the rotary on black Jetta

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DSVWGLI

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I thought I would try the finishing pad on the hood of my black Jetta today with the Hitachi to see if I could finish it with out with out holograms or buffer trails. No problem :getdown . I did one pass with a polishing pad and OC first which left some trails. Then the finishing pad and FPII spread @ 600 finished @ 900 untill almost clear with passes at about 5" per second. Here are the results.



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Did the rest of the car, here is a pic with halogens. Finishing pad with FPII spread @ 600 work till almost clear @ 1100.



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what a beautiful reflection of the hitachi . . . artwork . . . nice job buddy . . . nice to see a black hood shine like that . . .



BTW - im diggin the classified ads on the winshield, i will be doing that from now on. not that i have a ton of rotary splatter, but as we all know, it just takes a few drips to sling off and go everywhere . . . and by everywhere i mean a 360 degree 30 foot radius from the center of the dam buffer. . . .it did add a nice texture to my dickies work pants however . .
 
fdizzle said:
what a beautiful reflection of the hitachi . . . artwork . . . nice job buddy . . . nice to see a black hood shine like that . . .



BTW - im diggin the classified ads on the winshield, i will be doing that from now on. not that i have a ton of rotary splatter, but as we all know, it just takes a few drips to sling off and go everywhere . . . and by everywhere i mean a 360 degree 30 foot radius from the center of the dam buffer. . . .it did add a nice texture to my dickies work pants however . .
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Thanks bro. Yeah the news paper works well, got that from a thread here on Autopia. I don't find I get a lot of splatter either if I use the right amount of product.
 
ouch . . . you pokin jabs at me - wanna start sumthin ? j/k



im pretty keyed in on the ammount of product I am applying, my biggest hurtle with the hitachi was the pads i chose, those curved edge lake country pads kick some serious ***, however i have never used curved pads so finding the right angle was not easy at first, so i got some splooge all over . . .



getting the hang of it now thou . .



ever try using your flat PC pads (6'') on the hitachi . . . i did . . . seemed to help with small areas . . . had to be careful cauz i used the same 6'' backin plate, still waitin to get a smaller one for my rotary . . .



many rotary fans apply a thin line of product to the paint and havw a method i was trying to pick up on how they pick up the product while on the paint and spread . . .do you apply to the pad or to the paint . . . (if pad . . . where do you apply your polish on the curved pad?)
 
Nice work. My advice to you is also to try the flat 6.5 pads (specifically the Green Propel IIs). Overall, they are superior is every way to the curved pad you are using, they're easier to use, finish down better, and last a heck of a long time (most of mine each have 50+ hours and aren't even close to worn out). And actually, the smaller flat 6.5" pads have a much greater contact area than the pad your using. Jetta paint is usually pretty hard, but if/when you do some really soft black paint, that big curved pad will prove difficult to finish down halogram free.



Also, watch out on black, cause there is a point where you cannot see the halograms under halogens yet they will be slightly visible under DIRECT sun...just something to watch out for.



DSVWGLI said:
I thought I would try the finishing pad on the hood of my black Jetta today with the Hitachi to see if I could finish it with out with out holograms or buffer trails. No problem :getdown . I did one pass with a polishing pad and OC first which left some trails. Then the finishing pad and FPII spread @ 600 finished @ 900 untill almost clear with passes at about 5" per second. Here are the results.



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RAG said:
Nice work. My advice to you is also to try the flat 6.5 pads (specifically the Green Propel IIs). Overall, they are superior is every way to the curved pad you are using, they're easier to use, finish down better, and last a heck of a long time (most of mine each have 50+ hours and aren't even close to worn out). And actually, the smaller flat 6.5" pads have a much greater contact area than the pad your using. Jetta paint is usually pretty hard, but if/when you do some really soft black paint, that big curved pad will prove difficult to finish down halogram free.
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Be careful with the constant pressure pads...I use them now and love them but they generat more heat the variable contact, and actually i find that they start to get worn in the center more quickly since there is a lack of dispersement of heat. I still use them but they do not last as long as my variable contact pads for some reason.
 
fdizzle said:
ouch . . . you pokin jabs at me - wanna start sumthin ? j/k



im pretty keyed in on the ammount of product I am applying, my biggest hurtle with the hitachi was the pads i chose, those curved edge lake country pads kick some serious ***, however i have never used curved pads so finding the right angle was not easy at first, so i got some splooge all over . . .



getting the hang of it now thou . .



ever try using your flat PC pads (6'') on the hitachi . . . i did . . . seemed to help with small areas . . . had to be careful cauz i used the same 6'' backin plate, still waitin to get a smaller one for my rotary . . .



many rotary fans apply a thin line of product to the paint and havw a method i was trying to pick up on how they pick up the product while on the paint and spread . . .do you apply to the pad or to the paint . . . (if pad . . . where do you apply your polish on the curved pad?)
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The LC CE pads are the only ones I have used because my backing plate is 7". I ordered the rotary starter kit from e-shine .com and thats the size that it came with, so using my smaller PC pads is out of the question. I apply the polish to the raised area on the pad as that it the first area of contact. I tried the outer edge but got alot of sling. I also tried the inner area but that required alot of pressure to get the polish on the paint, so right on the raised edge seems just right. I was just finishing my Jetta yesterday and noticed on the rear fender I was getting swirl marks from my finishing pad. Now up untill then all was perfect. After trying different thing I found out I had too much polish built up on my pad so I polished the area for a while with out adding any polish to the pad and it cleared thing up again. Using too much polish is not a good thing :o .
 
RAG said:
Nice work. My advice to you is also to try the flat 6.5 pads (specifically the Green Propel IIs). Overall, they are superior is every way to the curved pad you are using, they're easier to use, finish down better, and last a heck of a long time (most of mine each have 50+ hours and aren't even close to worn out). And actually, the smaller flat 6.5" pads have a much greater contact area than the pad your using. Jetta paint is usually pretty hard, but if/when you do some really soft black paint, that big curved pad will prove difficult to finish down halogram free.



Also, watch out on black, cause there is a point where you cannot see the halograms under halogens yet they will be slightly visible under DIRECT sun...just something to watch out for.
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Thanks. My Jetta's paint is the softest paint I've worked on, besides some ss paints I've done. If I gently rub my finger on it I get lots of marring and a finishing polish with a PC will take out almost everything. Now other VW's I've done have hard paint :nixweiss . With my PC I can't get a perfect finish because of the little curved marks it leaves upon close inspection, and thats using a finishing pad. The rotary on the other hand made it perfect. The polishing pad left some holograms and marks but the finishing pad took care of everything :woot2:. Out in direct sun it looks amazing, much better job than I could ever get with a PC and in less than half the time as well.
 
01bluecls said:
Be careful with the constant pressure pads...I use them now and love them but they generat more heat the variable contact, and actually i find that they start to get worn in the center more quickly since there is a lack of dispersement of heat. I still use them but they do not last as long as my variable contact pads for some reason.
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Thanks for the advice. What are the constant pressure pads like for tilting on edge when polishing say around door handles? I find the curved edge are awesome for this and work really well when used flat too. Should I try the constant pressure pads, do they do a better job?
 
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