I have searched and read several opinions although none quite definitive. I just recently this year took the plunge and bought a PC every LC pad imaginable along with megs 105, 205, and now mens 85rd. I have been playing with different polish and pad combinations. Is polishing with the same polish on different pads beneficial? An example would be 205 on a orange pad then a white pad, or 85rd on a white pad then on a black pad. Both my vehicles are ungaraged only my bike is garaged so I am not really after perfection although I have begun detailing others motorcycles. The reason I am asking is sometimes I have found it necessary to use a yellow pad with 105 and the jump to 205 on a orange or green pad seems to steep, so far I have just used multiple passes with the 205 not wanting to take to much off with the 105, if you follow.
Foam Pad Dependency All abrasive polishes are ‘foam pad and applied pressure dependant’ as far as their paint correction abilities are concerned. Any abrasive / pad combination is only as fine as its most abrasive component. If we consider the Lake County (LC) White foam (50 PPI) polishing pad as the baseline; any polish used will derive help from the abrasive abilities of the foam. Then consider the LC Blue (70 PPI) finishing pad has no abrasive ability and will contribute nothing to the cutting capability of a polish. What is derived from this is that a polishes abrasive ability can be ‘fine tuned’ by using different combinations (abrasiveness) of polish and foam (the same thing is true of wool pads) and of course differing the amount of downward pressure (10-15 Lbs is the usual range) applied will also have an effect on the abrasives capability Different pad / product combinations (least abrasive pad / polish first) a) Base pad / product (least abrasive pad / product) if this combination does not provide the desired results, increase the aggressiveness of the technique or product selection. b) Step-up 1 - using the same pad with a more abrasive product c) Step-up II – use a less abrasive pad and the same product as used in step-up I d) Step-up III- using the same pad with a more abrasive product As can been ascertained from the above the total abrasive ability of a polish / foam pad combination is subject to many variables, the polishes abrasive ability is just the starting point
