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SuperBee364 · 10-03-07, 06:39

Edge 2000 wool color guide:

Black - Heavy compounding
Yellow - Medium correction
Green - Light correction
Blue - Very light correction/final polish
White - Has no cut to it. You can use this pad to really put a high shine on a car with a high quality finishing polish like PO106FF. This combination is *wonderful*, but it *will not* produce any correction at all. It's strictly to make the car shine, and OMG, it does a great job of it.

My favorite medium correction pad (my workhorse), is LC's purple foamed wool.

My current sytem (unless the car is heavily swirled and has serious defects), is:

Purple foamed wool with Menz SIP, then either green or blue wool (green for hard clear coats, blue for softer clears) with 106FF, then White wool with 106FF.

I can often skip the last step on softer clears, but most of the time I do it anyway.

I'd substitute Menzerna Intensive Polish instead of SIP for a guy new to the rotary. Using the system above (with regular IP instead of SIP) is a very safe and easy process for someone new to the rotary. You're not using very aggressive pads or polish (and not removing alot of clear coat), yet you'll still get very good correction ability, and the shine you'll end up with will knock your socks off.

Some basic safety rules:

Don't go over 1,000 rpm until you're very comfortable using the rotary.

Keep the buffer head moving over the paint the entire time that the head is turning.

Don't push hard.

Don't overwork (dry buff) the product

If you keep those simple rules in mind and try out the polishes/pads recommended above, I think you'll have a good first experience, and it should be safe, as well.

10-03-07, 06:39	#45 (permalink)
SuperBee364 0 to 60 in one paycheck! SuperBee364 is offline Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,770	Re: Question for PC users that switched to Rotary? Edge 2000 wool color guide: Black - Heavy compounding Yellow - Medium correction Green - Light correction Blue - Very light correction/final polish White - Has no cut to it. You can use this pad to really put a high shine on a car with a high quality finishing polish like PO106FF. This combination is wonderful, but it will not produce any correction at all. It's strictly to make the car shine, and OMG, it does a great job of it. My favorite medium correction pad (my workhorse), is LC's purple foamed wool. My current sytem (unless the car is heavily swirled and has serious defects), is: Purple foamed wool with Menz SIP, then either green or blue wool (green for hard clear coats, blue for softer clears) with 106FF, then White wool with 106FF. I can often skip the last step on softer clears, but most of the time I do it anyway. I'd substitute Menzerna Intensive Polish instead of SIP for a guy new to the rotary. Using the system above (with regular IP instead of SIP) is a very safe and easy process for someone new to the rotary. You're not using very aggressive pads or polish (and not removing alot of clear coat), yet you'll still get very good correction ability, and the shine you'll end up with will knock your socks off. Some basic safety rules: Don't go over 1,000 rpm until you're very comfortable using the rotary. Keep the buffer head moving over the paint the entire time that the head is turning. Don't push hard. Don't overwork (dry buff) the product If you keep those simple rules in mind and try out the polishes/pads recommended above, I think you'll have a good first experience, and it should be safe, as well. Last edited by SuperBee364 : 10-03-07 at 07:04.