What speed to run HF DA polishing for applying polish and wax?

[Mossyoakglock]

I'm not sure if this needs to go in this forum or should be moved to Detailing 101, so move if needed.

I recently ordered 6 LC 5.5" flat foam pads (3 white, 3 gray/black) and have the 5" backing plate on the way (will be here tomorrow). I'll be using Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Wax. Now I just need the polisher. I'm going to pick up the Harbor Freight DA polisher tomorrow so I can detail this weekend. This will be my first polisher and from the reviews I've read here and on Autogeek.net, it's a pretty good little polisher for the money. I'm just a hobby detailer so this should work for now and I can move up to a PC or Griot's later.

My question is on the speeds. From what I've read, polishing will be done at a higher speed than applying wax. What is a good RPM range for applying polish and applying wax with the HF DA? There was a post I found a while back that listed the RPM speeds for each setting for a number of DA's but I can't find it and don't remember if the HF DA was in the list.

So, what is a good RPM/speed setting for applying the polish? For applying the wax?

[Detailing by M]

Re: What speed to run HF DA polishing for applying polish and wax?

I would ask this question on Autogeek since that is where you'd find the people who use that machine.
On a Meg's it's speed 5 at the most. Slower speed for more cutting power faster speed for polishing, any speed for wax (your only applying product and not doing any correcting so speed really isn't a concern)

[LoveBlackPaint]

Re: What speed to run HF DA polishing for applying polish and wax?

For polishing start at speed 3 to spread the product, then kick it up to 5 to work the polish.
For wax set it at speed 3 to spread , no need to up the speed because you're just laying a thin coat of wax.

Hope this helps.

Kevin

I'm not sure if this needs to go in this forum or should be moved to Detailing 101, so move if needed.

I recently ordered 6 LC 5.5" flat foam pads (3 white, 3 gray/black) and have the 5" backing plate on the way (will be here tomorrow). I'll be using Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Wax. Now I just need the polisher. I'm going to pick up the Harbor Freight DA polisher tomorrow so I can detail this weekend. This will be my first polisher and from the reviews I've read here and on Autogeek.net, it's a pretty good little polisher for the money. I'm just a hobby detailer so this should work for now and I can move up to a PC or Griot's later.

My question is on the speeds. From what I've read, polishing will be done at a higher speed than applying wax. What is a good RPM range for applying polish and applying wax with the HF DA? There was a post I found a while back that listed the RPM speeds for each setting for a number of DA's but I can't find it and don't remember if the HF DA was in the list.

So, what is a good RPM/speed setting for applying the polish? For applying the wax?