what the heck is that? I guess visually this is what I notice when I'm at the pressure recommended to me: pushing much too hard will start to deflect the body panel and form a deep depression in the foam pad with the backing plate. From what I learned you should see that depression in the pad, but once you see that, don't apply any more pressure. Like I said, this is what I visually noticed when applying "correct" pressure. I was taught this by actually holding the PC on the surface of the vehicle, then having Mike Phillips from
Meguiar's press down on my hands and move them across the paint. This taught me pressure and hand speed. Bottom line - I couldn't get the darn swirls out in the past because my technique was wrong. They're gone now.
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