The Guz
Mike
Disclaimer: Meghan sent me this product along with a few others to review. Thank you Meghan for sending it out to me.
Product: Buff & Shine Uro-Tec Pads
Product link: 2 inch Buff and Shine Uro-Tec Pads
Price: $25.99
Quantity: 4 pack
Product description:
I would like to thank Meghan for sending these out to me awhile ago for review purposes.
I put them to use as I was correcting my car. Brief background. I had my 99 Pontiac Grand Prix repainted last year around the September time frame and I received it in October. The entire car was repainted. I will post more info on that on a later review for the Sonax CC36 Ceramic coating.
So I received my car with rotary holograms and swirls on the entire paint. It was not a pretty sight when I saw the guy going to town when I picked up the car. I knew I would have my work cut out for me. Up to this point I have not done any paint correction. The good thing is the paint is silver so it hides defects pretty well.
Ok onto the review of these pads. The pads come in different options and different sizes. Meghan sent me the 2" size that I would pair with the Rupes iBrid Nano.
Pad Descriptions:
I taped off the edges of the door pillars as they are black and would show the correction ability of each pad. I divided the pillar into sections for each pad location.
This is the before photo of the pillars. Notice the lack of gloss and swirls using the scangrip handheld.
First up was the blue coarse heavy cutting pad. The polish of choice was Sonax Cut & Finish. After a few passes with the nano on speed 5, the pillar was left defect free. But there was some marring and hazing left behind by the aggressive combination.
Up next was the maroon heavy polishing pad. Again Sonax Cut & Finish was used as the polish of choice. Speed 5 on the nano as well. This left a good finish with little marring and haze compared to the blue coarse pad. Another option is to use a finer cut polish with this pad. I will try that another time.
Next was the yellow light polishing pad on the adjacent pillar. For this pad I swapped over to Sonax EX 04-06 polish. Again speed 5 on the nano. After a few passes this is the result. It left the finish just right. This would have been my test spot but I was testing these pads for you guys so I had to put them all to use. I ended up using this pad to clean up the pillars after I was done testing these pads.
I did use the white finishing pad but I forgot to take a photo once I was done. But I ended up using essence with these pads as I coated the pillars with the Cquartz UK/TiO2 (aka Classic) combination. The included video shows the pillars after using essence. This combination left the pillars with more gloss.
Final thoughts:
These pads did what they were designed to do. The foams seem to be of durable quality. They fit the backing plate of the Rupes nano just fine. These are a good alternative to the Rupes pads for the nano. One difference between the pads is that the Uro-Tec`s are less beveled than the Rupes pads which allows them to get to tighter areas a little better. Other than that the foams feel very similar and perform very similar.
They are also priced a little more friendly at $26 compared to the Rupes which are $40 for a 4 pack.
The only con I have with these is the adhesive separation from the pad and hook and loop interface. The one that went bad on me began to separate after one use and one wash. I have been told that Buff & Shine will replace the pad due to a bad batch of pads with adhesive issues. Contact Buff & Shine if this issue occurs to the pads.
Other than that the pads performed very well and are worth trying.
Video review of the pads.
Thanks for reading and watching. Comments and questions are welcomed.
Product: Buff & Shine Uro-Tec Pads
Product link: 2 inch Buff and Shine Uro-Tec Pads
Price: $25.99
Quantity: 4 pack
Product description:
I would like to thank Meghan for sending these out to me awhile ago for review purposes.
I put them to use as I was correcting my car. Brief background. I had my 99 Pontiac Grand Prix repainted last year around the September time frame and I received it in October. The entire car was repainted. I will post more info on that on a later review for the Sonax CC36 Ceramic coating.
So I received my car with rotary holograms and swirls on the entire paint. It was not a pretty sight when I saw the guy going to town when I picked up the car. I knew I would have my work cut out for me. Up to this point I have not done any paint correction. The good thing is the paint is silver so it hides defects pretty well.
Ok onto the review of these pads. The pads come in different options and different sizes. Meghan sent me the 2" size that I would pair with the Rupes iBrid Nano.
Pad Descriptions:
I taped off the edges of the door pillars as they are black and would show the correction ability of each pad. I divided the pillar into sections for each pad location.
This is the before photo of the pillars. Notice the lack of gloss and swirls using the scangrip handheld.
First up was the blue coarse heavy cutting pad. The polish of choice was Sonax Cut & Finish. After a few passes with the nano on speed 5, the pillar was left defect free. But there was some marring and hazing left behind by the aggressive combination.
Up next was the maroon heavy polishing pad. Again Sonax Cut & Finish was used as the polish of choice. Speed 5 on the nano as well. This left a good finish with little marring and haze compared to the blue coarse pad. Another option is to use a finer cut polish with this pad. I will try that another time.
Next was the yellow light polishing pad on the adjacent pillar. For this pad I swapped over to Sonax EX 04-06 polish. Again speed 5 on the nano. After a few passes this is the result. It left the finish just right. This would have been my test spot but I was testing these pads for you guys so I had to put them all to use. I ended up using this pad to clean up the pillars after I was done testing these pads.
I did use the white finishing pad but I forgot to take a photo once I was done. But I ended up using essence with these pads as I coated the pillars with the Cquartz UK/TiO2 (aka Classic) combination. The included video shows the pillars after using essence. This combination left the pillars with more gloss.
Final thoughts:
These pads did what they were designed to do. The foams seem to be of durable quality. They fit the backing plate of the Rupes nano just fine. These are a good alternative to the Rupes pads for the nano. One difference between the pads is that the Uro-Tec`s are less beveled than the Rupes pads which allows them to get to tighter areas a little better. Other than that the foams feel very similar and perform very similar.
They are also priced a little more friendly at $26 compared to the Rupes which are $40 for a 4 pack.
The only con I have with these is the adhesive separation from the pad and hook and loop interface. The one that went bad on me began to separate after one use and one wash. I have been told that Buff & Shine will replace the pad due to a bad batch of pads with adhesive issues. Contact Buff & Shine if this issue occurs to the pads.
Other than that the pads performed very well and are worth trying.
Video review of the pads.
Thanks for reading and watching. Comments and questions are welcomed.
