Microfiber pressure

[Black magic1]

Question first time user with microfiber pads. With cutting pad w cutting compound and finishing wax and pads what kind of pressure do you use???? Tks

[RPPM]

Re: Microfiber pressure

Press down until it stops spinning, then lighten up until it is rotating again.

[Black magic1]

Re: Microfiber pressure

For both cutting and finishing??

[Evan.J]

Re: Microfiber pressure

For finishing you can back off even more. Remember when you cutting your removing defects and finishing your bringing the gloss out as much as possible so no need to go hard of the pressure for finishing.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Microfiber pressure

With the cutting step use as much pressure as you need, which is going to vary from car to car. You definitely want the pad to continue spinning, but excessive pressure puts a lot of stress on the hook & loop material where the pad attaches to the backing plate. While RPPM's comment about applying enough pressure to stop the pad from spinning and then backing off a bit until it starts rotating again can be used, just keep in mind that you can usually apply a heck of a lot of pressure with the microfiber discs and still have pad spin. You probably don't need to go quite that aggressive with them from the start. Do a test spot and get a feel for how the paint you're working on responds to input and take it from there. Equally important during the cutting step is that you move very slowly across the paint and work an area no larger than 2' x 2' or even a bit smaller.

The finishing step is a dramatic departure from the cutting step. Light to moderate pressure is all that's needed, and you can actually move the pad pretty quickly over the paint. We still recommend moving in multiple directions with the finishing step, but you don't to work an area for very long at all here.