[yukonon22]

These are the pads from lady on ebay. They look and feel good. They have alot less 3m branding on them than the pads you buy at the paint shop. The white pads have a small 3m logo whereas the black pad has none. Therefore i cannot tell if they are actually real. But at $25 for all the pads its still a good deal. I also picked up some clay to try out from griots along with some wheel cleaner. Which i really like for chrome rims. I picked up a small order containing wheel brightener and wax blaster from autogeek.

And my favorite part is the new tools. I picked up a milwaukee polisher, air gun, and a porter cable air polisher.














The white pad is a compounding pad
The black pad is a polisher pad
Not sure on the wool i think its a finishing wool pad

[Mindflux]

What's the stroke on that air polisher? gmblack3a did some investigating and I can't remember what he said would be 'best' to minimize pigtails but in short nobody in the states had them with that short of a stroke so he had to get them from overseas if I remember right.

[yukonon22]

stroke?

[J BELL]

Are these the 5 1/4" pads still? Im still pissed i cant use them for my FLEX da!

[Duratys]

Originally Posted by yukonon22

stroke?

The distance the pad moves from the center of the polisher...

[yukonon22]

yes 5 1/4" pads.

You guys are putting me on the spot with this. I barely know anything about it other than what griots garage says about it.

[MadOzodi]

Griot's clay is good stuff.

[yukonon22]

looking foreword to trying it out. You sure get alot

[Duratys]

Originally Posted by yukonon22

yes 5 1/4" pads.

You guys are putting me on the spot with this. I barely know anything about it other than what griots garage says about it.

Didnt mean to corner ya

It looks like its a PTS3 Porter-Cable 5" Random Orbit Air Sander...
Here are the specs for it:

Avg. SCFM req. @ 90 PSI: 15.0
12,000 RPM
3/16" orbit
Non-vacuum
Built-in speed control with rear exhaust
Lightweight, low profile design
Ergonomic rubber comfort grip provides maximum operator control
Smooth, swirl-free finishes


I remeber the post refering to the importance of the stroke length but dont remember the specifics. Your going to need a healthy air compressor to run that sander...its hungry for air.

[yukonon22]

I got a bigg a$$ one is my basement