What`s the user experience like with S20 Adam?
What would be your pad choice for a 1-step? I have a toyota but i don`t find it hard to finish out in one step. Even using a very course foam pad - griots white BOSS pad - and perfect finish a few years ago. Last summer i used the least aggressive blue SDO pad with 3D one and Nv precision and that looked great to me in one step as well. Eventhough, i did quickly used 3D`s 520 finishing polish. Which was one of the worst wipeoff`s i`ve had to date.
I should just stop sitting on the fence and buy S20 and a few spider pads lol
Oh, what can you tell me about the ninja pads? Are the same with just the cuts in them?
S20 is a superb product, though water based it`s quite oily and it offers excellent working time - it has a really quick heavy cutting cycle but keep working it and it`ll give you a result comparable to many finishing polishes. If you see any dust that`ll be due to over working or pad cleanliness. It`s wipe off is nice but not comparable to S40 or the other worldly wipe offs of primer polishes like Primer and Essence. I am a sucker for an efficient process and nice experience so I use a rinseless wash to remove polish residue so the wipe off (along with many other benefits) is as effortless as Essence etc.
In terms of which of your pads would work best for a one step that depends on the severity of defects you`re looking to remove and hardness of the paint. It`s highly pad dependent.. The Blue Spider for hard paint, Purple for medium paint, or Neo Honey for soft paint.
I can`t see why it wouldn`t work on other brand pads, I swapped to Scholl a year and a half ago and along with my vehicle blower are my best investment in detailing to date. They are absolutely superb and a mile better than anything I`ve used before or since (gotta make sure the best remains the best!!)
There is a recent article linked to on Detailing World from Steampunk which explains the simple but effective tech behind these pads and how despite their ability to cut they avoid putting microhazing into the paint. I believe Ninjas are quite similar, the idea is that they`ve additional cuts to allow you to more clearly see where the pad edge is relative to the edge of the panel. I`ll probably try them out at some stage.
The right Scholl product and pad combo allows me to push one steps to a 85%+ level on all but the most trashed paint whilst still finishing out well. Albeit you`ll be able to extract that bit more cut and potential gloss from a 2 stage cut and finish.
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