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normy

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Orange and pink pads
« on: February 03, 2009, 06:56:06 AM »
Any one have a clue what grit the pink and orange o-cel-o 3m scrub pads are? I just saw some in target and may give them a try on my next resurface. It feels smoother than the blue scotch pad.
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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 04:22:00 PM »
No, sorry.  ttt waiting for charlest to chime in.



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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2009, 04:27:02 PM »
If they feel smoother than the blue pads, they're probably not going to scratch the surface of a bowling ball.  Even white is hardly worth using for surface changes...
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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 05:28:00 PM »
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If they feel smoother than the blue pads, they're probably not going to scratch the surface of a bowling ball.  Even white is hardly worth using for surface changes...


I agree withthe above.

I have no clue what grit they might be. The white one is suppsoed to be around 1200 - 1500 grit but the grit is not the question, the kind of abrasive is. It is the kind that is not hard enough to affect the hardness of a resin ball.

If you're really curious, just email 3M. They seemed good enough to reply last time I emailed them.
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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 05:57:35 PM »
Jeff... in regards to the "abrasive" being used in white pads, I had ran across a source that listed the abrasive in white pads as being talc.

Talc is the world's softest mineral and the lowest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale.  Fingernail's are harder than talc....
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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2009, 06:04:11 PM »
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Jeff... in regards to the "abrasive" being used in white pads, I had ran across a source that listed the abrasive in white pads as being talc.

Talc is the world's softest mineral and the lowest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale.  Fingernail's are harder than talc....

Well it has its uses, I'd guess around the kitchen.

I use the blue pads, backed by the sponge in the kitchen, as well as sometimes when I want about a 1000 grit (US) finish down in my workshop. It takes a good deal of pressure with the blue pad to affect a resin ball's surface. It is great on teflon coated pots and pans and on kitchen counters and all sorts of other places where the wife would scream aboutany other abrasive. It never scratches them.

Does anyone remember Bon Ami "scouring powder". I'd bet that used talc or somehtign similar. It was famous for not scratching anything around the kitchen in days gone by. (Bon Ami - French for good friend.)

I don't use the white pads anymore for anything. One other poster here suggested the white pads to help clean balls, saying it would get into the pores better than a cloth. I wonder about that, but it couldn't hurt.
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Re: Orange and pink pads
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2009, 06:23:02 PM »
I use the white pads for cleaning every ball before and after plug work. They are great to clean but that's about it. I found they'll pick up any small 'particle' that a normal towel might miss.

Once they get to 'soft' then I'll wrap a towel around it and use it to clean that way. They are also great, once they are super soft, to just clean around the shop with. Takes off 'small hand' stains from the kids.
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