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mvaughan
01-26-2003, 12:23 AM
OK, so I just got my Porter-Cable, and was experimenting a bit today, but I have a few questions. I`m used to doing all my waxing / polishing "the old fasioned way" and was not sure how much polish I should put on the pad. Would I use more than I normally would? It doesn`t seem so since you`d be doing the same amount of surface area (one panel at a time).



The next question is speed of the PC... I did the entire car today on the speed setting of 1. I was pleased with the results, and seems to be fast enough. At the same time, I only made a couple passes over the surface area. Do I need more speed, or perhaps more passes over an area? The paint already looked pretty good, so I felt it may have been sufficient. I guess I`m just wondering what more speed would give me.



BTW, I`m using Klasse AIO. :D

imported_DennisA
01-26-2003, 01:00 AM
I found this link posted by someone, somewhere on this site and bookmarked it. Porter Cable For Beginners (http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/detailing/archives/forum.php?postid=1430487&page=1) I found it very informative. Also, rightlane posted a link (http://autopia-carcare.com/lib/autopia/Buffing768.wmv) to Davids video on how to use a PC in another thread. Hey, us apprentices have to stick together! ;)

mvaughan
01-26-2003, 11:12 AM
Very helpful info!



Thanks! :cool: