Blending pads, good place to order 10 of them

[Jeff K]

Does anyone have a link to a good price/place to order the proper pads for the DeLorean? I want to do my entire car over winter, probably need a dozen or so.

Thanks
Jeff

[Michael]

Go to Lowes and get this setup. The thicker pads are green with a number 1011NA and they are coarse, good for removing light scratches. The gray pads are thinner and very similar to the factory blending pads. These are good for the final blend and they have a number of 10112NA. Lowes also sells the handle which is very useful. Blending, that's another story and I could write a 500 word thread on that, but if you search you can find lots of useful info.

[SS Spoiler]

Just head over to Sherwin Williams paint store, or any other commercial version like them.

Paul Cerny

[Jeff K]

Thanks. Do you think they have the larger ones too?

I guess this is the blending pad DMC sells?

Scotch-Brite 7446 Gray Stainless Pads

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Manufacturing/Industry/Product-Catalog/Online-Catalog/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECFTDQGLE0000000_nid=FD60PQZ KZ0gsH55CPWS904gl8BMQ86K1J7bl

[Michael]

Lowes pretty much has the run of 3M stripping pads, all sizes and grits. I'm sure Home Depot and any hardware store will cary them and Scotch as well, even Walmart. I will tell you that I have acheived some VERY nice results using the coarse green pads. Keep in mind that the grit rating does not last long. I think the green pads are rated at 60grit, but once they have been used a bit I would rate them at around 220. I save my worn green pads as they make great blending pads that don't wear out. I generaly do not use the gray pads much other than finishing touches because after a bit of use I think they are too fine and cause a mirror finish but that's up to the owner. I personally like the rough finish with very little reflection, while others take it to a semi-polished look. I also use foaming window cleaner as lubricant but sometimes I just dry blend...depends on the job.

[David T]

You don't really need all that many if you go over the car lightly with some sandpaper first. If you want a lot of blending pads cheap go to an industrial janitorial supply and get one of those large round pads that they use on big floor polishers. They use them to strip the wax off of tile floors before they wax. You can cut it up into smaller rectangular pads. If you have access to any large office building, if you give the janitor a few bucks he can probably give you a pad. The black ones seem to be the roughest.
David Teitelbaum