HD Speed questions and observations

Are the orange B&S pads equivalent to the white Hybrid?
 
This may sound stupid but do microfiber pads tend to cut more than foam pads?
 
Speed is pretty great. I used it on a new car that had been sitting on the dealer lot for months. It had a ton of swirls from the lot washer. Speed finished just as well as a proper two step. Granted, the Speed step was worked a little longer than normal, but it finished great.
 
ski2 said:
HD Speed (as well as most HD polishes) cut is pad dependent. I use it on hard VW clear with an orange B&S pad and get excellent results. But, everything depends on your test spot to tell you which pad will give you the results you are looking for.

This would be one of the advantages of the Megs pads. Since there are only 3 pads in the line and you really would only need to get 4-6 of the cutting pads and 4-6 of the polishing pads and you'd be set. You only need the finishing pad if you plan to apply LSP with your polisher, but you'd be better off getting a couple of the B&S red pads to apply LSPs. They are very soft, but have a very dense pore structure that keeps the LSP on the surface of the pad very well.

Some random thoughts: The B&S pads are 1" thick, but have an excellent reputation for durability. The LC Pads are 7/8" thick, the new LC Thin Pro pads have been getting good initial reviews, but we don't know how thin they are and have no long term data regarding durability. The Megs pads are the thinest of the three at only 11/16ths, have gotten excellent reviews and no reports I've seen about poor durability. The Megs cutting pad has been reported to have cut nearing a MF pad, but that it finishes very well.

I would guess that with a Chevy Silverado you have pretty hard paint so you'll most likely need to use a cutting pad with HD Speed, but only a test spot can tell for sure.
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Just got a LC Orange thinpro in the mail today to try out. Appears to be nearly identical in size to the Megs thin pads I have.
 
boomdone said:
Just got a LC Orange thinpro in the mail today to try out. Appears to be nearly identical in size to the Megs thin pads I have.
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Using the thinpro Orange pad with speed and the finishing pad I think they're black with poxy on top of speed, would there be any need for say the white pad after the Orange or would the Orange be good enough followed with the finishing pad with HD poxy? Or would you that kind of defeats the purpose of the AIO style of speed?
 
What you do is a small test spot on the car you are working on. That will tell you what is needed. Most likely there is no sense of doing Speed with Orange then Speed with white then poxy with finish pad.

All your questions on pad/product/technique will be answerable by you doing a test spot. Just try something and see. That is what will teach you, not us telling you what to do and not being there.
 
DieryEuroSpec said:
This may sound stupid but do microfiber pads tend to cut more than foam pads?
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They cut way more but almost every time, they leave marring from the microfiber pad.

So never do a microfiber cutting pad for a one step unless, the clearcoat is super hard and not leaving any marring.

I did a one step with v36 and MF cutting pad and didn't mar but its rare
 
For some of you that have used Speed for a little while now, what are you finding as far as protective durability? A comment here earlier stated that Speed leaves behind more protection than other AIO's but how long does it last? I am looking for a product just like this for my one step clients but would like to give them a conservative estimate of protection.
 
DieryEuroSpec said:
What pad are most of you guys using? Foam or microfiber. I've been loving microfiber recently as Ive had most German vehicle's but have yet to try the HD Speed I just got in.
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I used a griots boss microfiber pad with speed on this gencoupe. It had horrible water spots and discoloration of the paint.
 
I used HD Speed last week and was very impressed with its effectiveness. I also did a touch up on my XC 90 (Black :-0) and was able to remove some water spots with a little elbow grease. I topped it with Paint Protect 365.
 
RFrommann said:
I used a griots boss microfiber pad with speed on this gencoupe. It had horrible water spots and discoloration of the paint.
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Were you using the a BOSS machine as well? I want to step up to some more cutting power than my current machine the Torq10fx. With all the new machines unveiled at SEMA looks like I sure have some hard choices to make. That looks amazing btw, great job!
 
Can you apply a synthetic, such as WGDGPS over Speed?
 
DieryEuroSpec said:
Were you using the a BOSS machine as well? I want to step up to some more cutting power than my current machine the Torq10fx. With all the new machines unveiled at SEMA looks like I sure have some hard choices to make. That looks amazing btw, great job!
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I have griots 6" with 5"plate to use 5.5" pads.

Also just picked up a flex 3401
 
Has anyone applied speed with flex 3401 with lc whte hybrid pad? What were the results? Very interested in this product.
 
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