Limitations of the G110?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

Maybe someone can recommend to me the speeds with which to use 105, 205,

Speed setting 5.0
You need power to remove paint, i.e. you need power to remove swirls.

#7, and NXT? I use the 7'' SoftBuff 2.0 pads btw.

3.0 to 4.0 Speed Setting.

You don't need power when you're just trying to spread a product out over the surface and work it in.

[xantonin]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

I wonder what would happen if you used #7 with a finishing pad on speed 5.... I doubt it would mar the paint......

I'm totally trying that once I buy my G110.

[cardriver]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

Thanks for the advice! Makes sense...
"Don't need power when one is just trying to spread LSPs or near-LSPs, but one does need power when removing the paint (correction work) when removing swirls."

Can't wait to try out the 105 and 205 on speed 5 .

[fzr confused]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

It is the wrong tool for trying to remove sanding marks out of an entire car, for example you have your car painted, now you want to sand down the entire car to remove the orange peel. Contemplating using a tool with a clutch to remove enough paint quickly and effectively enough is the wrong tool for the job. A rotary buffer, direct drive rotating tool is the correct tool for this kind of work.

Hope this helps a little to answer your question.

while it isnt the best tool for the job, could it still be used effectively to do this? yes i am aware it would take a LOT longer, but would it be able to get it done? i am painting the hood of my truck and would like to sand it down when im done and try to get the marks out but all i have is my PC DA

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

I wonder what would happen if you used #7 with a finishing pad on speed 5.... I doubt it would mar the paint......

I'm totally trying that once I buy my G110.

IF you're using a finishing pad there shouldn't be any marring at all but once you heat of the #7 there might be some gumming up issues.

There's actually no good reason to apply a pure polish like #7 at high speeds except personal preference or experimenting.

while it isnt the best tool for the job, could it still be used effectively to do this? yes i am aware it would take a LOT longer, but would it be able to get it done? i am painting the hood of my truck and would like to sand it down when im done and try to get the marks out but all i have is my PC DA

Just to make sure everyone reading this understands what the above member is asking, he wants to know if he can use a DA polisher to remove sanding marks.

The answer is yes, but it's not very fast or effective. Please take a few minutes to read through this thread where we coached one of our forum members through this exact process,

New Paint on the Pony! - Color Sanding and Buffing follow-up

Here's all the threads he posted before the above thread as he gathered information on this project.


New here and here for my son
color sanding and all that good stuff by hand
is outside temp important when color sanding
a question about cleaning paint b4 wet sanding
color sanding and taping off edges
m105 and removing sanding marks

A lot of typing was invested into the above success story so it can be done although it would be faster to buy a cheapie rotary buffer from Harbor Freight and learn the hard way, that is learn on something that's important to you.


A few more on the topic of using a PC to remove sanding marks,

Can You Use the PC to Polish-out #2000 Grit Sanding Marks?
Cutting Pads with the PC - Is this a good idea?



If you want to remove the sanding marks using a PC then ;you might want to look into smaller pads. The smallest pad Meguiar's offers at this time is 6" in diameter. You'll get more aggressive abrading action if you keep the pad spinning and you can do this better with a smaller diameter pad.


Keep in mind, here at Meguiar's when we talk about removing the sanding marks we mean removing ALL the sanding marks completely.

Be careful what you read on other forums because it's pretty easy to sand paint and then buff it and make the surface shiny but if you look closely you can see zillions of sanding marks still in the paint.

Our criteria is 100%, not sure if that's what all the guys posting under nicknames on forums are talking about when they use a PC to remove sanding marks.

Also, read a story about a guy that did this when working on a single stage black paint job. There's a HUGE difference in working on what's usually the softest paint in the world as compared to a basecoat/clearcoat finish.

Keep us updated and you should really start your own dedicated thread on this topic.

[rgcurtis]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

I will tell you I did two daily drivers with my G110, M105 w/yellow pad, M205 w/yellow pad, and NXT 2.0 w/finishing pad. I was very pleased with the results. I did notice exactly what Mike P. was talking about, if you push down on the head it will stop the rotation. To make sure I could see the pad rotating a put a mark with permant marker on the back (saw this in another post). It really helped me see the action of the pad. I realized real quick that not all marks will come out. I was very pleased and really enjoy my G110.

[page2171]

Re: Limitations of the G110?

To make sure I could see the pad rotating a put a mark with permant marker on the back (saw this in another post). It really helped me see the action of the pad.

I did the same thing this weekend. The mark helped me a lot. It helped me realize that I was doing something wrong because I could see that the pad wasn't rotating. After analyzing what I was doing I realized my pad was saturated.