having trouble reaching my goals, pissing me off now!

[razahyde]

thaanks for the advice guys!!!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

The hood of the bmw looks as wet and glossy as I have ever seen.



Great work!



If you are a fast learner, do go for the rotary. Otherwise the flex 3401 or the Festool da will give you a lot more correction.

 

[Accumulator]

II've come to the conclusion that foam cutting pads on a rotary are a joke.

Yep :xyxthumbs I doubt that I'll *ever* use orange/yellow foam on a rotary again.

...[Accumulator] can say in 8 sentences what woulda taken me four pages, several tangents, and at least one rant.

Heh heh, every now and then I really *can* be succinct

 

[razahyde]

Yep :xyxthumbs I doubt that I'll *ever* use orange/yellow foam on a rotary again.







Heh heh, every now and then I really *can* be succinct

so what pads do you recommend for my rotary. i just sold ALL of my stuff to a local guy. so basically i am starting fresh with a rotary and going with menzerna products and black ice. pads are my main concern now.

 

[toby tyke]

Also try Lake Country CCS pads, especially orange for light cut + the Menz IP.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

so what pads do you recommend for my rotary. i just sold ALL of my stuff to a local guy. so basically i am starting fresh with a rotary and going with menzerna products and black ice. pads are my main concern now.

Lake Country Purple Foamed Wool.



You will thank me later.....just like I thanked SuperBee.

 

[scary bill]

It takes 4" pads to truly exploit the PC's corrective ability.



It takes a rotary to do serious correction in a timely manner on hard paint.



If I were starting from scratch with a rotary system, I'd go with the Edge setup and a variety of wool pads (plus foam for the final passes). And I'd keep the PC to use on holograms and for other gentle work (with those 4" pads ).



Product? Eh...people do great work with Meg's, Optimum, Hi-TEmp, Menzerna, 1Z, 3M, you name it. All have their individual characteristics and it's hard to say what *you* will like best.

+1

The man can say in 8 sentences what woulda taken me four pages, several tangents, and at least one rant. Once again, Accumulator nails it.:up

+10

Lake Country Purple Foamed Wool.



You will thank me later.....just like I thanked SuperBee.

+ many more.



Also as mentioned above the edge wool kits are good for beginner, wool cuts fast and cool. The finishing wool is said to be great ( I don't have it yet) as it is safer for a rotary newbie.



The PFW needs a traditional BP vs edge pads use an adapter. I really like the PFW. Great cutting abilty and finish.



By rotary I usually do use foam pads (LC 6.5") but nothing more aggresive than white polishing. I also use black/blue fiishing pads. They *can* create more heat than wool, foam also will grab the edge of a body panel (burn) or an emblem/trim (takes it off) so they are less safe than wool. I do not use cutting pads very much with a rotary, as I hate them. They grab and skip and get really hot :angry.



After you get the hang of the rotary you may want to get some foam finishing pads.



For polishes I use OP/OC/OHC and 3M UF the most. They take longer but stay wet forever. Easy to use stuff. There is much faster stuff out there, though:hmph: