Quote Originally Posted by madkatz View Post
*jmpet626: i have tried them already, its more like black and blue for applying sealants and waxes, and you could also use these pads for jeweling the paint using finishing polishes, where red and gold is softer and could be used to jewel the paint by using ultra fine finishing polishes and applying waxes and sealants. Its more like Red and Gold are just softer versions of Black and Blue where they are a lot safer at the process of jeweling as compared the their black and blue counter parts, sadly it looks like red and gold are mainly effective if used by rotary as compared to DA's. I've actually compared the results i had before during my trial paint jeweling, done without that much guides and knowledge BTW, i actually had better results with the blue pad with a rotary as compared to the gold pad with a pc.

Basically the black blue and red pads are actually pretty much the same for me, i really can't even differentiate any significant difference, the gold in a way is slightly and noticeably softer. the black, blue and red pads are basically good for finishing polishes since they have very minimal cut and using these pads with finishing polishes will still remove paint but on a very very low cut level already, as for the gold pad i guess its the same with the red blue and black but lets just say that the gold has a very long working time. with a rotary it already takes a long time to burnish the paint to a high gloss what more with a PC, it took me a long time to completely work my finishing polish with a PC and getting the right amount of polish along side with the area to be worked with was also something i had to learn the hard way. Honestly right now im so happy just with the black pad and its performance that its all that i used since mid December, One thing i noticed from the red blue and gold pads are that they actually tend to hold a lot more wax or polish inside the foam, so better be careful in applying too much cause any increase in pressure might release polishes that are not broken down completely and these might even cause an uneven surface gloss for you. If i get to my jeweling project and i still don't see that much difference i just actually might sell my blue red and gold pads since so far i don't see any big difference with the black pad.

Thanks Madkatz.. Very informative!!!