Decided to jump right in after watching videos and buffing a few junk panals as test subjects with the wolfgang/LC euro curved pads and the optimum line . . . .
Did a blue Minicooper and used my new Hitachi Rotary with Optimum Compound and Optimum Polish - cars so dam small and I had only one line of pads so I ended up using teh PC on most of the finish, but hit the hood and rear bumper with the roatry.
Hood = Flawless :cooleek:
Bumper = Burned the S&^% out of the paint. :soscared: :help:
Now, after soiling my pants, and taking a closer look at the bumper, I noticed fish eyes and trapped dirt in the paint, and an overall different texture to the paint on the bumper vs. the rest of the car. :nervous2:
I found it odd that the same motion, speed setting and product combo, even though its a rotary, ate the paint up so badly. I switched to a cutting pad and the Hyper Compound to try and improve the effected area after the paint cooled, and though it did make some improvement, it was still badly marred and chewed up down to the base coat. :grrr
Seems that the guy I do this for buys these vehicles from auctions, and the bumper was redone by some crap bodyshop that didnt do the job correctly . . . :doh
Thankfully, the bumper will get redone, as the contact that sold my customer the car has had problems with work from this particular shop, and I wont halft to pay a dime. :bow
Hopefully my first and last burning incident with a rotary. . . . :nomore:
though you would all get a kick . . .
Did a blue Minicooper and used my new Hitachi Rotary with Optimum Compound and Optimum Polish - cars so dam small and I had only one line of pads so I ended up using teh PC on most of the finish, but hit the hood and rear bumper with the roatry.
Hood = Flawless :cooleek:
Bumper = Burned the S&^% out of the paint. :soscared: :help:
Now, after soiling my pants, and taking a closer look at the bumper, I noticed fish eyes and trapped dirt in the paint, and an overall different texture to the paint on the bumper vs. the rest of the car. :nervous2:
I found it odd that the same motion, speed setting and product combo, even though its a rotary, ate the paint up so badly. I switched to a cutting pad and the Hyper Compound to try and improve the effected area after the paint cooled, and though it did make some improvement, it was still badly marred and chewed up down to the base coat. :grrr
Seems that the guy I do this for buys these vehicles from auctions, and the bumper was redone by some crap bodyshop that didnt do the job correctly . . . :doh
Thankfully, the bumper will get redone, as the contact that sold my customer the car has had problems with work from this particular shop, and I wont halft to pay a dime. :bow
Hopefully my first and last burning incident with a rotary. . . . :nomore:
though you would all get a kick . . .
