I have been using a Flex rotary with a 2" wool pad for over 25yrs and will not part with it, it is an outstanding unit.
I have also been using it with Maguire`s compounds and 3m Finesse it mixed with (50/50) 3m hand glaze for final polish works real good for swirl mark removal and doesn`t wash off reexposing swirls like hand glaze does when applied buy hand then follow with hand glaze buy hand.
My main use for this is collision work, been doing that for over 30yrs. So fresh paint is what this work is being performed on, after a 24hr dry time. That is common practice in this field, not all jobs come out spotless in fact few do there is something needing addressed on almost everyone some worse some better.
Anyhow I have also used the foam pads when they first came out and did not like them at all and wrote them off until just recently when a restoration friend told me to give CG V-series compounds and thier Hexlogic pads a try. I did and still felt the wool as a first cut was faster at getting the 2000 wetsand scratches out then followed with the CG foam pad and V-series worked great.
I went to a detail store in Canton, OH to get some supplies and to try their foam pads. They asked me what compound I was using and when I told them they gave me a couple samples of Sonex 06-04 & 04-06 and said it is the best compound and polish they have used. I haven`t used it yet as the project the material was for is not ready. The vehicle is black and has been compounded with a wool pad and quickly with a foam pad so there are still slight holograms that need addressed, nothing nasty but there non the less.
I have acquired a Flex 3401 for the project and bought LC HD pads for it as recommended. This is my first go with an orbital but want the process to go faster on the collision end because time is limited and regulated buy the Ins Co.`s.
Is the pad choice a good one or is there a better one I need to look into?
How about the compound and polish? Is Sonex what they say it is? I`ve been reading the posts and see a lot like Menzerna, how would it compare to CG or Sonex. I like that CG`s washes off easy if splatter gets in tight spots.
I also do restorations but that will be for another thread.
I have also been using it with Maguire`s compounds and 3m Finesse it mixed with (50/50) 3m hand glaze for final polish works real good for swirl mark removal and doesn`t wash off reexposing swirls like hand glaze does when applied buy hand then follow with hand glaze buy hand.
My main use for this is collision work, been doing that for over 30yrs. So fresh paint is what this work is being performed on, after a 24hr dry time. That is common practice in this field, not all jobs come out spotless in fact few do there is something needing addressed on almost everyone some worse some better.
Anyhow I have also used the foam pads when they first came out and did not like them at all and wrote them off until just recently when a restoration friend told me to give CG V-series compounds and thier Hexlogic pads a try. I did and still felt the wool as a first cut was faster at getting the 2000 wetsand scratches out then followed with the CG foam pad and V-series worked great.
I went to a detail store in Canton, OH to get some supplies and to try their foam pads. They asked me what compound I was using and when I told them they gave me a couple samples of Sonex 06-04 & 04-06 and said it is the best compound and polish they have used. I haven`t used it yet as the project the material was for is not ready. The vehicle is black and has been compounded with a wool pad and quickly with a foam pad so there are still slight holograms that need addressed, nothing nasty but there non the less.
I have acquired a Flex 3401 for the project and bought LC HD pads for it as recommended. This is my first go with an orbital but want the process to go faster on the collision end because time is limited and regulated buy the Ins Co.`s.
Is the pad choice a good one or is there a better one I need to look into?
How about the compound and polish? Is Sonex what they say it is? I`ve been reading the posts and see a lot like Menzerna, how would it compare to CG or Sonex. I like that CG`s washes off easy if splatter gets in tight spots.
I also do restorations but that will be for another thread.
