http://www.autopia.org/forum/machine...ml#post1114192
So it`s a trade off... Using wool to finish is fast and easy. And it`ll get out compounding marks, holograms, and light defects better and faster than, say, a white LC foam pad. It`ll also leave a darn fine finish. However, as a general rule, you can get more shine and gloss from a foam finishing pad and a fine (like PO85RD) polish. The trade off is that the foam finishing pad/polish combo has zero correction ability; the finish must be compounding mark, defect, and hologram free already.
I two step polish most of the cars that I do. After the correction step, there are normally a few holograms and compounding marks left that have to be removed. So I use the white wool and PO106FF to get out the holos, marks, and leave a great finish. If I`m lucky enough to have finished the correction step with no additional minor correction needed during the polishing step, I`ll grab the foam finishing pad and the PO85RD for the last step.
I do have a few (only a few
) high end clients that pay me very well to do their cars. On their cars, I do the same two step, then do a third with the finishing foam and 85RD.
SIP and white wool make for a very good single step combo if you have a real cheap customer. It gets out some pretty good defects and finishes off very nicely. That is one thing that`s changed from the post above... White wool and SIP to single step instead of purple foamed. Add a couple drops of 106 to the SIP to extend the working time, make SIP play better, and get a much finer finish than you would with just SIP. It does take away some of SIP`s correcting power, though, so don`t add too much.
BTW... "White Wool" refers to Edge`s white Finishing Wool pad.
Those two posts you guys refer to really do make it sound like I`m contradicting myself, but really it`s just a matter of deciding which pad/polish combination is best for the job at hand. Plus, I`m always experimenting with the latest polishes and pads. There are a few posts around here that, when thrown into this mix, would really seem contradictive. But I just can`t help trying every new pad/polish combo that comes around.
Sorry for all the confusion.
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