Interesting product pick up technique

AspenF150

AspenF150

rotary dude
Fartin around on youtube I ran across this. The video is a comparison thing, I'm just curious about the technique the guy uses to pick up the product. I know it's a personal preference thing, just curious though. Anyone here do it this way?



Fast Forward to about 1:20 and you'll see what I mean.







YouTube - Production vs Meguiars at L&G Detail
 
Wow, that ranks up there with the Expert Village guys. The funniest part is the DHL guy pointing out the fact that the ColorX side looked better. Then you hear it get real quiet as the video guy tells him that he's supposed to say the left side looks better.



Hilarious!
 
The guys pretty annoying. I checkout out some of his other videos and he just pushes his line waaay too hard. "worlds finest". I mean the products he was comparing didnt even make sense. He tried comparing his polish spray to Simple Greens STAINLESS STEEL cleaner....on the paint....:lol... I mean come on. Than he takes his products to a carwash where the employees wash the car with...their hands???



Sorry this had nothing to do with your post
 
Apples to Apples? What? Looked like apples to oranges to me.



The ColorX worked better.:lol



As far as the pickup technique, I find you use to much polish with that technique. It does good for not slinging polish when you get the hang of it, but my pads gum up quicker and I have to change them more often when I use that method.
 
I think a lot of guys on here pick up product by putting beads on the surface, then picking it up with the pad. He uses a lot of product in that video. I actually find the opposite of sixty7mustang22; when I put the product on the pad directly I tend to bog them down more quickly. I change the way I pick products up based on the product. For example, with M105 I put a bead on the paint, same with most of the heavy compounds. For finishing stuff I usually put it right on the pad since it's usually of a thinner consistency.



One thing I am curious about; on all these youtube videos of THE MASTER and crap, I see people whipping the rotary around like no ones business. Am I the only one that moves it more slowly?
 
notice he used colorx with a rotary which is not it's intended use. i don't think he reads the instructions on the bottle before he does his side by side tests...
 
I agree the ColorX did a better job. Just never seen anyone pick up product like that.



Back when I had my Makita, I would put a small thin bead on the paint and pick it up that way. Of all methods, I prefered this and learned it quickly.



Picus - your not alone man, I move the rotary at a nice steady even pace when I'm compouding(I try to avoid it), slow my pace down slighty more when I'm doing the final polish. Just depends how fast the rotary is spinning. Pad/product etc...



I think alot of people are afraid there going to burn the paint or just want to go fast and get the job done. Or they feel if they move the rotary faster, they acheive better control of the buffer. IMO, your not going to burn the paint as long you keep the rotary speed within reason and yourself moving at a steady pace.
 
AspenF150 said:
I agree the ColorX did a better job. Just never seen anyone pick up product like that.



Back when I had my Makita, I would put a small thin bead on the paint and pick it up that way. Of all methods, I prefered this and learned it quickly.



Picus - your not alone man, I move the rotary at a nice steady even pace when I'm compouding(I try to avoid it), slow my pace down slighty more when I'm doing the final polish. Just depends how fast the rotary is spinning. Pad/product etc...



I think alot of people are afraid there going to burn the paint or just want to go fast and get the job done. Or they feel if they move the rotary faster, they acheive better control of the buffer. IMO, your not going to burn the paint as long you keep the rotary speed within reason and yourself moving at a steady pace.
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Search you tube for wet sanding.Mike phillips does a great job of picking up a bead.
 
AspenF150 said:
I agree the ColorX did a better job. Just never seen anyone pick up product like that.



Back when I had my Makita, I would put a small thin bead on the paint and pick it up that way. Of all methods, I prefered this and learned it quickly.



Picus - your not alone man, I move the rotary at a nice steady even pace when I'm compouding(I try to avoid it), slow my pace down slighty more when I'm doing the final polish. Just depends how fast the rotary is spinning. Pad/product etc...



I think alot of people are afraid there going to burn the paint or just want to go fast and get the job done. Or they feel if they move the rotary faster, they acheive better control of the buffer. IMO, your not going to burn the paint as long you keep the rotary speed within reason and yourself moving at a steady pace.
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That's what I do with M105 and other heavy compounds. One small bead, pick it up, off you go.



:xyxthumbs
 
I did not consider the place of business to be very professional looking. The guy buffed his product 3 times as long. The better shine was on the Meg's side, and that was not how it's supposed to be used. Poor comparison to me!
 
The guy kept boasting about Production work, like wtf? THe guy worked in a dump and his company car was oxidized lol
 
Picus said:
One thing I am curious about; on all these youtube videos of THE MASTER and crap, I see people whipping the rotary around like no ones business. Am I the only one that moves it more slowly?
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I'm a big fan of slow. I use lower rpm but move the buffer slower as well. I think it gives more control of the process.



That video has got to be a joke.
 
ColorX is awesome on very badly oxidized surfaces. Probably some of the best chemical cleaning agents in the biz, he should have picked something else instead!
 
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