Recent content by Strat

I've heard that scholl s3 is very good if you are polishing outside on a warm day. I know it's not ideal conditions but think it's a good idea to have a compound to remove moderate scratches etc when you have little choice but to work in the warm. Anyone tried s3 outside? Any other...

Very interesting and quick method to prime pads. Roughly what length of product are you picking up or is that what 2" refers to? Do you then add more compound before polishing? Sorry I am clearly new to this Thanks again for the help

After a lot of searching I've finally decided to try some fg400. I'd like to be able to polish moderate scratches but wondered if you could recommend a pad to compliment this compound. If there's anything that minimises dusting I'd be very interested. I see a few use microfiber pads but never...

Thanks all very much for your advice Seems I need to invest on a few more pads. :xyxthumbs: So do you prime your changed pad with product? If so what are your techniques? Seems like I'm going to be using a lot more with all these changes. Thanks again

I like to use farecla g mop on a rotary polisher and find that after a while things get clogged up. Also I think polish starts to dry up in the pad as a lot of dusting happens. Wondred if I should be swapping pads during the polishing for a fresh clean one? If so how often roughly and do you...

This will sound a stupid question but what factors determine when to use wet sanding? I find a lot of time i can buff out a lot of scratches with a rotary polisher. I thought trying with buffer first reduces how much clearcoat I'm removing but maybe not. Or does this depend on hardness of...

Hoping to fill a deep scratch with paint. I know it won't look perfect but if like to try my best with paint. Is it better to use some kind of filler before using touch up paint or can I keep adding layers of paint? The paint is a light gold colour and metallic so wondered what might be the...

Ok thanks all. I just thought that you'd need to apply quite a bit of compound first time. So doesn't the wool soak up the normal amount of compound used quickly on new pad? Thanks again all!

So you buy a new wool pad that has never seen compound before. Should I be priming it with compound in any way before use like you would with a foam pad? Thanks

Cable on my polisher seems too short to have it over my shoulder. (About 1.5 metre) Any advice on a suggested length and show of cable to replace it with? Thank you.

Just enjoyed watching this video: YouTube This guy demonstrates how easy and quick he can remove 1500 sanding marks using a microfiber pad. As a newbie microfiber pads are new to me and wondered if they cut quicker than a wool pad? I have an air compressor and ordered a used snap on da to do...

I did think about using a high cutting compound. This is interesting. What sort of mop are you using with that Bob?

I guess there's no need to rush and clean pad or ?

When you encounter someone's poor attempt at touching up a chip with paint without clear coat what do you do when polishing? Just carry on regardless? I didn't notice there was a blob of paint till I saw the colour on my polishing pad then panicked. What would you do? Quickly change pad and...

Thanks for the suggestion but tried that first. It's a nice tip that usually works.