Re: Cutting Pads with the PC - Good idea?
Thanks for the clarification regarding Meguiar's stance on not to use cutting pads on a DA. I'm the person in the link above with the Accord and LC Orange/FPII combo.
I've since discovered that the polish i was using had minimal cutting ability; much less than Swirl Mark Remover 2.0, and it's primary function was finishing product. I suspect the swirls i was putting on the car was due to the Polish/Light Cutting Pad of the LC ORange.
However, when switching to a true correcting polish; IP (Intensive Polish) with the same pad, I was able to take care of a majority (~90%) of all defects in the paint. Finishing later with a true polishing pad and finishing polish FP( Final Polish) worked perfectly.
I'd thought I'd had the perfect combo until reading this post however. From what I gather, no cutting pad should be used with a DA polisher as it's full potential is not realized unless it's on a rotary, and the random orbit of the DA can introduce defects. You'd also recommended that the user step up to a rotary if the DA/Polishing Pad combo and #83 (strongest cutting polish recommended for DA use) didn't suffice.
However, I've noticed in a few pictures from a recent Open Garage of members using the G110 with a cutting pad on the black wrecking yard hood of the GMC. Is it OK to use a cutting pad, if and only if it is followed up with a polishing pad? Or was the use during Open Garage a special case anomaly?
I appreciate any info and clarification you can provide on this subject.
Thanks for the clarification regarding Meguiar's stance on not to use cutting pads on a DA. I'm the person in the link above with the Accord and LC Orange/FPII combo.
I've since discovered that the polish i was using had minimal cutting ability; much less than Swirl Mark Remover 2.0, and it's primary function was finishing product. I suspect the swirls i was putting on the car was due to the Polish/Light Cutting Pad of the LC ORange.
However, when switching to a true correcting polish; IP (Intensive Polish) with the same pad, I was able to take care of a majority (~90%) of all defects in the paint. Finishing later with a true polishing pad and finishing polish FP( Final Polish) worked perfectly.
I'd thought I'd had the perfect combo until reading this post however. From what I gather, no cutting pad should be used with a DA polisher as it's full potential is not realized unless it's on a rotary, and the random orbit of the DA can introduce defects. You'd also recommended that the user step up to a rotary if the DA/Polishing Pad combo and #83 (strongest cutting polish recommended for DA use) didn't suffice.
However, I've noticed in a few pictures from a recent Open Garage of members using the G110 with a cutting pad on the black wrecking yard hood of the GMC. Is it OK to use a cutting pad, if and only if it is followed up with a polishing pad? Or was the use during Open Garage a special case anomaly?
I appreciate any info and clarification you can provide on this subject.
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