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    Polishing pad with cutting compound VS cutting pad with polishing compound

    Thanks everyone for all the input and information! I hope soon Il have some friends cars that I can practice on. So basically theoretically even if I go for a cutting pad and a polishing compound I should not expect any holograms since its the polish thats doing the work and not the pad? Even...
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    Polishing pad with cutting compound VS cutting pad with polishing compound

    Howdy all, Was wondering whats the difference between using polishing/soft/fine pad with rubbing/cutting compound results and effects VS using a cutting/firm pad used with a polishing/finishing compound or polish
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    POLL - What's the number one most important factor when it comes to polishing paint?

    At the start when things were unclear about this poll and Mike had to explain that the paint was correctable/polishable, that immediatly puts paint as number 1. Because all the abrassive technology in the world wont bring back the required shine if the clear coat has failed. So its either that...
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    How hard is BMW silver paint?

    If/when i use orange foam with ff3000 would there be any cutting? Whats to be expected when using a Polishing compound with a cutting pad? And vice versa? Cutting compound on polishing pad?
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    How hard is BMW silver paint?

    Well the rotary im using is chinese secam 6 speed with max of 3000 rpm. I usualy dial the speed setting between 2-3, since its a rotary i hardly pass slow, i mean i pass as slow as safely can be, sorta like twice faster than i see users using the pc on youtube. Somtimes i leave the weight of the...
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    How hard is BMW silver paint?

    Howdy all, I just got a rotary buffer and been practicing on older, crying out for help, friends cars and havent had any difficulty with removing swirls and scratches. I have and tried out flat orange foam pad, curved blue foam pad, twisted hair wool pad, and fine wool pad. I have what i found...
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