Help deciding on polisher

[skibik]

If you compare the cost of pads over time it`ll easily pay for itself. And you can use a 5" pad or a 5.5" with the 5" BP. If you`re the kind of user that buys one of any pad then buffs a whole car with it then yeah, probably won`t see the point. Or the best job for that matter.

So if it is only a cost difference then I would never see an advantage then because I don`t do comercial work and only do my own car. I did just look up the difference in cost in pads. I am surprised at the difference now since I bought my 6 inch pads a couple years ago. I paid a couple dollars more per pad then what the 5.5 costs now. I bought a couple of each of a few different color pads and now the difference would have paid for the plate. But the pads I have would last me a few years since I only do my own car. So I guess I do see the advantage in cost of the pads.

[Ccrew]

So if it is only a cost difference then I would never see an advantage then because I don`t do comercial work and only do my own car.

There`s also the fact that a smaller pad is less mass and therefore doesn`t load the DA as much which tends to keep everything spinning. There`s a Mike Phillips dissertation around here somewhere related to smaller/thinner pads and their ability to correct better.