4 Inch Pad vs. 6 1/2 inch Pad?

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ChiliCooperS

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Okay so its been a while since I detailed the rides...



So most of them have some pretty heavy duty swirls, mostly my car and truck since its the oldest (05 Black H2 and 06 Red MINI Cooper S). I read that a 4 inch pad will make getting rid of the fairly deep swirls easier opposed to like a 6 1/2 inch swirlbuster pad.



Is this correct? What would you go with?



Thanks!
 
ok, so this is my first "help" post but from what i've read through searching/ lurking for a while is that a 4" pad will heat up faster and allow you to put more force on an area of the panel, which will break down the product faster. So yes, it would make quicker work of those swirls as opposed to a 6.5" pad.





Hope that helps, and if i severely screwed up someone please correct me.
 
Yes, the 4" pads are dramatically more effective than larger pads.



You can apply more pressure without the PC bogging down and merely "jiggling" and even when you don't apply more pressure the PC seems better able to move the pad in an effective manner. The general consensus is that it's a matter of less surface area resulting in less friction between the pad and the paint, the friction of a larger pad being more than the PC can effectively deal with.
 
be careful though, I've burned thru paint using 4" pads. Just don't leave them in one spot too long and don't let them run on 6 too long either. There do work well, just a little learning curve to them.
 
LangMan37 said:
be careful though, I've burned thru paint using 4" pads. Just don't leave them in one spot too long and don't let them run on 6 too long either..
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Good advice :xyxthumbs



Yeah, I've messed up paint with 'em too. No need to be afraid to use them, but be careful.\



My orange 4" pads are a lot happier at 5 (or even 4.5) than they are at 6. That's about the only time I *ever* polish at the slower speeds but it works out a lot better with those pads.
 
I use 4" pad and love it

I also use Danase 5" ccs pad...Wow another good pad in my GoTo bin.
 
Whats the best speed range for those pads on a rotary

The S type jaguar I am working on has very strange panels and alot of areas that only a small pad will go to. I bumped it up to 1400 rpm for a while, then back to 800



Turned out really nice.
 
SVR- Noting that I'm *NOT* a rotary-meister like some others here...



I just used 4" Cyclo green pads on the rotary for some spot-correction ('01 Audi S8) with 3M PI-III RC 05933. I ran it at 1400rpms the whole time and I could've gone faster without any problems. That was with the Metabo (with its "soft-start").
 
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