View Full Version : Wool pad on a PC?
Bruce
05-29-2003, 10:04 PM
Is a wool pad more agressive than a yellow (or purple) foam cutting pad on a PC? On a rotary, yes, but I`m starting to wonder if the PC has enough oomph to take advantage of the wool.
I`ve been doing a lot of experimenting with different products using a PC and wool and yellow foam pads to go after some nasty scratches and etchings. For some reason, I don`t seem to be seeing much difference between wool and foam (at 6), but maybe it`s too early to tell.
topnotchtouch
05-29-2003, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by Bruce
Is a wool pad more agressive than a yellow (or purple) foam cutting pad on a PC? On a rotary, yes, but I`m starting to wonder if the PC has enough oomph to take advantage of the wool.
I`ve been doing a lot of experimenting with different products using a PC and wool and yellow foam pads to go after some nasty scratches and etchings. For some reason, I don`t seem to be seeing much difference between wool and foam (at 6), but maybe it`s too early to tell.
CMA does sell a scratch repair kit for the PC that does include a wool pad and they have a nice page on how to use it. Might be worth a look.
CMA Scratch Repair Kit Tutorial (http://www.properautocare.com/remscratwitp.html)
Here is a link to the repair kit. You can buy the wool pad by itself, there is a link at the bottom of this page.
CMA Scratch Repair Kit (http://www.properautocare.com/demesprekit.html)
Accumulator
05-30-2003, 12:23 PM
Bruce - You`re right, he wool is really not THAT much more aggressive than the yellow/maroon cutting pad. I`d say it`s not so much a matter of whether the PC is up to optimizing the wool, but rather that the wool pad at speed 6 is just as far as you can go with a PC.
I ended up using (with considerable trepidation, which proved unfounded) the wool/FCRC combo on the XJS. It WAS more effective/aggressive than the yellow pads were, and about as aggressive as I`d want to go on that car. But no, it`s no rotary. Now a MEDIUM cut (or an even MORE aggressive product) RC/wool combo might be more what you`re after, but I`d worry about paint thickness.
Bruce, have you read Alboston`s Member Article about using the PC to remove swirls?
http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14213
Lots of interesting discussion about using wool pads in there. It doesn`t sound as intimidating once you read that thread. :)