I don`t understand buffing pad colors

[Ron Swanson]

I recently got a set of 3" buffing/polishing pads off Amazon and I need to get a better understanding about how to use them in general. If there`s a tutorial out there that explains them I`d appreciate a link.

I don`t have the chart in front of me right now, but I believe the instructions that came with them indicated the orange foam pad was for harder cutting, the blue and yellow foam pads would be for medium cutting/polishing, and the black and white foam pads are for fine polishing. Do all foam polishing pads follow this same color / grade code regardless of the manufacturer?

 

[Ron Ketcham]

There is no industry color standard for colors. User must either gain such from supplier or learn to determine by touch and feel of foam which is which.