what to buy?

[thepanchmx]

I just got my new g110v2 but i have no pads or backplate (only de default) what no. Items do i need in order to do:

Buffing and sanding. I would like small and big size as well

I already own all the liquids

Thank you.

[ChevyNick]

Well for pads id get a couple 7" and 4" yellow polishing pads and also a couple 7" and 4" finishing pads. You will need the 6" and 3" backing plates accordingly. These are all meguiars products I am talking about by the way.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: what to buy?

Editing this post since we reread the first one and you do have the W68DA backing plate. The pads nick is referring to are our W8207 and W9207 (7" polishing and finishing, respectively) and our W8204 and W9204 (4" polishing and finishing, respectively). You'll need the S3BP backing plate for use with the 4" pads.

[thepanchmx]

Re: what to buy?

Editing this post since we reread the first one and you do have the W68DA backing plate. The pads nick is referring to are our W8207 and W9207 (7" polishing and finishing, respectively) and our W8204 and W9204 (4" polishing and finishing, respectively). You'll need the S3BP backing plate for use with the 4" pads.

I remember i need some "soft" backing plate in order to do sanding, wich one do i have to buy?
thank you

[Michael Stoops]

Re: what to buy?

If you want to use the DA for damp sanding you'll need our S6BP and S6FI foam interface pad. It is very important to use that interface pad between the abrasive media and backing plate when doing defect repair that does not involve the intentional leveling of orange peel. This is the most common use of DA damp sanding, especially on factory paint.

[thepanchmx]

Re: what to buy?

im confused, so i need the backplate and also the intarface? for removing defects and for sanding to remove orange pill? just the normal backplate?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: what to buy?

If you've never wet sanded before, then the interface is absolutely mandatory. If you're looking to remove orange peel from factory paint and think skipping the interface pad is going to make things so faster, just know this: removing orange peel from factory paint is really not a good idea since there just isn't enough clear applied to do this safely. Oh, sure, you can remove the orange peel from factory clear, but then you're pretty much done with that car forever; you will have removed so much clear that you can never again rotary compound the paint, and a few aggressive DA compoundings will put you over the limit. If you ever get a scratch in the paint that you can barely feel, too bad, you now have to live with it. It's just not a good idea all around, and if you've never wet sanded paint before, it's a terrible idea.

With the interface pad in place you can actually sand out moderate scratches while matching the surrounding orange peel and not end up with an area that looks dramatically different in texture from the rest of the car.

Do not skip the interface pad.

[thepanchmx]

Re: what to buy?

i wanna remove orange peel from a bad paint job, im not doing anyprofessional stuff since im just practicing in this particulary job because it is done so bad that im hoping sanding and buffing do the job

[Michael Stoops]

Re: what to buy?

Sanding and buffing may well do the job, but it could also make a bad situation worse if you don't have any experience with this. You'll be taking off serious levels of paint, and pretty quickly, too. If you've never done this before and you care at all about the vehicle this bad paint job is on, you may want to spend some serious time practicing on a some take off panels from a body shop. A junk yard will charge you for a good panel, but a body shop may donate a wrecked panel to you for free.

It's fairly straight forward to sand and buff on a big, flat panel, but once you start dealing with panel edges, contours, body lines, etc things can get really complicated very quickly and you can cut through to primer in no time.