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I posted a few days ago about my experience with using the Makita for the first time. I've done another car(black G35) and have more questions.



1. I was better with the slinging this time but my pads were dusting like crazy. I was spurring the pads but they still really dusted a lot.



2. Infinit's paint is supposed to be pretty soft but I couldn't get some swirls and scratches out. I tried SIP on an Orange pad at 1000-1300 rpm. I then tried 105 with a PFW but that still wouldn't get them out. My PFW would gum up after 1 panel. I would spur but then it would dust really bad. I'm also having a problem with purple wool flying everywhere. I used 105 at the same 1000-1300rpm. I then just ended up doing the whole car with SIP and orange pad followed by 106ff on a white pad. The car looked really good but there was some swirls and scratches left. Any suggestions?



3. When you guys spur your pads how do you do it with out getting dust all over the place. I have a cramped working space so I can't get too far away from the car.



Thanks for the help.
 
for some reason I get that effect too with rotary



usually its rotary with orange pad that gives less than desired results. I can do a section with rotary/orange/83 and another with PC/orange/83 and SOMETIMES the PC will leave better looking results with a better look, no holograms, and more defects removed...weird I know, I dont fight it, I just roll with it...
 
Not quite sure about the gumming up, but have you tried increasing the speed on the rotary while doing correction? I generally find myself around 1300rpm and above for correction. For SIP on soft paints like Infiniti I set my machine around 1300 to start with and usually end up polishing around 1500-1600rpm with an orange pad.



Keep in mind sometimes some defects are too deep to remove. Perhaps Todd can chime in as he strives for perfect paint and I'm sure he comes across the deeper defects which is what you may be dealing with.



edit: regarding the gumming, how is the humidity and temperature? SIP gives me a lot of problems when the temps and humidity levels aren't right.
 
I probably just need to up the rpm's I was just nervous since I'm a beginner with the rotary. It was around 90 degrees with little humidity whe I was using SIP
 
Yup, bring the rpms up to 1500. Spur often (with the duospur if you're using the PFW, use an old toothbrush for the foam). It also sounds like you may be using too much product. If you're sure that's not the case, then you may try spraying your foam/wool with a little bit of QD. Make sure you spread at a very low rpms so you don't get any sling. You can also try mixing some 106ff with the SIP, but as I've stated in other threads....I believe this is merely covering the real problem because I can use SIP in Florida humidity without dusting.
 
When I used the PFW i put 3 dime sized amounts of polish on the pad. I did not spray water or qd on the pad. Maybe I'll try that. How do you not get dust everywhere when you spur the pad.
 
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