Backing plate HOTT

[stluciedetail]

well today i was using some ssr 2.5 today with a megs. polishing pad set to speed 6. after getting half of the car done, the backing plate got really hott and the pad wasnt sticking anymore. what happend?

[JeffM]

Make sure you are still getting rotation with the pad. If you apply so much pressure that the rotation stops, it will heat up.

[Setec Astronomy]

What backing plate do you have?

[stluciedetail]

i was using the one from autogeek.net it sells for 14.95. no problem though, went to autogeek today and they just swapped me a new one. guess i dont have to push so hard next time

[Eliot Ness]

You want the speed of the PC and your product/pad to do the work. A good rule-of-thumb that Scottwax has mentioned here before is to apply just enough pressure to bog the PC down a bit, and then let up until it just gets back to speed.



Iâ€â„¢ll occasionally bear down a little harder for brief periods, but if you have to do it consistently then you need to work a smaller area a bit slower with more than one application or bump up to a more aggressive polish and/or pad.