good dry pads

cjbritt1 · Post by **cjbritt1** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:01 pm

My husband and I have been doing granite for some time now. Having a hard time finding a good quality dry polishing pad. Have used ones on ebay - some cheap and some expensive - none seem to last long or that will work everyday. The orginal set we started with were regent pads - but my bro-in-law said they had costed him $400 for the set - at 1st we thought he was kidding but we have worn those out and bought many to replace - none of them compare. Cant really afford a set of dry pads for $400 but even if we could cant seem to find that exact style. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks

Joe Little · Post by **Joe Little** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:35 pm

If you polish alot, you need to go with wet pads, they last longer and you get a much better polish !!

cjbritt1 · Post by **cjbritt1** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:25 pm

I know that the dry pads are for after installation - thats what we tend to use them for - its just the ones we have bought in the past just dont perform like the ones we were using in the beginning. Dont tend to polish they tend to smear and glaze up. We are running at about 1800 rpm's. We do use the wet pads in the shop for the production work. The dry ones we use just for installing, touch ups, and sometimes field fabricating (the set of regent swe got several years ago, saw us through over 300 installs - fast good polishes - the newer ones glaze up, discolor countertops, wont shine, sometimes tear apart when they are new. We just need a set of really really good dry pads -

GuyboR · Post by **GuyboR** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:41 pm

cjbritt1....

First, please fill in your profile/signature so we all know who we are talking to.
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Dry pads in the field...my guys still tend to use a little bit of water on them when they touch up. They just wipe the material and the pad with a wet paper towel. The ones that they seem to like the best are the vipers from Braxton Bragg. (I believe those are the ones they are using now) They are a bit more expensive, but in the field finishing an install, it's worth it.

ash20ash · Post by **ash20ash** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:59 am

Never really found a dry pad I liked. We do as Guy has said also, but use wet pads at the end with a little water. Low rpm.

You might try Phoenix Diamond tools. I think that's where I got my last set. They have held up great.

t-mobile · Post by **t-mobile** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:36 am

Any dry pad that has a honeycomb pattern will polish great. I have found these to be the best. I also agree with the others. A spray bottle and wet pads will yeild better results than any dry pad.

clhilde · Post by **clhilde** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:48 pm

Dont laugh but you can use wet pads and use Vaseline to keep them lubed while polishing in stead of water just dont use to much or you will have a big mess. Works great on es

Joe Little · Post by **Joe Little** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:52 pm

Sorry, could not help it

Troy Burnette · Post by **Troy Burnette** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:09 am

Chris , that was funny , but now i gotta try it ...

Thanks

clhilde · Post by **clhilde** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:30 am

Yeah i knew it was coming

But it does work i had to cut off a end of a 25.5 run in es and polish it in house many years ago and it worked great so now we carry some with us on the truck just in case

GMD · Post by **GMD** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:58 am

Antonio Almonte · Post by **Antonio Almonte** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:36 am

Still funny!

Ken Lago · Post by **Ken Lago** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:40 am

I wanna know who pulled the vasaline out that first time you guys tried that

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:58 am

I don't !!

clhilde · Post by **clhilde** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:19 pm

Yep Ill here about this for a while

Dan Dauchess · Post by **Dan Dauchess** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:54 pm

dimmer switches..... vaseline.....

what next?

ash20ash · Post by **ash20ash** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:02 pm

What about K-Y jelly??????????

GMD · Post by **GMD** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:49 pm

still funny

and it only get better

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:23 am

Leave it to Ash to bring up the K-Y Jelly !!

Brian_Stone · Post by **Brian_Stone** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:44 am

Tynan wrote:Leave it to Ash to bring up the K-Y Jelly !!

It would probably be better to use than vaseline since it is water based. You don't have to worry about getting an oil stain on the top that way.

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:22 am

I don't even want to know how you know what you know....

coolhandchris · Post by **coolhandchris** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:31 am

I am going to go out on a limb here and say water. I don't want to be slinging vaseline around a house. And the ky jelly would just make it weird.

clhilde · Post by **clhilde** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:38 am

It was all started because of es and pad burns we need to much water to make it look right in someones house and didn't want to make a 50 mile drive back to the shop so we improvised to get the proper lubrication

db*toolgirl · Post by **db*toolgirl** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:32 am

cjbritt1 wrote:My husband and I have been doing granite for some time now. Having a hard time finding a good quality dry polishing pad. Have used ones on ebay - some cheap and some expensive - none seem to last long or that will work everyday. The orginal set we started with were regent pads - but my bro-in-law said they had costed him $400 for the set - at 1st we thought he was kidding but we have worn those out and bought many to replace - none of them compare. Cant really afford a set of dry pads for $400 but even if we could cant seem to find that exact style. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks

We (DIAMANT BOART) have a couple different styles of dry pads our customers have had excellent results with

I have many customers that even use them with water to surface polish and have awesome results! Both kinds that I am referring to have been long lasting excellent quality dry pads. The PDH DRY PADS are available in 60g - 8000g. Please feel free to contact me if you would like more info anytime

Our website is still in progress and should be available soon- but I will be happy to send you a catalog online or by mail if you would like. This is a recommended rpm that is from the catalog that may help as well-
Note: For faster results when using dry, pads should be opened "wet". When used on marble, the optimum RPM range is 2,000 to 2,500. For granite - 2,000 RPM dry- 4,000 RPM wet.

Mark DeFusco · Post by **Mark DeFusco** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:18 pm

Here at DeFusco's we carry a few different brands of dry pads, but if you want a fast working dry pad with good life that will leave a finish every bit as well as a wet pad we recommend the slayer dry pads. They are inexpensive and high quality. You can see them here:
http://www.defusco.com/4-Slayer-Premium ... l-Set-3188

and no vaseline required

Mark

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