The polishing machine is also include with its necessary parts such as polishing or buffing pad and plate. Pad and plate have several sizes starting from 3.5″ to 6″. You should always select a bigger polish pad than the plate for example 6″ pad, it should match with 5″-6″ plate.
Moreover, the pad comes up with different foam density. We recommend choosing it with a wide range from more coarseness to fineness. This will guarantee that you can manage several levels of the imperfection of paintwork in one time. The coarseness of the polishing pad is normally separated by color like green, red, black but there is no exact standardization.
Polishing pad maker has different color coding for their products so study the instruction before purchasing. Moreover, it has several materials used such as foam, wool, microfiber. The foam pad is commonly used by professional detailing guy or by you, the beginner will also get a good result from this kind of pad. Others have something more special for example wool pad. The wool pad gives more cutting effect and the better result, but it needs more caring to keep it in good condition.