I have used the Lake Country Purple Foamed Wool (PFW) pads in the 5.5" size on my Rotary with great success.
I even compounded out a Cessna 172 with two-tone custom paint with these pads and Meguiars 105, and the results were stunning.
They wont have the longer life of full blown wool pads, but the advantage is they finish down really good and dont require alot of work afterwards to further clarify the finish.
The will shed a bit initially, but then settle down and just work, until you wear them out.
Guess it all depends on what you want to use them on, and your specific requirements of the pads.
Believe Meguiars has a newer wool/blend pad out there, that is purple-ish and some lighter colors, but think its only available in 6.5"
The L/C PFW`s come in all 3 sizes and I use all of them, when I want to correct some seemingly impossible paintwork, and want to do it without alot of extra steps.
All of the pads I speak of are available right here at PAC/CMA
Who did you end up getting the 3M 5" backing plate from ? I have also been thinking about getting a couple of them too. Let us know how it works for you, ok ?
Good luck with your search !
Dan F
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