- In the last five to 10 years,
the advancement in technology
and tools and pads and compounds.
All of us, we've gotten really good
at removing paint defects.
We can get deep ones out faster than we ever could before
but the contemporary challenge is on the finishing side.
Many of us are challenged with trying to finish out paint
at a high quality level.
We're gonna talk about how to get that done
better and faster, stay tuned.
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All right, so one of the most impactful things
you can immediately do
to improve your finishing capabilities
on soft paint, finicky paint, Hayes prone paint
is you can adjust your liquid and your pad
to really get a different result
that's customized for that paint finish.
Our recommendation is our UNO Pure
and our Ultra-Fine White Foam Pad.
Now UNO Pure was specifically made for this purpose.
I mean, it's an ultra fine finishing polish
but it really is targeted towards finicky paint,
problem paint, challenging paint and Hayes prone paint.
It's a way to really take the liquid and the pad
and get the best result possible
as much as the paint's going to cooperate.
So why is finishing pain to an ultra-fine level,
a challenge for people?
Well, one of the realities of the variable of paint
is that paint hardness can be on the hard side
could be medium, and it could be very soft.
And it's usually on these extremes
where people have challenges on finishing,
very, very soft, very, very hard.
This is where the headache comes in
and we're trying to finish at a high level.
And even with individuals and companies
and professional detailers that polished cars
on a daily basis, they would have noticed
that the paint technology has changed
over the years and even decades.
So continuously the car companies
and the paint manufacturers
are changing the chemistry of paint,
changing the application of paint
and what this does for people polishing on paint
is that, you're used to a certain pad and a liquid combo
and then all of a sudden it doesn't work the way it used to.
So this is why we're challenged with the finishing side.
All right, so beyond the liquid and the pad combination
here's some tips that can help you finish better
when you're challenged with these
finicky, Hayes prone paints.
The number one thing that you can do to immediately
impact finishing in a positive way is to clean the pad.
Now, what happens is we're removing defects
probably on soft paint.
That pad load is happening at a much more rapid rate.
So that means our frequency of pad cleaning
needs to be increased.
So pad cleaning, number one thing
you can immediately get better finishing.
Now since that's the number one
most impactful thing you can do.
I'll refer you to another video that Dylan did for you
all about pad cleaning.
Now, the other adjustment you can make
is on your application technique.
And here's a quick few things that you can adjust
to get better finishing.
The one that has the most impact on technique
is probably your cycle time.
The general tendency on finicky paints or soft paint
is that we overwork the paint.
So we need to reduce our cycle time
probably a 10, 15 second application
is sufficient to finish on this type of paint condition.
Now a short cycle like this that's 10, 15 seconds
it might feel a little uncomfortable cause it's not typical
it's not what most people do
and you're probably cycle time is much longer than that.
You're probably going 30, 45
maybe minute or more cycle time.
So trust us on this, give it a shot,
evaluate how it impacts your finishing.
Another technique adjustment you can do
is to adjust the downward pressure.
And since we're sensitive
to trying and to prevent overworking the paint
we would lighten up our pressure
we would actually not pushed down as hard
and this will result a lot of times in better finishing.
We can also look at speed.
And by that we mean the tool speed and your arm speed
how fast you're moving the polisher back and forth.
The technique we'd like to recommend for finicky paint
and better finishing is to reduce the tool speed
and increase your arm speed.
Actually move that polisher across the surface
at a little bit faster rate.
By making these adjustments in speed,
it actually reduces the number of orbits per minute,
across this paint so the net effect
is that you're working the paint less.
And speaking of how we're working the paint
the actual tool you're using
might be contributing to this challenge
that you're experiencing on these finicky and soft paints.
So in other words the tool movement itself
could be working against you.
For example, if you're using a rotary
or a gear-driven force rotation orbital,
you may wanna switch to a random orbital,
completely changing the actual movement on the paint
and that may really help a lot.
Now, if you're using a random orbital
you might wanna consider adjusting the orbit size
because again, we might be actually overworking the paint
with a large orbit.
So we can...
If you're using the 21 millimeter, for example
we can step down to the 15 millimeter
or even go to the Duetto with a 12 millimeter.
And this adjustment in orbit size
will help you finish better.
All the BigFoot polishers have a high degree
of capability when it comes to finishing
but if you find yourself
on these problem paints, these finicky paints,
the sticky paints, the Hayes prone paints.
Then we might recommend you going to this Duetto
and if you don't have one of those
it might be a good thing for you to consider.
So to summarize these basic tips for better finishing
first and foremost, the liquid and pad combination
can really help you to finish better.
And then of course, the technique adjustments
the downward pressure,
the speed of the tool and the arms speed.
If you adjust those,
you could get better finishing on these finicky paints.
And then also the cycle time, reduce the amount of time
that you're actually working on the paint.
And then the movement of the tool itself
might be working against you
so you may wanna switch to a different tool movement.
And all other things being the same
regardless of whatever adjustments you're doing
the number one most helpful thing that you can do
with this type of sensitive paint finish
is by cleaning the pad frequently.
This will give you the most dramatic improvement on results.
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