Thread: Detailing your MR2 Help on using polishing compounds?
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Old 08-19-2007, 01:12 AM   #5 (permalink)
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The pad or wheel doesn't pick up enough of the product when I try to apply it, it basically just burns through the compound and flicks it everywhere but on the buffer. That's my problem, it won't stick to either the buffing wheel, or the part to be polished. I tried getting it wet, but there must be something else to it, that didn't help. The bar of compound is very hard, you'd need to use a lot of effort to break it in half.

This is the style of product, I just purchased mine from a local place.



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Originally Posted by Just found this.
The compound is deposited on the buff by pushing it into the buff while it's turning. The buff heats it up until it melts. Rick Jemison has found that loading the buff up the night before he works allows the buff to load up and then cool. The next evening when he fires the setup up, it really cuts!
It really seems that I don't get enough product to the bad though, I must have to run the Dremel faster to generate enough heat to melt the compound. I'll have to try it again tomorrow, I suppose.
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