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Drop him a PM if you can't find the link sure he will point you in the right direction to it. He is the Rotary master ( when he is no splattering me in the face with it ;) )
Yeah prime the pad first with a spritz of QD. EGP is so thin I still apply that by hand.
LOL I thought the same, remembered posted any pics of the damage but never saw the thread again.
As others a have said could have been worse, infact the splitter may have saved the front valence.
As long as you center the pad well it is fairly smooth, but it seems some machine's may be smoother than others, bit like buying a french car you get Monday ones and Friday ones.
I would get over onto detailingworld and read Barzo's rotary guide on there, there should be no need to use water the panels as they should not get to the stage they get that warm.
SRP works lovely by PC thats for sure.
Not creating Swirls in the paint with the rotary is as much down to skill finishing down to a perfect finish as it is in pad choice. On Black this is an art in itself and is why most rotary polished cars get holograms in the finish.
Most of the Rotary guys go for the Meauiars Pads for rotary use.
lol Cleanyourcar.co.uk at a guess ;)
I like Einszett Leather Care as a one step product (cleans and conditioner), about a fiver from Clean&Shiny, only use liquid leather on old weathered leather here.
Check if they have the latest version of Scratch X as I believe has been reformulated for machine use now, early ones gum up when they get warm.
If it is bad as you say it is Autoglym Paint Renovater by machine may be a possible fix.
B&Q sell there own brand blue painters tape round here, is different to the 3m stuff but works fine. Normal white masking tape also does the trick to though.
I remember doing that with my old 309 GTi many moons ago when I could not get covered for a month and it sat in the garage waiting .... 1 min past midnight and off out. Enjoy the car.