Porter Cable 15006 5-Inch Hook and Loop Lambs Wool Polishing Pad

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Polish and buff a variety of surfaces to a high gloss using the Porter-Cable 15006 Lambs Wool Hook and Loop Polishing Pad. Designed to work with most random orbit sander, this 5-inch pad polishes without harming the surface finish. This pad fits standard hook and loop random orbital sanders and is the perfect choice for medium-sized polishing applications. Plus, it attaches to your orbital sander in seconds. Constructed from fine lambs wool, you can count on the Porter-Cable polishing pad to deliver scratch-free buffing.

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5 hook & loop lambswool polishing pad.

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• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Y76W
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• Item model number: MB10P
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,957 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silky smooth, tight nap, only about 1/2" deep, November 26, 2003

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Bob Feeser "MillCrafters.com" (Springfield, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Porter Cable 15006 5-Inch Hook and Loop Lambs Wool Polishing Pad (Tools & Home Improvement)

I had a body shop for 20 years. Did a lot of high end cars, and spent a lot of time behind a polisher. Now I am doing woodwork and need to get the same kind of results. The problem is that with woodwork, most of the time, you are working on smaller, intricate surfaces, as compared to the big flat panels on a car. Consquently a 2400 RPM polisher is not what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately 2400 RPMs is where mile deep gloss arrives. So what to do. I just ordered the Milwaukee variable speed 11 amp polisher. The speed range is 0-2800 with a pre set dial for fixing a setting, so I can slow it down for the delicate areas, and still maintain the option of cranking it up for the larger flat surfaces. I also purchased the hook and loop backing pad. That is where this Porter Cable wool pad comes in. It is difficult to tell just how much nap their is on a pad when ordering from a picture online. My old favorite is a super plush 7 inch tie on lambswool bonnet. By the time you wrap it around a backing pad, it makes for a larger edge than you would normally need for the intracacies of wood projects. That is where these Porter Cable hook and loop pads come in. The texture is very fine and smooth. Very thick and dense as well. The nap is only about 1/2" deep. That makes it very manageable for tight spaces. It is good for getting a lot of control when working up close to an ajoining surface. Using this pad on a random orbit sander is ok for a gentle rubbing effect. If you are planning on building a solid layer of finish, and polishing it to a deep gloss that is glasslike by using compounds, you will need a regular polisher. The nice thing about these Porter Cable polishing pads, is that they work with either type of machine, as long as they have a hook and loop backing pad.
All in all these Porter Cable pads, with their tight yet silky smooth nap, fill a niche for polishing that is very helpful. Hope this helps.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for polishing a car, September 23, 2011

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I bought this to reduce the overall amount of elbow grease required to wax and polish my car. I waxed by hand, wiped the majority of the wax off by hand, and then I used this to buff it all to a nice shine. That approach worked well with this product -- the car looks beautiful, and it was overall much easier and faster.

The car is black, and I am always nervous about anything touching the paint -- black shows so many flaws so easily. I was unsure whether this would be soft enough for me to feel comfortable hitting the paint with it at high speed. In the end, I trusted the brand name and just went for it. I'm so glad I did -- soft as anything, it polished the wax and paint beautifully.