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**hvhonda** · 08-30-2007, 03:35 PM

Last night was my first use of my new PC7424. I was using it on an older Camry that needed a polish. I was using an orange 6.5" CCS pad and Meguiar`s Mirror polish #5.

After polishing about 1/3 of the car the PC was so hot I hardly could touch it. I cooled it down but after polishing another 1/3 of the car it was that hot again.

I used about 1/2 the bottle of polish on 2/3 of the car.

Any suggestions??

Thanks

**mikebai1990** · 08-30-2007, 03:43 PM

You used WAYYYY too much polish. It could have contributed to the heating, but I`m not sure about that part. Definitely used too much polish.

You only need to prime the pad with a "X" or an "O" of product, and then for the rest of the panel, 5-6 pea sized drops for each panel.

**Ern** · 08-30-2007, 03:53 PM

What mike said. You used enough polish to probably do that car 10 times.

**mikebai1990** · 08-30-2007, 04:01 PM

Oh, wait.. I misread your post. The polish advice is still the same, though.

I thought you said your car panel was too hot to touch. When you say your PC was too hot to touch, which part was too hot? I know the head area (the metal part) gets pretty hot, but the rest of the PC (plastic part where you generally hold it) is warm, not really too hot.

**hvhonda** · 08-30-2007, 04:14 PM

When I didn`t put more polish on it was like I was buffing dry powder very quickly. When I put more polish on the pad then it seemed like the pad would glide on the car better. The car was not hot but the garage was about 85-90 degrees last night.

Should the polish seem like dry powder seconds after you start buffing it?

**mikebai1990** · 08-30-2007, 04:24 PM

Mmm.. nope. I don`t know much about Meguiars #5, so I can`t say what went wrong for sure, but I know for a fact that half a bottle for 2/3rds of the car is too too much.

**hvhonda** · 08-30-2007, 04:38 PM

Regarding the PC - it was the plastic part that you hold that was getting so hot.

Should the polish seem wet or dry? When it seems dry should I keep buffing or stop?

**BigAl3** · 08-30-2007, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by hvhonda

Regarding the PC - it was the plastic part that you hold that was getting so hot.

it does get hot, and will get extremely hot especially if you run it at speed 6 for long periods of time, like many do on here...

Originally Posted by hvhonda

When it seems dry should I keep buffing or stop?

you never want to dry buff, that will cause heat/friction and with no liquid film/barrier between the pad and finish, you will scratch/marr the finish...

**mikebai1990** · 08-30-2007, 04:55 PM

hvhonda, the polish should seem wet and hazy when you are working it in. I really can`t give you any advice, except to maybe try another polish? Or maybe the fact that you kept adding so much polish exacerbated the problem.. I`m not sure.

I`m surprised that the plastic part was that hot.. I`ve polished out a few cars on speed 6 with the PC, and it hasn`t gotten to the point where it`s so hot that I can`t touch it.

**stiffdogg06** · 08-30-2007, 05:04 PM

If the humidity is high in your area, it usually will dry out the polish a little quicker. So be careful from dry buffing.

**hvhonda** · 08-30-2007, 05:08 PM

Thanks for the advice, I`m going to try another polish tonight.

**AL-53** · 08-30-2007, 05:15 PM

Isn`t Meg #5 a glaze...new car glaze....its more of a pure polish and not a polish for correcting....just to let you know incase you were trying to correct paint....and its a bear to remove also....the #7 is better if you just want a glaze....not as bad to remove....

AL