Whats your go-to pad for each process?

[Christopher.Brown]

Im curious to see what everyones perspective is on this.

So lets make some categories:

Heavy Correction:
Medium Correction
Light Correction
One Steps:
Glazes:
Sealants:
Waxes:
Jeweling:

*** Optional ***
If you have a couple of suggestions for each category and cant quite choose, or its highly situational [which most things are]make sure you qualify each answer and list whe 'why's'.

E.G. You like Buff & Shine With HD Polish and you like CCS with M205.. go ahead and list both

This is a general guideline so you can keep it as simple as you wish or as deep as youre willing to list.

Should be interesting hearing the persepectives... :buffing:

[zmcgovern45]

This is very dependent upon the car/paint you are working on, so there is no real way to completely answer this.

For instance, a white polishing pad (a very middle of the road type of pad) could leave micro-marring on a black Porsche, but have hardly any effect on a black Audi (assuming they are both used with the same type of polish... say M205 since most people are familiar with it). Therefore it could be called a cutting pad when used on the Porsche and a finishing pad when used on an Audi.

Once again, this is why performing a test spot or series of test spots is extremely important.

In addition to that, this topic is more or less covered in multiple threads.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/59984-so-whats-your-favorite-final-polishing-pad.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/66715-pad-aio.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/64905-please-help-me-link-pad-product.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/64771-please-recommend-light-polish-pad-combo.html

... and there are a ton more

[Mike Phillips]

This is very dependent upon the car/paint you are working on, so there is no real way to completely answer this.


Once again, this is why performing a test spot or series of test spots is extremely important.




Well said... paint technology is always changing, even on the same model of car from the same manufacturer from year to year. Plus you could be working on a re-paint, so what worked on a specific year and model might not work the same way a car of the same make and year.

Testing is always the best way to start any project you've never previously work on...


Besides, that, my standard reply is...

The best pad is the pad closest to my hand...


:D

[Christopher.Brown]

i know, and i made reference to this in my initial post briefly but i just wanted to see what the overwhelming make of pads were more than anything

i guess i should have stipulated that.. my bad

[zmcgovern45]

i know, and i made reference to this in my initial post briefly but i just wanted to see what the overwhelming make of pads were more than anything

i guess i should have stipulated that.. my bad

I know of a website that sells a bunch of pads and carries all the best brands... you could check it out to see what they have!
Foam & Wool Buffing Pads for Dual Action, Rotary/Circular Polishers and Cyclo Orbital Polishers. (http://www.autogeek.net/foam-polishing-pads.html)

[silverfox]

The only part of the question that can honestly be answered is applying waxes or sealant. That should not change whatever kind of paint you are working on because at that point the paint is corrected, and polished.

[FUNX650]

lets make some categories:

^^^Was this for: "paint" only?^^^

If so: I have utilized buffing-pads on many extraneous vehicle surfaces.




Should be interesting hearing the persepectives...

^^^That's for sure...^^^


First:
Since you started this thread...What's yours (Pads'-Perspectives)?

:)

Bob

[cleanmycorolla]

I choose Tangerine Hydro Tech for everything, obviously not wax/sealant application.

For wax and sealants its Megs 4" Spot Buff (black) or 4" red ccs