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With the PC I never worried about edges or keeping the pad flat. You really only have to worry about that with a rotary or using agressive 4" pads on the PC and some pressure.
 
you would halft to try so hard to damage your paint with a PC - dont get me wrong, excessive pressure, not workign abrasive polish down enough and the wrong pad with the wrong product might give you micromarring or haze, but nothing that cant be removed if followed by an improvement in product/pad choice and correct application.



try a small area (1x1 or a little larger) to get used to how your product breaks down and finishes. Start with the least agressive pad first, if you notice little change, up to a more agressive pad. Work your polish in. Use a pad conditioner or spritz of distilled water to keep dusting to a minimum and to maintain a layer between the paint and the pad . .



read every other trhead in this forum . . . you would be amazed at what you will learn. I did.



happy buffing . .
 
I had my backing plate rip apart, and I'm wondering if part of it was because I was doing a few small areas with it at speed 6. After I got my new one, I made sure to go no higher than 5 and did some small areas. The front of my Bonneville is very similar to your front, and I did pretty much all of it where I could reach, and the backing plate seems to have held up fine.
 
speed six, IMO, will reduce the life of a backing plate - I could be wrong, but it is such a difference from sped 5.5 to 6
 
I used my PC on speed 6 all the time...as do many users here. There have been a few cases of backing plates that were bad right out of the box. It is not speed 6 that is the problem, it is the backing plate. Don't be afraid to bump it up a notch...
 
well, i own one, and not to be blunt, mine carries a noticably and audibly different OPM form 5, to inbetween 5 and 6, and 6. Perhaps my speed controll is whack . . . oh well, works for me.



i did have a bad abcking plate too, as have a number of people on this forum . . .



mine was a lesser expensive one however, moved up to higher priced one, no problems since, use speed 6 all day everyday . ..
 
No 5.5 here either. Once mine hits 5, it's the same speed until about 5.5 or so, but then doesn't change at all. So technically there is maybe a 5.6 setting, but it's the same as 6.
 
socommatthews- On areas like that I either use the 4" pads or a *bigger* pad, one that overhangs the backing plate. I'll use the edge of that pad and/or the portion that overhangs the plate. The PC is so gentle that it never seems risky, sure not like doing it with a rotary.



fdizzle said:
well, i own one, and not to be blunt, mine carries a noticably and audibly different OPM form 5, to inbetween 5 and 6, and 6. Perhaps my speed controll is whack . . . oh well, works for me...
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Huh, that's weird, never heard of that before. But I'm sure not gonna say you're imagining it ;)



fdizzle said:
...speed six, IMO, will reduce the life of a backing plate - I could be wrong..
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grimm said:
I had my backing plate rip apart, and I'm wondering if part of it was because I was doing a few small areas with it at speed 6.
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I too do almost all my polishing at speed six. In the last..uhm, thinking..15 or so years I've only gone through *two* backing plates- the originals that came with my PCs (their velcro came off). Sounds to me like there are some bad/cheap backing plates making the rounds.
 
I only used my PC 4 times so far. On #6, the unit vibrates my whole body (well, mostly my arm). Should I install the counter-weight?
 
If your PC has the smaller counterweight (the one for 5" pads) you might notice a difference with the larger one (for 6" pads), but it won't be a *huge* difference. I notice the diff but others don't.
 
I wonder if some people have bad PC's. I've seen a few people mention bad vibration on speed 6. Mine vibrates, but hardly enough for me to feel it through my entire body or get uncomfortable using it. Maybe the pad isn't centered properly? I usually have to put my pad on 2-3 times until I'm happy with how it's centered. Just spin it before turning it on to see how well it's centered.
 
Grimm said:
I wonder if some people have bad PC's. I've seen a few people mention bad vibration on speed 6. Mine vibrates, but hardly enough for me to feel it through my entire body or get uncomfortable using it..
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I suspect that some people are just more sensitive to the particular vibration of the PC. Some tools that don't bother others at all really bug *me* in this regard, to the point that I worry about "white finger" injury, yet the PC doesn't bug me that much :nixweiss
 
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