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wannafbody

wannafbody
I played around with this combo yesterday and it is a winner. It cuts but leaves a decent finish. Knocks down swirls fast. The HTEC has a decent amount of work time by PC at speed 6 and breaks down easily.
 
thanks for the review, ive been meaning to try htec but it seems so abrasive, IIRC it can remove scratches up to 600grit???



Im glad to hear it finishes out nicely on the pc, i will have to pick some up. Did it dust up on you much?



Jim
 
600 grit? maybe by rotary with a wool pad. It doesn't feel gritty like some 3m stuff but it is effective. Used with a PC and orange pad it leaves a slightly hazed finish. It would offer more cut with a yellow cutting pad.
 
Yea i definitely have to try that! I am lazy but i believe the description on the website says 600 grit, but im sure they are referring to rotary and wool.



Jim
 
HTEC and HT HC cut much more with the heat that the rotary produces. They are both water based and do not contain any solvents to soften the paint.
 
Heh heh IMO it'd take one really scary wool pad to remove 600 grit scratches with H-T EC. I *really* like the product, but it's milder than I was expecting it to be. As noted, it isn't nearly as gritty (or as aggressive) as some 3M products (e.g. PI-III Extra Cut 05936).
 
I love this stuff, used it today on a friends Tahoe. Dusted a little bit, but once I got the hang of how often to clean the pad it wasn't really an issue. Works a lot quicker then Optimum for me, seemed to melt into the paint pretty quickly.
 
2StepsAhead said:
I love this stuff, used it today on a friends Tahoe. Dusted a little bit, but once I got the hang of how often to clean the pad it wasn't really an issue. Works a lot quicker then Optimum for me, seemed to melt into the paint pretty quickly.
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i'd mix it with some OP to cut down on the dust. i have a 50/50 mix right now in my bottle.
 
I, OTOH, sometimes mix it with 1Z Ultra/Extra. That makes the dusting *worse* but gives a very long work time with less dilution of the cut.
 
by pc, i only use it with a yellow LC cutting pad....orange pad marrs too much from not breaking the products down enough IMO



but by rotary, used with a white LC pad, it took out about 90% of the marring in one pass, but I was getting gnarly hologramming...maybe from rotary inexperience, but I was just letting the machine do the work, no pressure, at speeds of 1200-1500...but that was on a dark green toyota tacoma
 
2StepsAhead said:
I love this stuff, used it today on a friends Tahoe. Dusted a little bit, but once I got the hang of how often to clean the pad it wasn't really an issue. Works a lot quicker then Optimum for me, seemed to melt into the paint pretty quickly.
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I've mixed HTEC with OHC 50/50 and it worked well.
 
kleraudio said:
wannafbody, was that w/ a PC or a rotary?



Thanks



Jim
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I've used OHC/HTEC mix with both machines. I think OHC works better by rotary because it conatains so much lubricating oils. I like HTEC by PC.
 
Picus said:
HTEC is good via rotary, it just requires some mixing...
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As I work more with the H-T EC/rotary, I find I'm using it straight more often without any of the flashing/drying/gumming problems that I'd had in the past. Kinda surprises me as it's not like I'm changing my technique :nixweiss Part of it might be that I'm working smaller areas (I'm chipping away at the endless correction of the M3) and I might have the same old issues if I tried doing larger areas.
 
Smaller areas and less working time help its workability a lot. I use it straight a lot too, because I can't be bothered to mix it on the panel.
 
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