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    FLEX and color sanding

    WOW... now thats what I call a detailed response. Thanks Mike!!! To answer a few of your questions the paint will be fresh as in a few days freshly painted. The car is a 2002 Honda S2000 in Spa Yellow. Its my dads car and someone backed into the front fender in a parking lot. I will be...
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    FLEX and color sanding

    I was trying to avoid doing a 4th pass with the DA nor did I want to have to start stocking up 3000 grit discs as they are a bit pricey.
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    FLEX and color sanding

    I dont currently own one however, im interested in purchasing one if it could do the job. Id could even go up to 2000 grit if needed.
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    FLEX and color sanding

    Is the FLEX strong enough to buff out a freshly painted panel that has been color sanded with 1000 grit on a DA sander followed by 1500 grit on a DA? I would be using: CCS Orange Light Cutting 6.5 inch Foam Pad with M105 CCS Gray Finishing 6.5 inch Foam Pad with M205
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    Polisher?

    Gotcha thanks. I didnt know that. Always thought I could use a Gray or even white pads with 106. So glad im clearing this up before a spend money on all the wrong stuff. One day ill get it all straight :D Ok so like you said the blue pads have very little to no cut. Therefore, would it...
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    Polisher?

    Would it be ok if I were to evenly cut the diameter of the 6.5" pads to say 6" or possibly 5" 3/4. Looks like Griot's doesnt offer any other backing plates. Also I do have the polish pad that comes with the griots which is Orange so im thinking it may have the "same" characteristics of the...
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    Polisher?

    Ok so here is my dilemma. A few years ago my girlfriend bought me a Griots Garage Orbital polished which i have used a few times with some off the shelf Mothers polish from a local auto part store. It worked pretty good but nothing amazing. The problem is I want to start using the CCS 5.5...
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    Greetings from Jersey...

    hey do you mind sending me that info for the west nyack event? I am also from north jersey. Hudson county.
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    Saying Hi from Jersey!

    Hey everyone, My name is Franzi and I live in Northeast Jersey. I own a 2000 Acura Integra which I bought new 9 years ago. I have a huge passion for cars, love driving and working on them. My biggest interest has always been autobody work. However, I pretty much do everything mechnically...
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