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    Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    I humbly ask my fellow AGO's members to chime in to tell what foam pads you are using for the cutting and polishing steps with a rotary.
    I'm looking for new ideas.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Wool pads are ideal,but usually refrain from them cause of the aggressive cut.need more info what kind of car and color and paint condition .

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Orange and red is the most standard of foam cutting and polishing.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    I think you already know my answer... Flex, Hybrids, Menzerna.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Buff and Shine 5.5" and 6" Flat pads.
    Lake Country 6.5" Hybrids.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike@DedicatedPerfection View Post
    I think you already know my answer... Flex, Hybrids, Menzerna.
    Yes, I know you, Mike

    The reason I'm asking is because I was working on a extremely swirled and neglected black new beetle 2008; I got the usual combo, 3401, fg400 and orange hybrid. It wasn't enough, believe me.

    I could've used wool, I have quite a few options, and tried carpro mf cutting pad, but it was creating new, though shallow, swirls, working backwards, as Mike P would say. I was cutting heavy swirls with light swirls, not good enough.

    I got the PE14 with a medium cut menzerna pad and fg400. Then I got the desired cut.

    I started to wonder what kind and brand of foam pads people were using with a rotary polisher for cutting heavily swirled cars.

    Best regards

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Quote Originally Posted by Zubair View Post
    Buff and Shine 5.5" and 6" Flat pads.
    Lake Country 6.5" Hybrids.
    Thanks Zubair, I will try 6.5 hybrids on the PE14.

    I feel kinda stupid, it never ocurred to me this setup

    You know the mantra, 3401 and hybrids, not the PE14.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Quote Originally Posted by RPM_BR View Post
    Thanks Zubair, I will try 6.5 hybrids on the PE14.

    I feel kinda stupid, it never ocurred to me this setup

    You know the mantra, 3401 and hybrids, not the PE14.
    Pleasure, the PE-14 is way more powerful than a 3401. The Orange Hybrid will have much more cut to it on the PE-14 than it will on a 3401. Even the White Hybrid can give you serious correction with the power of a PE-14.

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    Re: Best foam pads for cutting and polishing with a rotary

    Quote Originally Posted by RPM_BR View Post
    Yes, I know you, Mike

    The reason I'm asking is because I was working on a extremely swirled and neglected black new beetle 2008; I got the usual combo, 3401, fg400 and orange hybrid. It wasn't enough, believe me.

    I could've used wool, I have quite a few options, and tried carpro mf cutting pad, but it was creating new, though shallow, swirls, working backwards, as Mike P would say. I was cutting heavy swirls with light swirls, not good enough.

    I got the PE14 with a medium cut menzerna pad and fg400. Then I got the desired cut.

    I started to wonder what kind and brand of foam pads people were using with a rotary polisher for cutting heavily swirled cars.

    Best regards
    Based on your description, it seems like you are trying to achieve too much in 1 step. It is hard enough to finish hologram free with polishing pad on soft clearcoat or cutting pad on medium clearcoat, let alone using a cutting pad. So if 2 steps is needed, might as well use a wool pad to remove more defects before your second step.

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