Burgundy Cutting Pad

[Zuke]

I have a few, but have never used them with my G110. I've had great results using the yellow polishing pad, and have heard its not really meant for the DA. I want to know does anyone use them with the DA often? And if I did use mine, is there a good chance a buffer will be needed to clean up the mess?

[Tuck91]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

It can haze up the paint pretty badly in some cases. Worked pretty good for me on oxidized fiberglass though.

[Zuke]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

Good to know. There are a few boats on my block that could use it! I guess I should have listened more and just got Polishing and Finishing pads on my 1st order.

[Tuck91]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

Good to know. There are a few boats on my block that could use it! I guess I should have listened more and just got Polishing and Finishing pads on my 1st order.

I would use it only on older and neglected boats and not on brand new ones, I just did a badly oxidized boat and I used the cutting pad in some areas and this seemed to help cut down the time it took to remove the oxidation.

I would be too afraid to use it on a brand new boat in near perfect condtion though.

[speed3blackmica]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

in some cases, it can haze the finish, in some cases it doesnt. in most cases, via DA, it hazes the paint. which would require a finishing polish like M205 and a polishing pad to remove the hazing. so yeah, it might lessen the time to remove the defects, but then you just have to go back and remove the defects the pad has put into the paint. and while the cutting pad via DA doesnt always create such hazing, when it does, you have to remove the hazing and all your doing is just creating more and more cut against the paint. the trick is to get the defects out with the least aggressive system so that its not overkill, but cuts the paint "just enough" to make it defect free. this way will prolong the life of the paint. the same analogy can be understood if you were to cut down a tree. you dont want to use a very aggressive method such as a going at it straight with a chain saw and going at it with all your might and the 500lb tree comes timbering down onto anything its in path of decent and possibly hurting you or any possesions around you (in the cars case, you'd be hurting the paint, not literally, but im sure you could understand my point there)..instead of using that method, you want to slowly take your time and cut down branch by branch of a tree and once the branches are off, you can safely bring it down in pieces under a controlled plan. i hope that makes sense. the only reason im using this as an analogy is because i just cut down a tree this past weekend ! well anyway, its the same with your paint. go at it gently, and work your way up to the most effective product, pad, speed, ect..until the results you are getting are perfect, and time efficient, and still safe to not go overkill on the paint.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

The only time I use them is to remove wax. After I cover them in a microfiber bonnet. Otherwise no direct contact with the paint ever for me.

[dvtldav]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

At the Midwest get together last spring, Jason Rose used the cutting pad on the 110 with 105 to clean up an area we had wet sanded on a practice hood and it came out really good, but that was Jason Rose. I have used the cutting pad with 105 on my sisters '97 Aurora as that was the only way to get some RIDS out, but I knew I would be going over it again with 205 on the yellow pad.

Dave

[William_F]

Re: Burgundy Cutting Pad

I used it on my 110v2 with 105 to dull down some pretty gnarly scratches on the roof of my car. Judging by the paint transfer patterns and scratches, they hauled something on the roof and weren't careful with it.

I only used it on those isolated areas, and then followed it up with 205 to clear it up.

I have also had decent results using the wool pad on the DA to clean up mild hazing on head lights.