MF Pads with Griots 6" RA

[Dcox9]

Has anyone ever used this combo before? Will it work?

[ihaveacamaro]

yup, works great. I`ve blown a few pads at speed 6 though so I would recommend a lower speed. I think they are supposed to not go higher than 4 or 5, I can`t remember which.

[TroyScherer]

I love the cutting pads with my PcXP. It is one of the best cutting combos I have on regular DA. I prefer to finish with foam pads though. I may just be personal preference though.

So I can strongly suggest the MF cutting pads and D300 compound on a DA.

[Dcox9]

You guys think its worth going with the 5" instead of the 6"

[TroyScherer]

I prefer using 5" pads as a standard with a standard DA. I feel like 6 & 6.5 pads are to big and don`t allow for reaching the full potential of the combo.

[Merlin]

yup, works great. I`ve blown a few pads at speed 6 though so I would recommend a lower speed. I think they are supposed to not go higher than 4 or 5, I can`t remember which.

^ AGREED

I`ve only blown one pad (and it was an early release)
I believe the correct OPM for the MF disc is 4800

Well after a little research here`s what I found.

OPM`s for Meguiar`s G110v2
Speed Setting 1 - 1800 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 2800 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 3800 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 4800 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5800 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6800 opm

OPM`s for G100/PC
Speed Setting 1 - 2300 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 2350 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 2600 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 3280 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 4780 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6100 opm

OPM`s for Meguiar`s G110
Speed Setting 1 - 2560 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 3250 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 3950 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 4600 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5550 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6700 opm

OPM`s for Meguiar`s G220
Speed Setting 1 - 2760 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 3450 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 4150 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 4800 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5750 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6900 opm

OPM`s for UD Machine
Speed Setting 1 - 2660 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 3950 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 4130 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 4900 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5240 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6540 opm

OPM`s for Griots 6"
Speed Setting 1 - 2500 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 3360 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 4240 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 5080 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5940 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6800 opm

OPM`s for PC7424XP
Speed Setting 1 - 2500 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 3300 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 4000 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 4800 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 5800 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 6800 opm

OPM`s for Flex 3401
Speed Setting 1 - 160 rpm (3,200 opm)
Speed Setting 2 - 200 rpm (4,000 opm)
Speed Setting 3 - 270 rpm (5,600 opm)
Speed Setting 4 - 330 rpm (6,600 opm)
Speed Setting 5 - 400 rpm (8,000 opm)
Speed Setting 6 - 480 rpm (9,600 opm)

These numbers are not gospel
Any corrections are encouraged

[pwaug]

[QUOTE=Merlin;467461
OPM`s for Griots 6"
Speed Setting 1 - 3500 opm
Speed Setting 2 - 4800 opm
Speed Setting 3 - 6100 opm
Speed Setting 4 - 7400 opm
Speed Setting 5 - 8700 opm
Speed Setting 6 - 10000 opm
[/QUOTE]

Merlin--I contacted Griots customer service shortly after getting my GG6 V2 a little over a year ago. These are the speeds they gave me, but I don`t know if this has changed with the V3 machine:

1-2500
2-3360
3-4240
4-5080
5-5940
6-6800

[Merlin]

merlin--i contacted griots customer service shortly after getting my gg6 v2 a little over a year ago.
These are the speeds they gave me, but i don`t know if this has changed with the v3 machine:

1-2500
2-3360
3-4240
4-5080
5-5940
6-6800

Excellent update thanks! I believe the new machine speeds are the same.

[mc2hill]

I used the GG 6" with the Meg`s 5" MF pads on my sons pewter Civic. When we bought the car I used M105 with orange pads to clean it up, but could not get all the swirls out with 2 passes. With 2 passes of the MF pads the difference was stunning. The best part was the the section I used a finishing polish and pad on did not look much different, so it worked as a 1 Step for me.
It worked fine for me on setting 5.

[The Driver]

I have, works ok. Honestly you need a 5 inch pad to really cut. There is just too much pressure distributed over the pad mass to actually get down into the paint, atleast without putting a dangerous level of pressure on the machine.

Just as a reference, if your thinking about using a 3401 with an MF pad it won`t work as designed due to the forced rotation. I found this out the hard way, they are mean for oscillation only.

[TacoHerder]

Does the 5" backing plate that comes with the kit fit on the GG 6" DA?

[The Driver]

Standard GG 6 only comes with the one 6, gotta order the 5 separate.

[TacoHerder]

Standard GG 6 only comes with the one 6, gotta order the 5 separate.

Sorry, I meant the 5" backing plate that comes with the Meguiars MF pad kit. Does that one work with a GG DA, or only the Meguiars DA.

[pwaug]

All of the standard DA machines (PC, Griots, Megs, HF, Shurhold) use a backing plate with a 5/16" thread, so yes the Megs backing plate will work with the GG6.

[TacoHerder]

awesome, thanks for the help