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hvhonda

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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?
 
hvhonda said:
Regarding the PC - it was the plastic part that you hold that was getting so hot.
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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...



hvhonda said:
When it seems dry should I keep buffing or stop?
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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...
 
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.
 
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
 
Sorry for my guess on the product name.



It was something like Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Cleaner\Polish with a (cutting rating?) of 5 out of 10.
 
hvhonda said:
Sorry for my guess on the product name.



It was something like Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Cleaner\Polish with a (cutting rating?) of 5 out of 10.
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er.. We'd probably still need the number to figure out. If it was Meguiars #83, then that could have caused the problem...
 
Were you cleaning or changing pads often? If you have a limited number of pads don't let it cake on and into the pad. Take the pad off and if neccesary change to a fresh one or clean the old one.
 
Sounds like #83, although it has a cut of 6/10. Can you check the bottle...this will help us give you advice.
 
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