Finishing with PO85RD??gray pad?

[Carbon Blue]

Hey there I was just wondering, Ive got some PO85rd coming in next week and I was reading on AG's website and it says they prefer to use the gray pad. I was planning on using SIP with an orange LC pad and finishing with PO85rd with a white pad. I thought gray pads were for applying sealants, waxes and glazes and not finishing polishes??

 

[imported_DetailDan]

Gray and blue can be used for applying finishing polishes.

 

[Carbon Blue]

thanks D&D, but would finishing with a white pad produce less desireable results?? would there be any adverse effects??

 

[noooorb]

I'd say it depends on the paint. - on hard paint, finish down with white, on soft finish with a grey one.

 

[Carbon Blue]

thanks, any more opinions?

 

[imported_DetailDan]

I like to use finishing polishes with finishing pads. Thats how you get the most out of them.

 

[uzj100]

Hey there I was just wondering, Ive got some PO85rd coming in next week and I was reading on AG's website and it says they prefer to use the gray pad. I was planning on using SIP with an orange LC pad and finishing with PO85rd with a white pad. I thought gray pads were for applying sealants, waxes and glazes and not finishing polishes??

you might want to try the SIP with a white pad first, then go to the orange pad if you don't get the correction you need. 85RD after that on black or blue pad.

 

[Accumulator]

thanks, any more opinions?

Assuming you're talking about doing this with a PC...



ebpcivicsi has found that he sometimes gets micromarring when he uses finishing polishes with very soft pads. IIRC he prefers to do most of his PC finish polishing with a white pad. I'm kinda the same way, I lean towards polishing pads for use with abrasives.



Some pad/product combos work better/worse than others, but a white LC polishing pad is gonna be functionally nonabrasive on all but the most (extremely) soft paint (softer than anything I can recall working on, including ss lacquer), so IMO it's just the polish doing the work anyhow.



I do almost all of my finish polishing with the Cyclo, and its "finishing pads" are more like other companies' light polishing pads.



Another pad worth considering is the Griot's orange polishing pad. Despite feeling awfully firm, I find these pads very mild and well-suited to final polishing by PC.

 

[wannafbody]

I agree that with a PC a slightly firmer pad such as a LC white seems to work better with polishes. If you need something softer try a Megs yellow.

 

[Carbon Blue]

thanks everyone