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01-22-06, 01:39
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| | Now with twice the head
Scottwax is offline
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 25,182 | Helpful suggestion to improve responses in this forum
Please do not refer to pads by color type. Not all manufacturers use the same colors for the same level of aggressiveness. Asking if the yellow pad by so and so is the right pad to use is going to get you a ??? from those who don't use those pads. Forget the color, that is just to look pretty. If you ask if the polishing pad by so and so is the correct pad for your situation is going to allow more people to answer your question more quickly. 
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01-22-06, 01:49
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Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 397 | I agree. Not to sound mean or anything, but I usually ignore posts that ask for advice on "blue pads" because I don't want to deal with a back-and-forth converstation within the thread. Isn't there a chart someone made that explains which colors different companies use to code for aggressiveness? It should really be a sticky.
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01-22-06, 01:52
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Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 542 | We should ID pads by PPI. | |
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01-22-06, 01:56
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Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Victoria, Canada Posts: 576 | Manufacturers should standardize on the colours.
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01-22-06, 02:09
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| | RIP-Aug. 22, 2007
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: pittsburgh, pa Posts: 489 | Yeah , I think that would help avoid confusion.
By the way , here's a comparison chart from CMA-PAC , but it's pretty general : http://www.properautocare.com/dufopadcoch.html | |
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01-22-06, 02:49
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| | Now with twice the head
Scottwax is offline
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 25,182 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Black240SX Manufacturers should standardize on the colours. | Not going to happen, they aren't going to cooperate on that level.
As long as everyone refers to the pad's rating instead of color, they can get their questions answered more quickly.
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01-22-06, 02:50
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01-22-06, 03:43
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Originally Posted by DanoWatt | Great chart man!! I put that in my book marks last year, i believe and hace referred to it quite a few times!  
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01-22-06, 03:47
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: pittsburgh, pa Posts: 489 | Nice chart. Good reference. | |
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01-22-06, 04:16
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 6,885 | If they state the manufacturer, then specifying the pad color is fine.
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01-22-06, 04:49
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| | I'm The "Punk Kid"
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Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bloomfield MI, 48302 Posts: 640 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by White95Max If they state the manufacturer, then specifying the pad color is fine. | 
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01-22-06, 05:13
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Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Port St. Lucie FL Posts: 1,746 | eh, even so, I don't yet know each manufacturers color lineup by heart (yet). Just saying cutting, polishing, finishing, etc would be nice
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