All about pressure

[Chex]

Hi again:

I saw the guide of removing swirls with the G100 and it mentioned different types of pressure to be applied in order to remove certain defects (from 5 to 20 pounds of pressure).

The rotary buffer also needs some pressure, but it's mostly stated as light or medium.

If we have a range from 5 to 20 pounds of pressure, what ranges could be considered as light pressure and which ones as medium pressure?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: All about pressure

Just a little more pressure than the weight of the machine is light pressure.

Push a little harder down on the head of the rotary buffer and that's medium pressure.

Push with a little more pressure and that's heavy pressure.

It's kind of hard to type how to gage this... sorry... for what it's worth, in most cases you can remove most defects by using medium pressure with a rotary buffer while letting the combination of pad, chemical, rotating action and time do the work for your. Anytime you use heavy pressure you're going to heat up the surface and risk making a mistake.

For paint this is very important, for a mold or a gel coat boat you have a thick working film-build or surface to work on so you can use more pressure safely. So take into account what you're working on and what you're trying to accomplish.

Hope this helps...