Has anyone found a Finishing Pad for a PC useful? if you could get 3 Pads, which ones would they be?

ex. Cutter, Cutter, Polish or Cutter, Polish, Finish



Thanx

 

My answer would depend on what kind of pads you are buying.

If you're buying the Edge 2000 pads they are two sided. So, it's like getting two pads in one. If I were buying Edge 2K pads I would get one polishing, one finishing, and one cutting.

If you're buying another brand of pad which is one sided then I would buy 2 polishing pads and one cutting pad.

 

Lake Country 6.5"

Why 2 polishing pads?

 

I like to have flexability in how abrasive I can get with my polishes. I use Menzerna polishes so I will use those to explain what I mean. Sometimes I use the Menzerna Intensive Polish with a cutting pad if the defects are deep. However, this will often result in "buffer haze" which is then another paint defect I have to worry about taking out. So, if I can I start with the Menz IP on a polishing pad and then follow with FPII on a polishing pad. I don't like to stop mid-detail to wash a pad to change products. So, I like to have at least two polishing pads.

Another reason I like to have two polishing pads is if I detail a large car sometimes the pad gets gummed up with polish. So, if I have a second pad I can just switch to another one and I use polishing pads the most.

There's really a lot of reasons why I like to have more than one polishing pad. They pretty much all boil down to reducing the number of times I have to clean pads.

Plus I prefer to apply waxes/sealants by hand. So, I don't really use a finishing pad all that often. Sometimes I use it with a finishing polish to get a little extra shine, but not often.

In actuality, my pad collection looks like this:

2- 6.5" finishing pads (they came in a pad kit I bought when I didn't know any better)
3- 6.5" polishing pads
1- 6.5" light cutting pad
1- 6.5" cutting pad
2- 4" finishing pads
3- 4" polishing pads
1- 4" light cutting pad
1- 4" cutting pad

Pretty soon I'm switching to the Edge 2K pads though. I think my girlfriend might be buying them for my b-day next week.

 

finishing pads are worthless IMHO

 

Excellent explaination. I agree.

 

Glad you see it my way