Cutting Pad and G110

[SRT84JM]

Is cutting pad W7207 approved for the G110 DA?

[Carfire]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

I believe you can use it with the DA, but Meguiars Does not recommend it.
Although many members of Meguiars Online have used the cutting pad with great success.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

The reason it is not officially recommended is because the cutting pad tends to mar the surface when used with a dual action polisher. I suggest using the new DA approved M105 and the normal yellow polishing pad for heavy DA correction work.

[Megafast13]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

What They Said ^^^

Using the cutting pad on a DA creates Mar, Holograms, and other stuff you will just have to remove later on. It is made for Rotaries mostly, but many people even at Meg's use them on the G110.

Like Mark Said, Get the new M105 and get the M205 and use the Soft Buff. 2.0 Polishing Pads!

[PorscheGuy997]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

The DA cannot create holograms. It simply does not rotate fast enough to create them.

When did Meguiar's make this change in policy? During the summer and after the second shipment, they were still recommended.

[akimel]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

I believe that Meguiar's changed their official recommendation sometime in the fall: W7207 Washable Foam Cutting Pad. Last month Mike P. offered this explanation: "At this time we don't recommend using our cutting pads with a DA Polisher because the foam formula is aggressive enough that it may remove the defects quickly but it can also leave the paint hazy."

[Tim Lingor]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

The DA cannot create holograms. It simply does not rotate fast enough to create them.

When did Meguiar's make this change in policy? During the summer and after the second shipment, they were still recommended.

When I was testing the new 2.0 pads before they were announced publicly, you could use the cutting pad with the DA and I even mentioned that in my review and in the testing of other compounds. However, a change in policy was made.



Tim

[PorscheGuy997]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

Gotcha.

Thanks Tim!


Almost any time you use a cutting pad, you are going to have to follow it up with a less aggressive pad to remove the very light marring. It's just the nature of the pad.

[SRT84JM]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

Thanks for the responses.

[dragonballz]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

Gotcha.

Thanks Tim!


Almost any time you use a cutting pad, you are going to have to follow it up with a less aggressive pad to remove the very light marring. It's just the nature of the pad.

Thats what it's supposed to do though, right? Like removing a scratch with a terry towel. It will remove the scratches, but will leave it's own scratches behind which will be removed later by a less aggressive method.

[PorscheGuy997]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

The older W7006 would leave some hazing when used with the DA. The new W7207 used a new foam and leaves the finish finer, while offering more cut.

Sometimes, you need some extra cut to remove defects. It's just alternative to using a rotary.

Another way to get more cut is to use a product with non-diminishing abrasives - SwirlX, ScratchX 2.0, Ultimate Compound, M105, and M205.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Cutting Pad and G110

Almost any time you use a cutting pad, you are going to have to follow it up with a less aggressive pad to remove the very light marring.
It's just the nature of the pad.

You are correct.

The problem is not everyone knows this and there are hundreds of Newbies switching from working by hand to working by machine and not enough of these people are on the forum to learn and understand that while more aggressive products, (both pads, chemicals and even tools), can remove deeper defects faster, the end-results may leave the surface hazy with SHALLOW tick marks or what we call micro-marring.

The good news is that if you're were able to remove the deeper defects with more aggressive products then it's logical you can remove the new, shallow haze with a second polishing step using less aggressive products including pads and chemicals and in some cases tools).

The problem with all of the above is all too often a person new to machine polishing will use a cutting pad, haze their paint and panic and blame the company for the results.

See the problem?

Since they're new to machine polishing and perhaps even detailing they likely don't understand how to clean and polish clear coat paints which is kind of tricky when you're first starting out since it's a scratch-sensitive coating.

Now if we could get everyone car enthusiasts to just lurk on the forum, not even joining, but lurking and reading, and in effect, getting educated on all the things the members of this forum already know, then these people would understand that sometimes on some paint systems, using an aggressive pad on a tool that oscillates will haze the paint and a second polishing step is necessary to remove the haze left by the aggressive first step.