rotary sling.. need help

GregCavi

GregCavi

Pinnacle Detailing Owner
Hello everyone! IS there any way to avoid rotary sling? I have been getting some horrible sling and its a pain to clean up. any tips? Also should I invest in a shop apron? Thanks

Greg
 
yeah you should invest in a apron it really helps out keeping your works shirts cleaner, and it gives you somewhere to place your spurs,rags,bottles,etc.

Sling is caused by the rotary being at a high speed when you place it on your bead/line of polsih. You want to place your rotary on the product And slowly spread it to your desired area of work and then crank it up. That will help you with some of it. I don't think its possible to not have any sling at all.

To make clean up a little easier I tape everything off. And for the front fascia/windsheild i have a flat cardboard box that i place under the hoodline and up past the window. I have large towels that i place over the tires/wheels incase it slings to them. Spending 10 minutes doing this is better then spending 30 at the end cleaning it off.

Anyways Practice makes perfect so keep at it.
 
Apron's are so nice to have:
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here is mine from TOL. plus it has pockets in it for carrying around brushes,bottles ect.

For the slinging I put a quater sized drop of polish on the surface of the car,place pad ontop of it and turn on. saves a LOT of sling.
 
Did you set up in 10 oclock position? And did you lift the LEFT side of the pad like 1/4" up? I have been using this methhod for fews months already and yup no sling :D
 
i use an apron and i start off slow and than add speed after i feel the product is spread enough. sling is almost impossible not to get, the trick is to minimize. also the more you sling the more product gets wasted, the more money it costs.
 
i make sure to spread it real even and thin. then sling is minimal. either way i give the car a quick QEW after to help in removal of dust and sling.
 
For me, sling is a regular thing. Sometimes I can get
through without too much, but then a few minutes later,
it's flying all over the place like I was throwing it. Usually,
when I know I don't have time to re-wash, I'll tape up
the moldings, and apply cardboard or newspaper to the glass.
In a pinch when I don't have tape, I'll weight down the
paper with some of my products. This works ok indoors,
but for work outside when there's wind, then I try to use
something a little heavier. The key thing is to reduce the
amount of splatter that ends up on the harder to clean
areas. One other thing that seems to work pretty good, is
a coat of trim restore on the moldings before the polish
step. I find that it can help the removal process when splatter
does occurs.
 
Greg,


I found the above suggestions work, but the tip that worked best for me was to really take advantage of the slow start of the Makita. I work the product around a bit first, then pump the trigger enough so it takes 4-5 seconds to reach its speed.
 
I've been trying to watch the Megs video for the past month and have been unable to access it. It brings me to the review page and will not show the video. I'm on a Mac computer and just can't seem to get it to work. ANyone have any suggestions?

JJ
 
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