| For over 25 years now I've been working in the | | | | Making as thin a coat as I can prevent clumping |
| car and yachting industry and never till this day | | | | the material and helps in the buffing process. I |
| did I ever realize how much wasted product I | | | | never liked pouring polish and wax too thick since |
| was going through. | | | | it makes it harder to buff out when dry. |
| Using applicator pad or sponges I happily would | | | | Now some ask or will ask what kind of latex |
| apply polish and wax to surfaces and never gave | | | | glove? My answer is whatever you feel |
| any thoughts to improving my methods to save | | | | comfortable with. I prefer getting the blue |
| material. After all, my customers will pay for all | | | | mechanics gloves because they feel good on my |
| materials and never complain? I was so wrong. | | | | hands. Others have told me that under no |
| Today's market demands that you work smarter | | | | circumstances will they wear latex gloves. For |
| and better while saving customers the most and | | | | that statement I say this. If you need to use an |
| that includes time and materials. The old days of | | | | applicator pad that badly and refuse to use |
| "the customer will pay for anything I sell him" will | | | | the"latex glove method" fine. Stuff the applicator |
| not do. We have to think in different terms | | | | pad or sponge inside a latex glove and use it in |
| because the times and market conditions demand | | | | the same manner as you are comfortable with. |
| it. | | | | The one method I will never recommend is using |
| After much research and brain storming it hit me | | | | a buffing machine to apply polish or wax. If you |
| one day. The a-ha effect overcame me and I | | | | use a buffer you might as well forget a good |
| was shocked by how simple a solution it was. | | | | coat of material. Think about it for a second. A |
| LATEX gloves. There I said it. Why not use a | | | | high speed machine will apply and remove your |
| latex glove to apply products on the surface paint | | | | polish in one step. I use to call this cooking your |
| or gel coat finishes? By applying a small amount in | | | | polish. The heat generated with the buffer will |
| my palm and spreading it over the surface I need | | | | cook off the polish and you will never have |
| saves me from losing material in a sponge. | | | | enough left on the surface to be of any |
| Sponges can absorb more than 60% of my | | | | protection. |
| material which I can never recoup. Almost all the | | | | Try the next time you need to polish or apply |
| polish or wax gets on the surface and using the | | | | wax. You might be saving a customer or cutting |
| any latex glove it spreads out more evenly. | | | | your costs more than you think. |