what happened to my pad and blackplate (PICS)

[mike01svt]

lent the PC to my friend, who was doing a SSR2.5 on his g/f's car... car came out great... but look at my pad and backplate... he is gonna replace nonetheless but still any ideas what he did wrong ??

 

[bjackson8]

Probably was not keeping the pad flat on the work, and applying too much pressure.

 

[mike01svt]

interesting... it was a BRAND NEW green pad too LOL...

 

[mike01svt]

it melted my backing plate and pad

 

[a.k.a. Patrick]

Well he definetly abused it! I would go with too much unecessary pressure. New or not, not knowing how to operate the machine, and poducts will result in this........It always amazes me how these things happen. If you introduce a little common sense in your techniques (and life principles as well) things will go alot smoother!

 

[tomee]

looks like it got too hot imo.



backing plate became hot, and melted the pad

 

[TortoiseAWD]

If you're running the PC at "6", the friction of the Velcro vibrating against itself as the head changes direction eventually builds up some heat. I've noticed the problem more with some pads than others . . . my solution has been to have multiple pads on hand and swap when things start warming up. If the backing plate is hanging on to the heat, that's my cue to pull the pad off and have a smoke while things cool down.



A friend of mine has a "Porter-Cable" branded backing plate that has several ventilation holes drilled through it. I thought it was odd the first time I saw it, as I'd never had my pads heat up on me before. It's happened to me a few times since, though (never got out-of-hand, just noticed the heat and swapped pads) . . . I'm starting to think finding a similar backing plate for myself might be in order.



Tort

 

[AL-53]

it looks like he did some serious downward pressure..I think what happens is the pad almost becomes stationary ..and the backing plate still does its thing on the back of the pad creating heat and busting the velcro loose and getting hot...I put some good pressure downwards once and felt the PC getting hot due to straining...around the gearbox area..and the heat was being transfered down the shaft to backing plate...



Here is a pic of the PC plate..I have had this for a few years now...and no problems...not to flexible..but I keep my pads flat..



AL

 

[s2skimon]

" 2 minutes for un necessary pressure.."

 

[JasonD]

I wonder if just by drilling some holes in our backing plates like the PC brand one shown above, would stop this from happening? Shouldn't take but a minute or two with a drill.