New to rotary - Monza pads any good?

[jimk04]

I have acquired a Stayer LU270 rotary polishing machine. It is fixed at 1800prm and has the usual M14 fitment. My wife has a Polo 9N3 in desperate need of paint correction.

I have looked at the Monza range of backing plates and polishing pads as they seem a little more affordable.

Does anyone have an opinion on these?

Thanks

[Daffy]

Not come across those. Megs, 3m, Scholl or Lake for me.

[JackG]

Is this your 1st time of using a rotary machine

[jimk04]

Yes!

[Daffy]

Jeezus you are a very brave man. A rotary is not the place to start learning to machine polish. I would suggest you get some scrap panels and have plenty of practice and if possible find a person who knows what they are doing to show you the ropes. It is very easy to burn through or damage the paint especially when you don't know what you are doing.

[JPC]

Dude put the rotary down!

With it being 1800 only its the wrong tool for the job!

[stealthwolf]

If you wanna start with a rotary, get a decent one (variable speed) and get some training. Strike through and poor finish are more likely with a rotary especially in inexperienced hands.

[chip20]

1800 rpm sounds like a grinder! It won,t take much to burn through

[jimk04]

I watched the 50 minute meguairs video on rotary polishing and most of the cutting and polishing was done at about 1800. Final finish was slower granted.

I have also read the guide on detailing world so I am going in with eyes wide open if you know what I mean.

Does everyone still think not. Are you thinking more DA?

[Daffy]

I would still advise no but its your car at the end of the day. At least get some scrap panels and a rotary with an adjustable speed controller or you will end up with holograms and marring at the very least.

[JackG]

My advice would be to steer away from monza pads then, buy a red/black hexlogic pad and a light very very light cutting polish! (even something like lime prime!) you don't want heavy cutting if it's fixed speed
Be careful tho 

[chip20]

It would make sense to start off with a DA just to get the feel of machine polishing.I imagine the stayer will have some weight in it as well so will be hard to control.
Like a few people have said try it on some scrap panels first then if it does go wrong you aren't going to damage the wife's car!

[keano]

Bloomin' heck! It's a polisher, not a velociraptor wielding a chainsaw.  

Have a look at a Silver Line polishers if you are just starting up. They are very cheap, not too heavy and have variable speeds.

I've always favoured the 3M pads too over the likes of Chemical Guys or Country Lake etc. They also have an easy to use colour coding system where you just can't go wrong if your abit confused.

Take it steady & you'll be fine!  

[keano]

Also, 100000% buy the 3m backing plate. Alot of the cheaper alternatives are garbage!!!

[Daffy]

Bloomin' heck! It's a polisher, not a velociraptor wielding a chainsaw.  

Have a look at a Silver Line polishers if you are just starting up. They are very cheap, not too heavy and have variable speeds.

I've always favoured the 3M pads too over the likes of Chemical Guys or Country Lake etc. They also have an easy to use colour coding system where you just can't go wrong if your abit confused.

Take it steady & you'll be fine!  

If you don't know what sort of pads and polish to use then would you really recommend a novice to use a rotary as a first step into detailing having watched a 50 min video. Silverline are cheap but they also weigh the same as a baby rhino. I have detailed for many years and started off with a porter cable and progressed up. The scholl pads are superb as are 3m but I am surprised you don't like Lake or Meguiars. The damage he will do with a rotary is going to be a very expensive fix. No experienced detailer would ever recommend starting out with a rotary on their own car with no experience of machine polishing. To say he will be fine is just not the case.