Polish Breaking Down to fast?

[NickJRE]

It looks like it's going clear way to fast and coming to a dry panel ... Am I not using enough product? It's only like 15 seconds in a 12 inch workspace. I'm not sure if my polishes have gone bad either I have had each for a couple years now. I use one line about 8 inches long for product at about 1200 RPMs and work that section. I started notice the problem on the top of a 1992 LX Mustang fender which very small in width. Could it maybe be my technique?

[Michael Stoops]

You don't say which polishes you're using, but the fact that you've had them for two years and you're just now complaining about fast drying tells me there's a problem with the product. I say this because, if you've been using the same technique with these polishes for two years, have been getting good results and are just now having a problem, the state of the product seems to be the only thing that has changed.

I should say that I have very little experience with the rotary (almost none, in fact!), but am just trying to think this through logically.

[NickJRE]

#83 and #80. I decided yesterday to apply #80 via PC as a test to make sure the product was ok and it worked great.. I got about 2 1/2 minutes of play time time out of it. With the rotary I'm lucky to get 20 seconds before the surface appears to start getting dry

[MaximusZTS]

I say make sure the surface you are working on is not hot. I find that if I work on a hot or warm surface my polish breaks down really quickly.

[rascal]

Originally posted by MaximusZTS
I say make sure the surface you are working on is not hot. I find that if I work on a hot or warm surface my polish breaks down really quickly.

When the tempature here is above a 100, my #80 and #83 seem to break down faster. I was under a carport the whole time, but the air tempature was just hot. I will see if my theory is correct this weekend. The tempature here is suppose to be in the upper 80's w/ low to moderate humidity.