Wool pads and Compound HELP

[DaniusLithuania]

Hi, I started polishing car. Now it is a week. I need help with wool pads and Compounds. I want to use medium cut Compound. What wool pad to use to leave less swirls. And best finishing step what pads and Compounds I must use. Thanks new I use body magic and 3m compound.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

A wool cutting pad is going to leave swirls no mater how gentle or aggressive and it's the fibers AND the abrasives in your choice of compound that will inflict the swirls.

Most "systems", that is the 3M system, the Body Magic system, etc, should have a complimentary compounds and polishes intended to be used one after the other and in the year 2011 chances are good they have a pad recommendation of a wool pad for the compound and a foam pad for the polishing steps.

This is a good quality light cutting pad that you can use with a hook-n-loop backing plate,

Meguiars Solo Wool Light Cutting Pad 7 inch


Here's another wool pad in the 7.5" size, it's 100% twisted wool so it will cut fast and leave the usual swirls.

7.5 inch Hook & Loop DuroWool 100% Twisted Wool Cutting Pad


You're not going to get perfection out of any fiber type rotary buffer pad, you're goal should be to get a good compound and a correlating polish and the polish needs to have been designed to remove the swirls left by the compound and the wool pad.

 

[DaniusLithuania]

A wool cutting pad is going to leave swirls no mater how gentle or aggressive and it's the fibers AND the abrasives in your choice of compound that will inflict the swirls.

Most "systems", that is the 3M system, the Body Magic system, etc, should have a complimentary compounds and polishes intended to be used one after the other and in the year 2011 chances are good they have a pad recommendation of a wool pad for the compound and a foam pad for the polishing steps.

This is a good quality light cutting pad that you can use with a hook-n-loop backing plate,

Meguiars Solo Wool Light Cutting Pad 7 inch


Here's another wool pad in the 7.5" size, it's 100% twisted wool so it will cut fast and leave the usual swirls.

7.5 inch Hook & Loop DuroWool 100% Twisted Wool Cutting Pad


You're not going to get perfection out of any fiber type rotary buffer pad, you're goal should be to get a good compound and a correlating polish and the polish needs to have been designed to remove the swirls left by the compound and the wool pad.

Ok what system do You use for moust cars? To cut and remove swirls.

And about this to products M105/M205 it is ok to use with makita and finish car with it?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Ok what system do You use for moust cars? To cut and remove swirls.

Usually something I'm testing for one of our manufactures.

And about this to products M105/M205 it is ok to use with makita and finish it?

That's what these two products are specifically formulated and intended for, body shop work.

Optimum Hyper Compound and Hyper-Polish are a good tag team, easy to work with and the compound is rated at removing #2000 grit sanding marks.

Menzerna Power Gloss followed by one of the medium to light polishes is another option, the Mother's new body shop system also works well.

What are you sanding with? What grit are you finishing with?

What are you working on?

 

[DaniusLithuania]

Working mostly on bmw x5 x3 x6 bmw 5 sires. Dark colors. I sanding just dust and mostly working on not sanded surfise. If I sanding it is 1500 and 2000. But looking for best products to work on not sanded surfise.

So what best products to use one my cars? I will try to do same pictures 2morow.

 

[Flash Gordon]

Working mostly on bmw x5 x3 x6 bmw 5 sires. Dark colors. I sanding just dust and mostly working on not sanded surfise. If I sanding it is 1500 and 2000. But looking for best products to work on not sanded surfise.

So what best products to use one my cars? I will try to do same pictures 2morow.

Hi Dan

Meguiars 105 & 205 will work well on all your surfaces. Order a gallon of each today!!!!

Meguiars Mirror Glaze #105 Ultra-Cut Compound 128 oz.

Meguiars Mirror Glaze #205 Ultra Finishing Polish, final polish, Meguiars polishes, car polish, 205 FP