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Chuckmotor

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I was reading an old post about the PC, and I have a question. Do you guys buff with the terry cloth pads or do you do it by hand?
 
Depends what you mean by "buffing". I don't use terry pads for much of anything, far to rough on paint IMO.
 
I had no success buffing out with a terry bonnet on the PC. However a MF bonnet (Meguiar's makes one - same cloth as "Ultimate Wipe" - called Ultimate Bonnet. It stretches over a clean foam pad attached to your PC.



when I apply Gold Class Liquid, I buff it out with this - works great, saves wear and tear on the body and goes real quick.
 
okay, i have a really really newbie question (bear with me please :D)i bought a pc and started to use it on my car with 3m perfect it. i realized after buffing for a while that the perfectit wasn't breaking down into a finer solution as i'd expected it to.



i inspected the pc and realized that it doesn't really have a motor to rotate the head (i know it's orbital, not rotary). but i figured it did both. while it's running i can use my hand to stop the rotation of the pad altogether. is that the way it's supposed to be? my only previous experience (long ago) was with a pneumatic rotary buffer which, obviously, has tons of cutting power. is my pc broken or was i just mistaken in thinking that it had a motorized rotation in addition to the orbit?



thanks,

jeff
 
Jeff- Your PC is not broken, mine does the same. The orbital turns the pad in 2 overlapping ovals. This is why it takes longer to use a polish with one of these. The PC has more power than an orbital you would buy at Wal Mart. Just keep letting the buffer do it's work, after a while, the polish will break down.



I had the same experience with mine using 3M Perfect-It 3, it just takes more time than you would expect.
 
great, thanks for the info xtreme. i was trying to figureout if i should return the polisher or not. LOL.
 
This topic may have been posted but I did not find it on search.

What is the best price for a typical bottle of lubricant? Seems these products just keep getting costlier by the month.
Believe it or not, I've experimented with diluted solutions of liquid fabric softeners with good lubricating results and no damage to the paint except they tend to shorten the lifespan of the clay bars...
Your thoughts?
 
eaglerider94 said:
This topic may have been posted but I did not find it on search.

What is the best price for a typical bottle of lubricant? Seems these products just keep getting costlier by the month.
Believe it or not, I've experimented with diluted solutions of liquid fabric softeners with good lubricating results and no damage to the paint except they tend to shorten the lifespan of the clay bars...
Your thoughts?
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If you use ONR as a clay lubricant, you'll be paying no more than pennies a bottle.
 
Leadfootluke said:
http://www.properautocare.com/nr2006c.html

$40 a gallon, and is used as a quick detailer/cleaner, car wash, rinseless wash, clay lube, etc.

For clay lubricant, it is 2 ounces of ONR per gallon, which works out to 64 gallons of clay lube for $40. That happens to be 63 cents a gallon, or 16 cents a quart.
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Thanks Leadfootluke, those are the kind of ratios which makes (cents) to me, intentional pun. :smile:
I'll add this product to my order.
 
I vote optimum no rinse, I use it for clay lube, washing the paint, wheels, interior and glass. You can also try and find a place that can ship bilt hamber clay and use water as your lube.
 
I have used rinse water (i.e. from the hose) as a lube before with good results. It depends on how you wash before you clay. :driving:
 
Like everyone has said ONR is great! I use it as a clay lube, QD, and I use it for waterless washes. I love this stuff because it is versitile.

Jon
 
I also like ONR as a clay lube. When you take into consideration all of the other applications that ONR has, it really is an economical product, that can handle many detailing tasks.
 
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