Hi, I got a set of these laying in the garage: 3M Superbuff Buffing Pad, 9 in, 05704 : Detailing.com They are wool pads. My question is, what what something like this be used for? I got a 1998 Toyota Camry I'm gonna detail in the spring when the weather here is warmer and I was wondering if that would be a good starting point for my paint correction? The car has probably never been properly buffed before from the looks of it and is in typical condition of a 12 year old daily driven car with higher miles. Can I use this wool pad and finish it off with a fine polishing foam pad? Thank you all and happy holidays!
Wool pads are for heavy correction like deep swirls and heavy oxidation. Rule of thumb is do the least first as a safety precaution.
How swirled up.scratched,etc., is the paint to begin with ? What color is the paint? Do you have a rotary, or what type of machine are you planning on using? These 3M pads you have are designed for cutting pretty quickly depending on the material you are going to use - do you know what compound material you are going to use? What is it? These are 9" pads, thats pretty big - have you used 9" pads before ? I think it would be easier/safer to try out Lake Country foam wool pads rather than a wool pad which is going to shed more wool than the L/C foam wool pads do. It is always easier to step up to more aggressive pads/compounds, than it is to get too aggressive a combination and have to clean up the compounding marks, etc.. And there is more risk of going through the paint with the most aggressive combination more quickly. Can you show us a picture of the paint after you have washed it and clay'd it ? Dan F
