Wool, what am I missing?

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Mindflux

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I've always polished with Foam as long as I've had a PC 7424, but with a Rotary coming I want to check out wool.

What I don't get about wool though is why there isn't a gamut of abrasive levels like there is for Foam from anyone BUT Edge (which in turn makes the Presta line)?

Is there no need to go that 'all out' with wool? Can you polish it down with a white or yellow wool pad from AG (mild/med cut) and then do your glaze/LSP with foam (which is ideal anyway)...

I'm a bit confused about this since I'm not familiar with wool.
 
Mindflux said:
I've always polished with Foam as long as I've had a PC 7424, but with a Rotary coming I want to check out wool.

What I don't get about wool though is why there isn't a gamut of abrasive levels like there is for Foam from anyone BUT Edge (which in turn makes the Presta line)?

Is there no need to go that 'all out' with wool? Can you polish it down with a white or yellow wool pad from AG (mild/med cut) and then do your glaze/LSP with foam (which is ideal anyway)...

I'm a bit confused about this since I'm not familiar with wool.
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I don't think there are that many abrasive levels because a majority of detailers only use wool for heavy compound jobs. It's always good to keep a wool pad around incase you run into something real bad.

On some occasions I have used wool for bad scratches and then followed up with a less abrasive polish and a foam polish pad. Even if you are real good with a rotary you will get halos or swirls with wool that's why you would use foam after so you don't create new swirls you eliminate them. I think I answered your question.
 
9D4E420 said:
I don't think there are that many abrasive levels because a majority of detailers only use wool for heavy compound jobs. It's always good to keep a wool pad around incase you run into something real bad.
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Edge has a whole series of wool. They're the only ones I've found that have an easily coordinated set. LC has yellow/white in varying abrasive levels but nothing to really distinguish between them if you had them in your hand.
 
I really don't think they are necessary. I just have the two LC pads. They seem to work for me.
 
i personally like the edge/presta blue wool and black wool, been gettin really nice results with blue wool and opt polish as with meg 86, been able to follow up with blue foam on pc to handle the light swirl from the wool
 
i love wool. i never use foam cutting pads because they can be hard to handle and generate a lot of heat. I prefer lambswool but have used twisted wool when needed. A wool pad will never finish out perfectly. But you can get good enough with them that you will only need a finishing pad and polish to perfect the finish. I have on several occasions used Megs 105 with a lambswool pad until i was happy with defect removal, then followed up with 106 on a black ccs pad and the finish was swirl and halo free. Hope that is some help.
 
I''m a recent wool convert. I switched to wool, specifically for plastic bumpers. Since that, I've tried it on everything and really enjoy using it. The wool cuts faster, runs a lot cooler, and allots the pachine to glide over the paint where as some foam likes to hop and skip depending on the temperature and humidity in the air.

When it comes to foam, I've recently stocked up and only picked up white and grey finishing pads, and bought a bunch of purple foamed wool and plan on picking up more wool pads from Edge.

I've tried wool with DA's and the results were not as good. If I were using Flex or PC, I'd stick with foam.
 
I'm not a huge wool fan and my experience is just the opposite of some of the opinions on this thread. I find wool to generate plenty of heat. It's been 30 plus years ago at this point but the only time I ever burned a finish was using a wool pad. That left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth and it took a number of years before I picked one up again. I was obviously much more experienced by the time I got serious with them again and very careful when I used them. That said, I use them but only on serious marring and typically with a compound roughly the equivalent of SSR 2 - 2.5. Once I get past these types of imperfections it's foam and lighter cut compounds for me. I use wool on rotary only don't even own a wool pad for the orbital.
 
I picked up some Edge wool but haven't had much of a chance to use it yet. Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help.
 
Hey Mindflux, exactly what Edge wool pads did you get? I'm actually interested in trying to finish down with wool to see how great I can get it even though I typically finish down with foam. I hear you can finish down pretty well with wool and the right finishing polish, hehe.
 
I'm new to a rotary and new to wool also. Think I'm going to be trying out some of those purple foamed wool pads soon. I've been reading lots of good reviews.
 
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