FPII's problem

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In the past, I had used Optimum polish and compound for half a year. As a lot of the people aware that Optimum's polish has a very long work time. Today I tried the FPII on LC white pad with rotary buffer that set at 1,000 rpm. Result is great until when I parked the car under the sun for final inspection. Very very light hologram.



Questions: Can FPII be work with rotary buffer? If yes, what is your speed range and what pad did you use? How many passes?



I made between 4 - 6 passes or until it dried out.



Again, the hologram is very light.
 
It is meant for work with a rotary it says on the bottle at what speeds, I beleive its like 1200-1400 RPM...That is very odd that you would get holograms from it...maybe you had something on your pad... :nixweiss



-Justin
 
I forgot to add.



I did a quick check under the sun. Again a quick check....it looked fine. And then, I used AIO on LC white pad with PC that set at 5. About 4 passes each panel. (I never used AIO with any machine though.)



Could that be AIO with PC?
 
FPII with a finishing pad and light to no pressure should yield perfect results. You can see the polish break down on darker surfaces.
 
Its best results are meant via rotary. Either do not buff so long that it dries out or make a final "wet" pass with it. If the marring you are working with is real light it does rather well just by PC or Cyclo. It's the polish I use most. It does great with the Cyclo and white LC polishing pads. The marring is removed upon an IPA:water wipe down and inspection under halogens.



As for AIO, when I need to do an entire panel, I always use it via PC and black LC finish pads. This also does great.
 
SpoiledMan said:
FPII with a finishing pad and light to no pressure should yield perfect results. You can see the polish break down on darker surfaces.
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Mine is polishing pad, LC white color.



So is the FPII should work on finishing pad?
 
1500 rpm

Finishing Pad

2-3 slow passes (overlapping)





Never had a problem unless the vehicle is extra curvy.
 
4830Deuce said:
It is meant for work with a rotary it says on the bottle at what speeds, I beleive its like 1200-1400 RPM...That is very odd that you would get holograms from it...maybe you had something on your pad... :nixweiss



-Justin
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I didn't read the label and you are right. The FP is design round rotary buffer. That even make me more confuse with my hologram. Well, I just wash all the pads and getting ready to try again.



Most of the very light hologram were on the front hood where I started. I misted the pad with PB Spray&Gloss first. At that time, I made about 10 passes

and FPII started dried out. Encounter sling problem on the windshield. Could that be the cause?



Plus, I applied AIO on LC white pad with rotary buffer on the front hood. Misted with Meg QD to prime the pad first. It did made AIO hard to remove. So, the rest of the panels were used by PC.



The rest of the panels are very very very light hologram from certain angle.



The qd really made the pad slippery though from the begining.



Do you guys think using QD to prime the pad may cause the light hologram on the hood?
 
"Priming" the pad will make the product break down slower and increase the chance of the product causing marring. The priming doesn't sound like your problem as much as buffing too long. Give a shot like Sean said with 3 overlapping passes. You will see the polish turn kind of "clear" and you should stop shortly after that.
 
I had a holograming problem for the first time the last time I used FP. After scratching my head and cussing I went over it again and stopped before the FP got "dried out". I wiped while still damp and there were no holograms. I must have run the rotary too long.
 
kempie said:
I had a holograming problem for the first time the last time I used FP. After scratching my head and cussing I went over it again and stopped before the FP got "dried out". I wiped while still damp and there were no holograms. I must have run the rotary too long.
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when it dried u created more heat leading to swirls..........

i will be right back on this subject as im going to make a small post on this................
 
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