Wool pad vs foam wool pad

surajprasade

surajprasade

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Hi,
Should I go for Lake country's purple foamed wool pad rather than conventional wool pad? Will it cut faster and beater? Specially on hard German clear coat?
 
A typical 100% Twisted wool pads will cut a little faster than a purple foamed wool, but the Purple foamed wool does have great cutting abilities and will finish with less marring than a traditional wool pad.

Not all German vehicles have hard paint, so I would always still suggest to try the least aggressive combo first. There are German Manufactures that have ceramic clear coat, which is indeed very hard. Newer Porsche vehicles are a perfect example, as you will rarely, if ever, need a compound to correct one. They are exact opposite of some other German vehicles.
 
Purple Foam designed to work w DA

Twisted wool is for rotary only
 
David@LakeCountry said:
A typical 100% Twisted wool pads will cut a little faster than a purple foamed wool, but the Purple foamed wool does have great cutting abilities and will finish with less marring than a traditional wool pad.

Not all German vehicles have hard paint, so I would always still suggest to try the least aggressive combo first. There are German Manufactures that have ceramic clear coat, which is indeed very hard. Newer Porsche vehicles are a perfect example, as you will rarely, if ever, need a compound to correct one. They are exact opposite of some other German vehicles.
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Well said Dave.

What are you trying to accomplish OP?
 
David@LakeCountry said:
A typical 100% Twisted wool pads will cut a little faster than a purple foamed wool, but the Purple foamed wool does have great cutting abilities and will finish with less marring than a traditional wool pad.

Not all German vehicles have hard paint, so I would always still suggest to try the least aggressive combo first. There are German Manufactures that have ceramic clear coat, which is indeed very hard. Newer Porsche vehicles are a perfect example, as you will rarely, if ever, need a compound to correct one. They are exact opposite of some other German vehicles.
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Thanks David
Will this pad work with rotary buffer? My main concern is will it remove swirls on hard clear coats like Audi Merc. Bmw.
I have detail one Porsche Boxter I love the car & its paint. It was really soft paint came out great with polish & wax.
 
I just bought some of the TW pads for DA use and they seemed to work fine. Frankly, I still find it hard to use anything but foam pads, but these seem to work as well as the LC yellow CCS pads I normally use for badly marred paint.

Jim
 
LC is making a new Hybrid Foamed Wool Pad now too, much denser. I haven't tried it yet.

Honestly, I find the Meguiar's MF Xtra Cutting Discs to cut just as well, and they're a lot easier to maintain\clean.
 
surajprasade said:
Thanks David
Will this pad work with rotary buffer? My main concern is will it remove swirls on hard clear coats like Audi Merc. Bmw.
I have detail one Porsche Boxter I love the car & its paint. It was really soft paint came out great with polish & wax.
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Very Nice Boxter!

Yeah, the purple foamed wool pads work very well on a Rotary buffer.
 
I love my PFW pads on my rotary for those occasions that call for it. I haven't used a yellow LC cutting pad in lieu of the PFW in probably 3 years.
 
The Tuf Buff black wool pads are incredible. They cut better than the PFW do AND they finish down better too if worked long enough (I have a video showing how to use them). They really are the best of both worlds. I use mine with my Flex 3401 primarily but also step up to my rotary when required to do so.

Here's a shot where I have ONLY use it with Amerirocks compound. Yes, it finishes down that nicely:

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Anyone have opinions on the CP Cool Wool pads? Just ordered a couple to try out.
 
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