Compounding, Polishing, Glazing and LSP with a Wool pad

Yes, but i have mixed feelings if it can truly be done to autopian standards.



General rule is wool=cutting and foam= finishing.
 
Instead of "autopian" standards...can we say...professional standards?



I think it sounds more like a Cult.



But thank you for your input
 
Unfortunately the word professional is used rather loosely.



I'd like to see one finish soft black paint with a wool pad of any type.
 
I've seen that Spoiledman... the local "professional detailer" at the body shop used a rotary with a wool pad made "specially for black."



I kid you not. Needless to say, those "professional" standards resulted in buffer marks galore. Now I need to go over all those marks with scratch-x until I can get a PC and correct them to my standards.
 
Yea I'm huge into only using a rotary with wool or synthetic pads and even I have my recourse in using all the way to LSP. I honestly don't think there's a need for a DA to get a great result but after polishing I usually go in by hand from that point on. I think to many thing would have to be just perfect to get that result from LSP on a wool pad.
 
SpoiledMan said:
Unfortunately the word professional is used rather loosely.



I'd like to see one finish soft black paint with a wool pad of any type.
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I tried this weekend. Used black edge wool with presta UCCL to cut. Stepped down to green and chroma 1500 and then blue and 106FF. Did not work. I tried the Orange pad with SIP and it finished LSP ready.
 
I'd recommend using a PC with a polishing pad and a finishing polish or AIO as the last step. On light colors you might get away with it but not on darks.
 
Impossible IMO. Wool, by its nature leaves micromarrings. The fibers cut into the paint. I have used the finest wool and some of the hardest paint and it is never to my standard. I am for as close to perfection as possible...



Now some wool is so fine, and leaves such minor marring and hologramming that is almost impossible to detect except under the most scrutinizing conditions, however the stands of wool cut into the paint by nature...
 
The terms "finishing with wool" & "LSP ready" is pretty subjective without knowing what the standard is. I can and have "finished" with a LC white wool cutting pad, but the finish wasn't the best it could be. If used properly with the right polish/glaze, you shouldn’t get any holograms with wool on alot of finishes. With the quality I currently put out, I always have to foam pad and then LSP after wool padding. Back when I did dealer recon, it didn't make sense for my workers to foam pad after wooling on alot of vehicles being resold as long as they weren't swirls.
 
I know a guy that finishes with wool... it looks like a mirror when he's done but only because of the heavy glaze products that he uses. The cars that have been on his lot for long enough to lose the fillers look *rough*.



I've never really used a light enough cut wool to try and finish with it, but it just seems like a losing proposition compared to the 100ppi foams out there.... there's no conceivable way that wool could finish down as nicely.
 
I use several wool pads and can get "close"....but I always finish with foam for polishing and applying 3M Ultrafina SE (using their proprietary blue).



I'd say the best use for wool is plastic bumpers: the pad runs cooler and follows plastic bumper contours easier. After using wool, I'll use a foam finish pad to bring out the shine.



Toto
 
[quote name='envirocbr']Instead of "autopian" standards...can we say...professional standards?



I think it sounds more like a Cult.







AGREEEEED!!!!
 
Have you ever seen proffesional body shop standards? Proffessional dealership standards? Proffesional high volume detail shop standards?



They dont even compare to autopian standards.
 
Coupe said:
Have you ever seen proffesional body shop standards? Proffessional dealership standards? Proffesional high volume detail shop standards?



They dont even compare to autopian standards.
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Sad, but true. Autopian standards go above and beyond professional.
 
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