1st Wetsanding/Rotary Experience w/o supervision

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:24 PM

I got my Makita 9227 Rotary on Friday and just had to try it out on something :naughty

The light rotary and wetsanding experience I have had in the past has been at my local bodyshop, so things couldn`t really have gone downhill......to far I guess

This 2001 VW got a key to it unfortunately, so I decided to get to work on it.

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:26 PM

Here is another area where it got scratched up:

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:27 PM

Masking work:

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:29 PM

What a coinscience. How did I get so lucky?

**clean4u** · 07-18-2004, 05:29 PM

Post some after pics Nick when you finsh! Your da man for the job! You do some awsome work

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:31 PM

This is a picture after using 3M`s 2000 grade wet/dry sandpaper. It is a good feeling paper, but I prefer the Meg`s Unigrit ones. Can you tell where the scratch is?

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:37 PM

Here is one that is closer up at the longer scratch. I definitely did not get it all :angry but I did not want to go "too" far. This was definitely deeper than I previously thought. Overall, I was pleased to see how uniform the sanding went.

**clean4u** · 07-18-2004, 05:39 PM

:wait Im tryin to read the news paper article

........ But to answer your question bout the scratch i cant really tell:dunno

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:40 PM

Here is the new Beast of a Rotary and the new Edge 2000 Durafoam pads. It`s a yellow cutting and a blue polishing

**clean4u** · 07-18-2004, 05:41 PM

Ohhhhhhhh,,,,,,,, I see that nasty scratch now But looks lot better

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:47 PM

Here is the scratch after using 3M`s Perfect It II Rubbing Compound. My body shop uses this, and swears by it. You can`t really feel the abrasives in it, not like Poorboy`s SSR3, or even 2.5. I had the speed up at 1400rpms with the Edge Yellow pad.

**awd330** · 07-18-2004, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Nickc0844
Here is the new Beast of a Rotary and the new Edge 2000 Durafoam pads. It`s a yellow cutting and a blue polishing

Nick - That`s the 6" model pad, right? Have you had a chance to compare those with the larger beveled edge model? I`d be interested in hearing your description of how the two differed in feel and performance.

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 05:56 PM

After the inital compounding, I used Poorboy`s SSR2 to remove the rotary marks with an Edge pad on 1800rpm. There was no hazing, which was good, and SSR2 put me on my way. I could have sealed from here, but I wanted the best results, so I took SSR1 with a PC and Edge Blue pad at 5, then sealed with EX by hand.

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 06:00 PM

Here is the final result at another angle. The main scratch is definitely not as deep and not nearly as visable before. Unless I was really looking for it, I wouldn`t have noticed it was there. The side scratches were totally gone.

I`ve got some practicing to do, but it was definitely a great start.

**Nickc0844** · 07-18-2004, 06:05 PM

Marj,

I personally haven`t tried the larger pads out. They would probably be very effective on the larger panels, but for this small job and all the things I had to dodge, they worked out great. I do have an Edge 2000 Yellow/Black wool on the way which will be fun to use also.