Ryan, aka William H. Bonney was gracious enough to lend me his PC 7428 rotary to use during the winter months as his winters are severe enough to pretty much end detailing for him until spring. I hadn't used a rotary since I took a paint and body class in high school, so I went by a body shop a good friend of mine owns and picked up a fender to practice on. Even with the rotary on 4.5 (should be 2400 rpm) using Optimum Compound and a burgandy Meguiars cutting pad and some pressure, I was unable to burn paint, even on the edge. Using a polishing pad and Optimum Polish, I was able to finish it out hologram free too. So far, so good!
First one I used the rotary on was a 2006 Ford F250 that was in pretty decent shape. I used Optimum Polish with a Meguiars polishing pad @ 1400 rpm and finished with a few passes @1000 rpm. I didn't get any sun shots, mostly because I started on the truck at 1 PM and only had 4 hours to finish it. I quickly found the rotary takes more concentration to use than a Cyclo, PC or UDM and the first real use on an entire vehicle was taking a bit longer than expected. Plus, I didn't have a whole lot of shots left on the roll of film in the camera. Anyway, after polshing it out I waxed it with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose.
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2006 BMW 650i. The owner bought this car from the original owner in Florida. It had about 13,000 miles on it. Typical light swirls as exceptec for the age of the car. Optimum Compound using an orange Soft Edge one step pad @1800, Optimum Polish using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad @1400, same using the UDM, Carnauba Moose to seal. I ended up having to finish the car with the UDM, for some reason, I just could not get the driver's door and rear fender to finish out hologram free like the rest of the car...then I found trace evidence of overpsray at the bottom of the rear bumper and a 1/8th inch wide strip on the driver's door trim that I had overlooked. Aha! The driver's door and rear fender had been refinished. After using the UDM on both those sections, I used it on the front fender on that side and notice a small increase in clarity, so I ended up doing the whole car with the UDM.
These full car shots are polished only, it was way past dark by the time I waxed it.
First one I used the rotary on was a 2006 Ford F250 that was in pretty decent shape. I used Optimum Polish with a Meguiars polishing pad @ 1400 rpm and finished with a few passes @1000 rpm. I didn't get any sun shots, mostly because I started on the truck at 1 PM and only had 4 hours to finish it. I quickly found the rotary takes more concentration to use than a Cyclo, PC or UDM and the first real use on an entire vehicle was taking a bit longer than expected. Plus, I didn't have a whole lot of shots left on the roll of film in the camera. Anyway, after polshing it out I waxed it with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose.
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2006 BMW 650i. The owner bought this car from the original owner in Florida. It had about 13,000 miles on it. Typical light swirls as exceptec for the age of the car. Optimum Compound using an orange Soft Edge one step pad @1800, Optimum Polish using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad @1400, same using the UDM, Carnauba Moose to seal. I ended up having to finish the car with the UDM, for some reason, I just could not get the driver's door and rear fender to finish out hologram free like the rest of the car...then I found trace evidence of overpsray at the bottom of the rear bumper and a 1/8th inch wide strip on the driver's door trim that I had overlooked. Aha! The driver's door and rear fender had been refinished. After using the UDM on both those sections, I used it on the front fender on that side and notice a small increase in clarity, so I ended up doing the whole car with the UDM.
These full car shots are polished only, it was way past dark by the time I waxed it.
