Hey Cyclo users, have problems with 80-series?

[Aurora40]

Thanks Accum. The fact that it was doing it with #80 was really weird. It's such a wet product. I'll give the Cyclo brand pads a try tonight and see how that goes. The orange pads have more bite to them, though.

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Accumulator

You folks who don't like the Cyclo, well, as Mike said, YMMV.

To each their own and a lot of it is probably familiarity with the thing.

I think Accumulator sums it up pretty well. Previous experience and familiarity with the tools you use the most, and in some cases learned first with will account for a lot of a person's personal preference.

I started out at the age of 18 using a rotary first, then started using air powered D.A.'s in the late 80's and early 90's, and then in the 90's switched from the air powered D.A.'s to the Meguiar's G100 dual action polisher.

I was always curious about the Cyclo Polisher because of the way it's action was described and cool way it looks. Old habits can be hard to change, but based on my previous years of experience with the first two tools, for me personally, I just couldn't find a time or place I would choose it over the other two options.

Kind of the same thing I found when using the Makita BO6040 dual function polisher that offers both the direct drive rotary buffer option and with the flip of a switch the oscillating action of a dual action polisher.

While unique and interesting, I found the rotary speed to slow to be easy to control unlike a real rotary buffer and the oscillating action of the oscillating option to be much stronger than the action of the G100 dual action polisher but so much so that a person could easily haze a finish with it.

All that said, it's always a great idea to experiment with all the tools you can to see which tools work best for you and your particular applications...

There is no right or wrong tool when it comes to personal preference. If you get the results you're looking for, then that's what's it's all about.

I always have detail jobs on the horizon, I will give this tool some more time to try to get a better feel for it.

[Bill D]

Accumulator and and I are sort of "charter members in the Cyclo and foam gun cult" . Both are indispensible tools to us. The Cyclo truly is the bridge between a PC and a rotary on hard clear like that of our Audis when we just don't want to get as aggressive as a rotary. I have yet to put a rotary polisher to my car thanks these two remarkable detailing tools

[Tim Lingor]

Hey Guys,

Let's get back to Aurora's original question and not debate functionality or merits of the Cyclo.

Hey Aurora,

Please try the clean, fresh pads. REALLY shake the bottle of #80 especially during the warmer weather. Finally, sometimes if it is really humid or the air temperature is hot, when using the rotary, I may give a light mist to the paint's surface with #34 Final Inspection. This will add a bit of product sling, but it will also give more buff time. Again, I do not have a Cyclo but use the rotary 90% of the time. But a mist of #34 may help you with the Cyclo as well.

Give those ideas a try!!


Tim

[Aurora40]

Well, I had mild success tonight with the orange pads and #83. I used some fresh pads, and tried using a fair bit less polish. I also spritzed the pads with distilled water. I'll try #34 next time. The product mostly buffed off.

I did the other half of the hood, and I'm happy for now. The whole hood is a bit better. I went over the whole hood with the PC, a yellow Meg's pad, and #80. By PC, the #80 buffed off quite easily.

The hood looks much better now. I think I will just go quickly around the car tomorrow night with the PC and #80, then wax it with Klasse AIO via mf app to ensure no polish product is left anywhere. Then I guess I'll Souveran it, or possibly hand glaze then Souveran it.

I'll have to work with the Cyclo more I guess. I've used it a few times as a spot tool to great success.

When are those 4" Megs pads coming out?

[Mark2]

Aurora40: Are you using the orange Lake Country pads?
I've tried the Cyclo with orange LC pads and Megs#80 and i think the combination worked really well, got read of the imperfections and all. I had no problems removing it, although i applied some pressure on it to get some heat(removed a few scratches more effectively this way)

[Aurora40]

Yes, they are Lake Country pads, the variable contact kind. That's interesting you used #80 with the orange pads. I used the white polishing pads for #80.

How much product did you use, and how long did you work it? Also, what were the temps like when you were doing it? Thanks!

[Mark2]

Aurora40: I don't understand, what are the variable contacts? I just use the 4" spot buffing pads.

Difficult to say how much product i used, i started off with enough to cover the pads, using my finger to spread it out on the pad.
On the next section i just added a pea sized dab, maybe a little more.

I worked it in until it almost got dry or clear. Took maybe 3-4 min per section.
Tried some 3M PI-III last weekend and it broke down much faster.

The temperature in the garage was maybe something like 70 F.

I'm not sure what the temp on the paint was when i added some pressure to remove the scratches, but it wasn't hot, just warm. And that+ the pressure did the job, it was just an experiment, but it worked out ok for me.


Good luck