Wetsanding vs. Rotary vs. PC, what removes more paint? (The answer may shock you)

Picus' picture of the PC haze is what I have seen the PC do before, and it was me who did it, and just like bigpoppa said, it was with an aggressive compound (OHC). In my case I think it was a badly loaded pad that did it. Nothing 106FF couldn't handle though. Todd's findings make sense to me though, very interesting stuff. I think next year I'll have to invest in a gauge.
 
SpecC said:
haha noobs!



no jk.



this is a shocking conclusion indeed... although this means that PCs should have more power to level swirls so i am confused once again



sorry i did not read all 7 pages to the thread. I just read post #1 and decided to post this after seeing the post i quoted too :sadpace:
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It's not that the PC has greater ability to remove swirls, it's that the PC will require more paint removal to level a swirl. As you correct your paint using a PC, the original swirls will get a little deeper before you level your paint.
 
phamkl said:
It's not that the PC has greater ability to remove swirls, it's that the PC will require more paint removal to level a swirl. As you correct your paint using a PC, the original swirls will get a little deeper before you level your paint.
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thank you for the clarification. BTW, i have converted a friend to rotary polishing now :goodjob
 
Bigpoppa3346- Yeah, you and I are just using "hologram" is slightly different ways. I know just what you're referring to and that's different from what I was thinking of.
 
This is certainly a most informative thread. But somehow, I'm thinking a lot of people are taking this information offered to come to the conclusion that a pc takes off more paint than a rotary. Does anyone believe that a "normal" two-step with a pc vs a "normal" two-step with a rotary takes off more material in the process? I don't.
 
Jeff Laughhunn said:
This is certainly a most informative thread. But somehow, I'm thinking a lot of people are taking this information offered to come to the conclusion that a pc takes off more paint than a rotary. Does anyone believe that a "normal" two-step with a pc vs a "normal" two-step with a rotary takes off more material in the process? I don't.
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And you are correct. A rotary will remove more paint step for step.



Of course it generally takes 2-3 steps to remove defects from the paint using a rotary vs. as many as 8-10 with a PC, in which case you would remove more paint to remove the same depth as defects.
 
Thanks so much for clarifying. I gleaned that from your test, myself. HOWEVER, with this being the World-Wide-Web that we're attached to, this thread has taken a life of it's own elsewhere. I ran across several instances where people on various forums were indeed postulating that the circular polisher was declared "less harmful" than the random orbit. And they were pointing at this thread as proof. I thought it important that this thread here on Autopia isn't used to perpetuate that thought, and the fact that *you* responded as you did, should squelch that mis-interpretation.

Thanks again
 
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