M105 drying on my pad

[swamper8]

I did a marathon buffing session over the weekend. I ran into the following problem:
After I was buffing for about 15 minutes, I noticed I was getting a lot of dry product in the pad. Like if I caught a dry spot on the car or ran the pad against some trim it would spray a fine particulate of dry compound over half the car. Here are some details:

Using a Makita rotary buffer
Meg's 7207 Burgandy cutting pad
M105 compound

It was like 80-85 degree's out, I was working in the shade and tried to cool the suface down prior to working on it. (Hosed down the car before hand to bring the surface temp down) The surface did heat up a little as I worked, for which I attributed my compound flaking up on the surface to. I remedied that by working a smaller area.

I'm wondering if one of these issues was the problem:
- too hot out, compound in pad drying up (was only spinning 1000-1500 RPM so I don't think I was building up too much heat myself)

- maybe not cleaning my pad often enough?

I do have some like pad-priming spray which I use when I switch to a new pad. In the case where I have dried product in the pad, is it ok to mist the pad with this or some other substance to re-moisturize the compound?

[swamper8]

Re: M105 drying on my pad

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[Tim Lingor]

Re: M105 drying on my pad

I did a marathon buffing session over the weekend. I ran into the following problem:
After I was buffing for about 15 minutes, I noticed I was getting a lot of dry product in the pad. Like if I caught a dry spot on the car or ran the pad against some trim it would spray a fine particulate of dry compound over half the car. Here are some details:

Using a Makita rotary buffer
Meg's 7207 Burgandy cutting pad
M105 compound

It was like 80-85 degree's out, I was working in the shade and tried to cool the suface down prior to working on it. (Hosed down the car before hand to bring the surface temp down) The surface did heat up a little as I worked, for which I attributed my compound flaking up on the surface to. I remedied that by working a smaller area.

I'm wondering if one of these issues was the problem:
- too hot out, compound in pad drying up (was only spinning 1000-1500 RPM so I don't think I was building up too much heat myself)

- maybe not cleaning my pad often enough?

I do have some like pad-priming spray which I use when I switch to a new pad. In the case where I have dried product in the pad, is it ok to mist the pad with this or some other substance to re-moisturize the compound?

Morning,

From your description there may be a couple of things going on here.

Firstly, when working a compound in hotter temperatures, try and work the product over a smaller area of 18"x18" or so.

Secondly, it sounds like you are using too much product and/or are not cleaning the pads enough. I tend to clean the pad with a nylon brush after every panel as there will be build up of product on the pad. Place your rotary against the inside of your leg with the pad facing up. Using a slower speed, turn the rotary on and use a nylon brush against the pads surface as it is spinning. This will eliminate a lot of the excess product. However, after ~ 1/2 of a car, I switch to a clean pad.

Give that a try and I am sure it will help greatly!!

Tim

[geert dr]

Re: M105 drying on my pad

Keep the area you are polishing small.
Don't use to much product.
Mist the pad (with water or Quick Detailer-Last Touch) before applying M105.
Clean the pad ( on the fly) after each panel.
If M105 starts dusting during polishing mist some more QD-LT? this prolongs the workingtime of it !

[swamper8]

Re: M105 drying on my pad

Great, thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.

[Details]

Re: M105 drying on my pad

Tim Lingor said it perfectly