Why not speed 6 ?

[speed3blackmica]

I know meguiars recommends speed 3-5 for paint correction on the g110, but why not speed 6 ? i know this might be a stupid question, but im curious...

whats really so bad about going from speed 5 and just moving up 1 bump to speed 6 ? i understand if its a precaution for someone who wants to buy a DA but doesnt have to much experience with it, and perhaps speed 6 could give too much cut ? im not really sure, hopefully somebody can answer this for me...the paint on my moms car is rather on the hard side and it requires speed 6 on the DA to get good cutting action..speed 5 will get the job done as well, even speed 4, but speed 6 just speeds things up so much better, and i have a good feel for the machine and at 6 its very managable and i am very comfortable with that speed..is it something to do with the machine wearing down faster ? the pads tearing ? input is appreciated...

oh and happy new year everyone !

[HCAD]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I think it's a marketing thing. It's not as attractive of a feature if you tell the customer to use "full speed". Sort of leaves you with no where to go.

[speed3blackmica]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

yeah i see what your saying..i just have no problem with speed 6..the g110v2 is really easy to hold at that speed...i think the faster you go the smoother it becomes lol...i just want to know if its an issue with the machine not lasting long because of it or the pads not being able to handle the speed ? which wouldnt make much sense to me since going from 5-6 isnt that big a difference, and people use the soft buff 2.0 pads with rotarys..so maybe its just a marketing thing ? hopefully someone from meguiars will see this thread soon and give me the facts =]

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I use speed 6 all the time. The downside of speed 6 is:

- reduced backing plate life
- reduced pad life
- greater chance damaging paint, especially with mini pads

My philosophy is to use speed 6 only when necessary to remove defects while compounding. For regular polishing, speed 5 is fine.

[speed3blackmica]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I use speed 6 all the time. The downside of speed 6 is:

- reduced backing plate life
- reduced pad life
- greater chance damaging paint, especially with mini pads

My philosophy is to use speed 6 only when necessary to remove defects while compounding. For regular polishing, speed 5 is fine.

i can see the point of reducing pad life, thats just normal..but reduced backing plate life ? how does this happen ? the backing plates are pretty darn sturdy how could they get damaged over time ?

[Lasthope05]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

Because the twisting and turning action of the DA puts stress on the pads and backing plates loop and velcro. The increased speed would be putting excessive strain on the two at higher speeds and pressures.

It happens.

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

Because the twisting and turning action of the DA puts stress on the pads and backing plates loop and velcro. The increased speed would be putting excessive strain on the two at higher speeds and pressures.

It happens.

Exactly - the velcro loops break and the pads wont stick any longer

[speed3blackmica]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

wow..ive never seen that before !

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

Yep, in fact I just had to retire a backing plate for this very reason. Pads won't stick to it anymore

[CharlesW]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

Yep, in fact I just had to retire a backing plate for this very reason. Pads won't stick to it anymore

Interesting information.
Had the same experience, but it wasn't destroyed like the one shown in Lasthope05's post.
The pads would not stay in place and I just figured the backing plate had worn out sooner than I would have expected.
I guess that was the case, but it was more my fault in the way I used it than any lack of quality in the backing plate.
Thanks for the explanation.

[ClearlyCoated]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I once used speed 6 but the force was so great it reversed the earth's rotation and caused time to go backwards, like in the first Superman movie. I was mad because I lost 8 hours of polishing and all my swirls came back.

But my neighbors were even angrier because I did this on a Friday evening and backed up time to Friday morning, so they all had to go back into work.

I wasn't invited to the block party this year...

[imacarnut]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

The reason for not running it on speed 6 is the machine gets hot and will transfer heat to the backing plate and can either break/snap it, and the foam pads will shred/tear up and the velcro will come undone. Not to say you can't use speed 6 with good results (at your own risk), but Megs doesn't recommend it for a few reasons in which are mentioned above.

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I once used speed 6 but the force was so great it reversed the earth's rotation and caused time to go backwards, like in the first Superman movie. I was mad because I lost 8 hours of polishing and all my swirls came back.

But my neighbors were even angrier because I did this on a Friday evening and backed up time to Friday morning, so they all had to go back into work.

I wasn't invited to the block party this year...

Hilarious!!

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

I once used speed 6 but the force was so great it reversed the earth's rotation and caused time to go backwards, like in the first Superman movie. I was mad because I lost 8 hours of polishing and all my swirls came back.

But my neighbors were even angrier because I did this on a Friday evening and backed up time to Friday morning, so they all had to go back into work.

I wasn't invited to the block party this year...

There is a lesson to be learned here. Do your details on Saturdays. Then it would always be the weekend. lol.

[dave_from_here]

Re: Why not speed 6 ?

There is a lesson to be learned here. Do your details on Saturdays. Then it would always be the weekend. lol.

lol