Orange pads...

hm I though the whole idea is that they should not unless you are using them wrong way ?

First time I used orange I didn't do anything to the paint - did not remove scraches and did not add any - my technice was wrong :bawling:
 
The orange Excel Propel pads on a PC with OP at 6 are great and leave no marring so far even on dark cars, haven't done a black car yet. With PB 2.5, it leaves some marring maybe, but not too bad. The yellow pad I'm not real comfortable with so far. It leaves a little marring (maybe) and the pad and polisher moves around a lot for me on speeds above 5. But maybe I just need more time with it.



For tough to get swirls and imperfection, I am gonna try the Optimum Hyper Compound. I have heard it works pretty good and I am thinking it will do the trick on stubborn swirls with the orange pad.



Has any one ever tried using PB2.5 and OP polish combined to reduce dusting. I was also thinking of mixing OP polish and Hyper compound to get something in the middle. I really like OP polish so far as a little goes a long way and you can work it a long time. I also like Megs speed glaze too.
 
I've had great luck with the orange power pads (basically a LC CP pad) sold by properautocare.com and Menzerna FPII used on a PC for final swirl removal.
 
Hmmmmm........i know of some who also have the proper technique and evade any MM. I, on the other hand, always follow up with a less aggressive combo, like a lite cut pad and Opt Pol or SSR 2. Ive never really tried to finish up with the heavier type of pad, like the orange.
 
Patrick-thanks for the honest answer- I have some Nikota pads which seem to knock out the swirls pretty easily but seem to leave some micromarring-I'll just use them for now and follow up with a softer polishing pad.
 
Forgot to mention - I've been using the larger 7.5" pads on the PC which probably helped to slow the machine down somewhat compared to using the smaller pads.
 
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