SSR2.5 ...proper amount to use

[Beemerboy]

Thanks Steve I love the 2.5 for cutting I foind myself reaching for it most all the time.....I use a bit less on my pad but I cover half the hood then move over to the other side and repeat the process.....Thanks again

[z400]

Thanks for taking pictures! Good to know since I`m still a n00b at this.

I used 2.5 and it duested A LOT!!! My car is black, so that doesnt help things.

[lonewolf0420]

Did you buff it until the product was dry, or until it was clear?

[lonewolf0420]

so let me get this straight when your doing lets say half the hood or one door you work the area has a whole not one section of the door at a time or one section of the half of the hood at a time? You buff till the product is virtually clear? You did two doors with one one ring of product on the pad? That doesn`t seem like enough. Then again what do I know My SSR arrives today and my pads arrive tomorrow.

[rfinkle2]

In general, I find that If I use a product for long enough, it will dust. I have SSR1, and SSR2, and yes, under a 1000 watts of halogen light, on a dark car, i get "dust".

Sometimes, the polish is dusting , and have noticed that even the pads @ the edges let off very small pieces of "dust". Of course, I find that the hotter the surface, the more the dust, and the darker the car , the more I see it.
As long as the swirls were lessening, I dealt with the dust.

[Poorboy]

so let me get this straight when your doing lets say half the hood or one door you work the area has a whole not one section of the door at a time or one section of the half of the hood at a time?

Yes, you work the whole area that you covered, going over it as many times as needed to work the product thoroughly.

You buff till the product is virtually clear? You did two doors with one one ring of product on the pad?

Basically, spread it as far as it`ll go until you can barely see it on the surface.
Then turn up the PC to 5-5.5 and buff until it disappears.

That doesn`t seem like enough. Then again what do I know My SSR arrives today and my pads arrive tomorrow.

there`s a learning curve to any product, and if you want to get the results that are possible, then you will have to practice a bit.

[lonewolf0420]

So you ran the PC at speed 5, what about when I follow-up with a coat of SSR1? should I use the same speed setting?

[Poorboy]

So you ran the PC at speed 5, what about when I follow-up with a coat of SSR1? should I use the same speed setting?

yes, all polishes need to worked at a good speed to get their full effectiveness.

[97FLAIRSIDE]

Steve, i feel like such a noob asking this question. When you say thats the amount you used for all those different panels was that the total amount in that one pic that did basically the whole car? or everytime you applied that`s how much you used?

[Poorboy]

Steve, i feel like such a noob asking this question. When you say thats the amount you used for all those different panels was that the total amount in that one pic that did basically the whole car? or everytime you applied that`s how much you used?

No problem, that was each time I applied product to the pad

[Brenton]

Steve, the dusting you show in the pics is moderate compared with a lot of commercial cut polishes, and similar to other compounds I`ve used. I tape off big jobs since I`m using a rotary, so I also put some damp clothes over the place where dust is most annoying--the water collection area where the windeshild wipers are.

I just ordered my first SSR2.5&1, will come in the next week or so. I`m using a DeWalt rotary. I typically apply cut polish or compounds at 1000rpm, and ramp up 400rpm each pass until about 2200rpm. I rarely go to 2600 or 3000 rpm unless it is a large flat panel and heavy oxidization. If the pad has lots of product I sometimes spritz water for another pass.

Is this a good way of doing things for your product? I`m going to hit my 2001 GMC Jimmy, metallic blue, with webbing and a couple of imperfections.

[rollman]

Patrick after the first panel I couldn`t find any dust to photograph either,
but I was trying to figure out where some people were getting all this dust from :ermm: ...I worked the SSR2.5 in the sun on a 80+ degree day and only found a little kick off even after working it when it looked like there was no product even left to polish with.
I also tried using too much product and that is where I found more kick off but no dust. I`m thinking that anyone who is getting dust is getting a build-up on their pads, since my pad showed virtually no sign of SSR2.5 left when I had finished each pass.
The mystery continues :detective
More testing to come

Like Patrick I get no dusting but I do clean my pads after doing a few panels . I use the Foam Pad Brush Dwayne sells ,it works great at getting all the build up off your foam pads, works with both the PC and rotary . This may help some of you out.

[Brenton]

So I finally tried the 2.5. Not bad cutting power, and I only got moderate dusting.
For the first time, though, I got swirl marks--halos or holograms from the buffing pad. I followed with a lighter pad and then a lighter pad and lighter polish and then AIO. They were mostly gone but evident here and there.
I`ve never gotten this with other cut polishes and compounds. I used a DW849+yellow edge pad and worked the product till gone.
The only thing I did different was not use mists of water like Steve said (dry pad).
What did I miss?

[97FLAIRSIDE]

No problem, that was each time I applied product to the pad

phewwwww, makes me feel better knowing i don`t go overboard with the amount of pb`s i use.

[Patrick]

What was your follow up polish ?
I generally go with either SSR 2.0 or Optimum on dark colors, sometimes on light colors, I dont need to....