View Full Version : Show me your Ti**.. i mean speeds
NTOXIK8N DETAIL
05-02-2007, 01:09 AM
Was wondering what speeds everyone else was using on their PC for
A) optimum compound
B) optimum polish
make sure you also say with what pad and grade of scratches/marring .... :thx
Monte78Carlo2k1
05-02-2007, 01:15 AM
orange pad - OC
white pad - OP
I don`t think you can marr the surface with a PC.
imported_paradigm
05-02-2007, 06:14 AM
speed 2/3 to spread any/all products i use with the PC. speeds 5/6 to work it in.
the softness/hardness of the paint determines the level of marring from the pad choice...but i only get that when using an orange or yellow pad (on softer paint).
coupe
05-02-2007, 06:40 AM
6, is there any other speed?
6, is there any other speed?
Agreed! 6 is the speed.
a.k.a. Patrick
05-02-2007, 07:12 AM
speed 2/3 to spread any/all products i use with the PC. speeds 5/6 to work it in.
the softness/hardness of the paint determines the level of marring from the pad choice...but i only get that when using an orange or yellow pad (on softer paint).
6, is there any other speed?
My words exactly. Wish it had a 7 or eight.....
sQuashed
05-02-2007, 07:17 AM
Yep, 6 and still trying to spin the wheel higher.
justin30513
05-02-2007, 07:30 AM
6, is there any other speed?
LOL!
You have to use this speed to get Optimum`s chemicals to break down. Work time is forever!
One thing though.......
Use very little chemical on the pad. To much and the lubricants with over ride the abrasives and you`ll be wasting your time. Two, pea sized amounts is all that is needed on a 6 inch pad.
coupe
05-02-2007, 07:54 AM
I dont use Optimum with my pc at all, to much working time.
I have the optimum line for my rotary and megs 80 series for my PC.
Danin Re
05-02-2007, 08:24 AM
I don`t think you can marr the surface with a PC.
I think he was asking what grade of scratches/marring you use the pad and chemical for.
I could be wrong though... happens all the time. Just ask my wife. :hairpull
imported_etml12
05-02-2007, 08:46 AM
You guys sound like Nigel Tufnel.
Nigel Tufnel: [pointing to a customized Marshall amplifier head unit] This is a top, to, uh, you know, what we use on stage, but it`s very, very special, because, if you can see...
Marty DiBergi: Yeah...
Nigel Tufnel: [pointing to the control dials] ...the numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board: eleven, eleven, eleven, eleven...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it`s louder? Is that any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it`s one louder, isn`t it? It`s not ten. You see, most... most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You`re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up... you`re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don`t know...
Nigel Tufnel: ...nowhere! Exactly! What we do is if we need that extra... push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: ...Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don`t you just make ten louder, and make ten be the top... number, and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause, blank look and snapping chewing gum] These go to eleven.
Sorry, its early and maybe only humerous to me.
imported_DieselMDX
05-02-2007, 08:49 AM
LOL!
You have to use this speed to get Optimum`s chemicals to break down. Work time is forever!
One thing though.......
Use very little chemical on the pad. To much and the lubricants with over ride the abrasives and you`ll be wasting your time. Two, pea sized amounts is all that is needed on a 6 inch pad.
wow i might be still using too much polish
Using a DW443, the speed 6 on it would be like a PC having a 7.