View Full Version : Polishing By Hand: Foam or Microfiber
shadow85
01-12-2009, 12:52 PM
Do you prefer using a foam pad or a microfiber pad when polishing by hand? Is this a significant difference?
I don`t have a great deal of experience, but I believe that a microfiber pad has a more aggressive "cut" than a foam pad.
Accumulator
01-12-2009, 01:02 PM
IME the aggressiveness works like this:
Most: cotton terry
Medium: yellow foam "wax applicator" pads
Lest: MF
I tend to prefer MF for polishing by hand, but I think it`s really just personal preference unless you need to be especially aggressive or gentle.
If you`re doing a lot of polishing the foam will probably be the better choice as the MF/cotton tends to load up with product and get all matted down. The foam absorbs the old product and is pretty easy to clean out as needed.
BigJimZ28
01-12-2009, 01:05 PM
they few areas on my cars I cant polish by machine
I just pull the foam off the PC/Rotary I am using and foldif neede to make it fit that area
IME the aggressiveness works like this:
Most: cotton terry
Medium: yellow foam "wax applicator" pads
Lest: MF
I tend to prefer MF for polishing by hand, but I think it`s really just personal preference unless you need to be especially aggressive or gentle.
If you`re doing a lot of polishing the foam will probably be the better choice as the MF/cotton tends to load up with product and get all matted down. The foam absorbs the old product and is pretty easy to clean out as needed.
I stand corrected. Good to know!:xyxthumbs
ALAN81
01-12-2009, 06:02 PM
FOAM the mf pads soak up too much product
imported_smprince1
01-12-2009, 06:51 PM
For some bite/cutting, I like the terry cloth wrapped foam applicators.
For final polishing, I like the foam applicators.