How important is the correct pad??

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RCK

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Hi All,

I Was trying to do some mild paint correction yesterday with some menzerna IP then follow up with nano polish (using PC orbital). Couldn't find my orange pad though so used a white pad. Unless the paint on the car is super hard (2006 VW beetle) I found the IP wasn't as effective as I remember. Could that be attributed to the incorrect pad? Any suggestions on correct pad color for these products.

Thanks!

Joe
 
What brand of foam pads are you using; there is no such thing as a 'colour standard' between differing brands



Pad Dependency



Any abrasive polish and pad combination is only as abrasive as its coarsest component. All abrasive polishes are ‘foam pad and applied pressure dependant’ as far as their paint correction abilities are concerned. Any abrasive / pad combination is reliant upon its most abrasive component.



If we consider the Lake Country Mfg (LC) White foam (50 PPI) polishing pad as the baseline; any polish used will derive help from the abrasive abilities of the foam. Then consider the LC Blue (70 PPI) finishing pad has no abrasive ability and will contribute nothing to the cutting capability of a polish.



What is derived from this is that a polishes abrasive ability can be ‘fine tuned’ by using different combinations (abrasiveness) of polish and foam (the same thing is true of wool pads) and of course differing the amount of downward pressure (10-15 Lbs is the usual range) applied will also have an effect on the abrasives capability

Different pad / product combinations (least abrasive pad / polish first)



Base pad / product (least abrasive pad / product) if this combination does not provide the desired results, increase the aggressiveness of the technique or product selection.



a) Step-up 1 - using the same pad with a more abrasive product

b) Step-up II – use a less abrasive pad and the same product as used in step-up I

c) Step-up III- using the same pad with a more abrasive product



As can been ascertained from the above the total abrasive ability of a polish / foam pad combination is subject to many variables, the polishes abrasive ability is just the starting point







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CRUZMISL- Using the "wrong" (scare-quotes intentional ;) ) pad the way you did generally just makes for more/longer work. But using the wrong pad in the sense of using one that's too aggressive can cause some real problems.



BTW, for significant correction on hard clear, I'm all about MF Cutting Disks these days, especially if using a machine (such as a PC ;) ) that's not all that aggressive.
 
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