xtremekustomz
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It was time for me to order some new pads and my go to compound has been AAT for the past year to year and a half. I don`t do a lot of detailing by it self anymore. Most of my work is repaints. If anyone here paints you know how hard it is to keep dust out of a job and since I do small items here at my house I always have to denib. I usually sand the nib out with 1500 dry and move to 3000 wet. I always get pigtails left behind from the 1500 especially if color sanding the whole panel. I`m currently working on painting my car and as a request from Vega I ordered some Buff & Shine pads. I got the yellow, orange, green, blue and black. Normally I would use the 3D wool pad which I liked because it had nice cut but did leave behind marring that would need to be corrected with another pad. On top of that they loaded up pretty quick it seemed and the pad actually shrunk in size over time. It is now about 3/8" smaller than it was when I bought it so it doesn`t fit on the backing plate properly. Anyway back to the Buff & Shine. Pigtails are usually a pain to get out because they cut deeper than the actual 1500 grit so it`s either keep cutting or go back to sanding. I used the yellow foam pad which seems to be the most aggressive and I was thoroughly impressed with the cut. I was able to remove all the pigtails with this pad and AAT compound and it didn`t really leave behind any noticeable marring. I went back over with AAT and the green pad just in case. I will do a final polish on the whole car once it is all back together. I also found that with this pad you don`t need a ton of compound to do the job. The backing seems to be a lot tougher than the other pads I had been buying whose velcro would come off. I use a Dewalt rotary too btw. Anyway if you are looking for a good pad with good cut I would highly recommend these from Buff & Shine. I will try to get a video of me using it from start to finish on the next panels I paint. I was going to do it for my trunk last night but the ipad was dead.
