Polishing pads
Polishing pads are the foam, microfibre, or wool discs that mount on a polisher and carry the compound across the paint surface.
What it means
Pads come in three main material families: foam, microfibre, and wool. Foam pads come in different densities, with stiffer foams cutting harder and softer foams finishing finer; the conventional colour code (orange or yellow for cutting, white or green for polishing, black or blue for finishing) is widely shared across brands but not universal. Microfibre pads have short looped fibres that combine with cutting compounds to produce a more aggressive cut than foam at the same speed, while still leaving a finishable surface. Wool pads (twisted wool or knitted wool) are the most aggressive option and are used with cutting compounds for severe oxidation and deep defect removal, mostly on harder paint systems. Pad selection is what determines actual cut more than compound choice alone, which is why a skilled detailer matches the pad to the panel and the compound rather than running everything through one pad. Pads need cleaning between panels and replacement after several jobs as the foam structure or fibre length flattens.
Why it matters in Singapore
Most owners do not see the pad change happen between stages of a paint correction, but the difference between a workshop with a thoughtful pad library and one with a generic pad collection shows up in the final finish. For ceramic-coated cars in particular, where the prep is the foundation of warranty performance, pad selection is part of the quiet quality story.
How Revol Carz handles this
Revol Carz keeps a graded pad library and matches the pad to the compound and the panel for every paint-correction job. Pads are cleaned between panels and replaced regularly.