Why do polishing pads last longer than cutting pads?

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Lets take orange and white LC pad's. Assuming you use 6 orange pads per car, you could probably get away with using 3 white pads for the same car. Same speed setting for both. So, why do the polishing pads last longer?

There might be a very obvious answer that I'm overlooking?
 
If you're using more aggressive product then the products themselves are a factor.

Also, when doing correction work you'll tend to use more pressure against your buffer against the paint.

The correction step is almost always the longest step in a multi-part process while the polishing will tend to go faster and the application of your LSP will go the fastest.


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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
If you're using more aggressive product then the products themselves are a factor.

Also, when doing correction work you'll tend to use more pressure against your buffer against the paint.

The correction step is almost always the longest step in a multi-part process while the polishing will tend to go faster and the application of your LSP will go the fastest.


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Logically, I thought the same things you mentioned, but I wasn't sure.

Thanks
 
07 z-oh-6 said:
Lets take orange and white LC pad's. Assuming you use 6 orange pads per car, you could probably get away with using 3 white pads for the same car. Same speed setting for both. So, why do the polishing pads last longer?

There might be a very obvious answer that I'm overlooking?
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WHAT!? 6 pad per car.. wow body. your doing something wrong.
 
Actually, I'm not doing anything wrong. I use a new pad for every panel. Call me crazy, but it's a personal preference.

cobraa said:
WHAT!? 6 pad per car.. wow body. your doing something wrong.
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07 z-oh-6 said:
Actually, I'm not doing anything wrong. I use a new pad for every panel. Call me crazy, but it's a personal preference.
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You are doing just fine like you said, I go through a ton of pads when I detail a car myself.
 
John and I actually clean our pads 3-4 times each during a full detail. I cycle through 3 orange CCS pads, so I'll use one, clean it, lay it out to dry a bit and grab a clean one and rinse and repeat. Nothing worse than trying to use M105 with a damp pad though...that compound is SO hard to remove when your pad is wet.
 
07 z-oh-6 said:
Actually, I'm not doing anything wrong. I use a new pad for every panel. Call me crazy, but it's a personal preference.
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Heck, I use a brand new pad out of the package for each 16"x16" section. The pad is only used for one pass and then thrown away. If I do multiple steps on a vehicle, I can end up using over 100 pads easily. I throw out garbage bags full of pads every week.


































Ha Ha. Gotcha. :laughing:

Colin
 
cnfowler said:
Heck, I use a brand new pad out of the package for each 16"x16" section. The pad is only used for one pass and then thrown away. If I do multiple steps on a vehicle, I can end up using over 100 pads easily. I throw out garbage bags full of pads every week.
Colin
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I was about to say that we'd have to put together a deal, send me the pads for shipping plus a few bucks!
Im the MAN
 
stove937 said:
I was about to say that we'd have to put together a deal, send me the pads for shipping plus a few bucks!
Im the MAN
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:D I couldn't help myself. I need to find someone like that, too!

Colin
 
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