jem7sk -- Thanks for your post ! I hope you and yours are all safe and well, and are all getting past this virus thing..
I have had shot-1 of 2 of the Pfizer vaccine and it was fine.. Worked really hard after the shot, and my upper arm did not hurt until late that night, and then all the next day.. Then the flu-shot-like-pain went away, just the like the flu shot used to do.. I quit getting the flu shot a couple decades ago I think.. Never got the flu either..
I have not watched Brian at Apex very much, but I hear a lot of positive feedback about him..
You only need 1 of these spacers for your Rotary.. Yes, you can connect as many as you want, but the spinning physics of the extra length will make it much harder to control the spinning backing plate and pad because of the longer distance to the machine..
So, you are constantly adjusting for that reaction..
I have had great success with just that 1 smaller spacer + backing plate + the pad, and that is all I have ever needed.. Easy to work with, and control..
I only use 5" backing plates and pads for 99% of all the paintwork, except for the small A, B,/C pillars between the side windows, etc... or perhaps that little painted strip across the top of some back glass like my `09 Grand Cherokee, etc.. On those narrow places I switch to a 3 or 4 inch backing plate and pad..
Auto Paint and Body Shops = been there, done that on the Painting Side of it..
Loved it..
They are working on the clock, have only so much "time" =$$ to spend on the final compound/polish, clean it up, etc., the Painter/s or their Apprentices, get to do all that final work before the Client picks up the vehicle..
Some of them can paint just beautifully, and never screw up, and I never worked with any that jacked up the paint at the compound polish stage either..
The Owners of some shops for some reason, like to take in too much work and make everyone work harder and faster which of course, can lead to some quality control issues, if not caught before the Client arrives..
Some shops are more "Custom" shops rather than "Production" shops, and the Custom shops usually get more time to really make sure the paint is perfectly applied, and then compounded and polished out perfectly...
It was a maddening pace at the 2 places I worked at.. Then they introduced the infamous highly toxic urethane paint to the industry and I had to say bye bye..
I am glad you found a Shop and a nice guy that took the time to show you how compounding with Rotary Power is done !! A very well experienced Mentor is always a great source of learning and hands-on experiences...
Nothing better... That is how learned this as a kid at my Dad`s shops..
I loved the work, and was so Blessed to later in life, go back to the very thing I really always wanted to do!! Detailing !!! All of it !!!!!
Hope you learn much and like it...
I guess the very Key to success with this big, heavy, powerful, but very smooth running machine is to do what the one of the very best compounds and polishes from 3M way back when, said on the bottle --- you have to learn how to -
"Finesse-It".. Smooth movements, control, looking at the work, evaluating it constantly, watching, listening, for changes from the beginning to the end..
Does it/can it take longer?? Perhaps, depending on so many factors.. There will never be just
one, set, way...
So, if you like to be challenged a little, sometimes more than a little, can handle carrying a 10lb+ weight around all day, while it is spinning and trying to move away from you, this could be fun !
If you really learn how to - balance - this thing all day long, with it`s weight and torque, and find that great place, I can promise you that you will not be disappointed..
Good Luck !
Dan F
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