What's the difference? Great question! The easiest way to tell them apart is: Meguiar's Unigrit Discs are available in 3" and 6" diameters, and are designated as either a Sanding Disc or a Foam Finishing Disc.
For specific recommendations pertaining to 3" discs, click here for a look at the Meguiar's Spot Repair Chart. One is for sanding paint, while the other is for sanding hard plastics. There are actually two separate sanding systems within the Unigrit™ System. Most notable are the all-new Unigrit™ Sanding and Foam Finishing Discs, which are safe to use on automotive paint and plastics (such as headlight and taillight lenses). So when Meguiar's decided to develop a sanding disc system, they once again topped themselves by creating an entire line of Unigrit™ branded products. In fact, Meguiar's Unigrit® Finishing Papers are world renowned, and are truly the benchmark to which all other sanding sheets are compared to. After all, they make all sorts of paint care products. The good folks over at Meguiar's are well aware of how risky sanding automotive paint can be. Bottom line- prepare to spend big bucks in order to properly straighten things out if you sand through the top coat. Sand through the clear coat, and a simple "Oops!" cannot begin to describe the extent of this seemingly minute mistake. What does this mean in terms of our ability to safely sand defects or texture away? It means it can be downright scary! If, through sanding, you happen to remove too much of the top coat, the longevity of the paint may be compromised. Most factory applied paint jobs are literally as thin as two or three sheets of writing paper! It gets worse- a majority of the paint systems these days are comprised of a primer coat, at least one color coat, and a clear coat of paint. I'll be the first to admit that sanding delicate, finicky, or thin objects can be intimidating. You'll get max correction from a cleaner wax by using the yellow pad.HEADLINE: "MEGUIAR'S UNIGRIT SYSTEM MAKES SANDING EASY!"
But if you plan on using a cleaner wax like our new White Wax, then you could go with either the yellow or black pad, depending on how much correction you want out of the cleaner wax. If you have prepped the paint to a fairly high level and want to just apply wax, the black pad is highly recommended for its very noninvasive nature. Of course you can substitute any similar products for each step with the appropriate pad if you so desire (M105 or any other compound with the burgundy, M205 or any other polish with yellow and NXT or any other wax with black. Our recommendation for typical use of the DAPS is to use the burgundy cutting pad with Ultimate Compound, the yellow pad with Ultimate Polish, and the black with Ultimate Wax.
Meguiars foam pad system series#
The small applicator pads that come with our various waxes, on the other hand, are totally different from these Soft Buff series of pads and in the case of the black/UW, purple/NXT and yellow/Gold Class, they are all the same except for color. In fact, they are the same as our 7" Soft Buff 2.0 foam pads used on the G110v2 and other DA buffers, only smaller in size.
The density and foam structure on the three pads are definitely different from one another, they aren't just different colors.
Is there a difference in texture, or are they sold for color-coding purposes? More specifically, could I use the yellow pad that comes with the drill attachment (also sold with the small-size Ultimate Polish) for Ultimate Wax without having to buy the black UW pad? Is there a difference in texture between both of these? I ask considering that the UW comes with a black applicator pad, the NXT Tech Wax 2.0 came with a purple one, and I've seen videos of UC being used with a standard yellow, but they're all of the same texture and product type. They actually remind me of those Soft Touch hand applicator pads. The thing is, in Canada, the pads are sold with the small-size UC/UP/UW, and examining them closely from the packaging, they appear to be them same pad only the color is different. I'm planning on buying a Meguiar's DA Power System drill attachment to use with Ultimate Compound and Ultimate Wax. I've been a long time lurker on these forums but it's time to ask a question.
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