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Got Some More Time in Today with the Rotary + Scholl S3 XXL Gold – Surprising Results
Wanted to get more seat time today with my new flex rotary — working on both technique and testing out Scholl Concepts S3 XXL Gold, their heavy-cut compound (very similar to Menzerna 300 in aggressiveness).
There’s a well-known YouTuber who’s adamant about rotary technique:
That advice is drilled in across all his videos. He also goes so far as to say rotaries should only have two speeds - a slow speed and a fast speed for drying the pads and nothing else. But I also went straight to the source — Scholl Concepts themselves — and found a very different approach. They actually recommend:
So, I ran both methods:
I’ve uploaded before/after pics for reference. Keep in mind — this is just the heavy cutting stage, no finishing polish yet.
Today was more about trying the competing rotary technique than seeing what Scholl's could do. While I agreed with the videos in concept that over use of speeds and such can cause as many issues is they fix (having, swirls, etc) I was finding it hard to accept the unequivocal absolutest approach. I will say I found his suggestions on how to hold the rotary helpful.
Wanted to get more seat time today with my new flex rotary — working on both technique and testing out Scholl Concepts S3 XXL Gold, their heavy-cut compound (very similar to Menzerna 300 in aggressiveness).
There’s a well-known YouTuber who’s adamant about rotary technique:
That advice is drilled in across all his videos. He also goes so far as to say rotaries should only have two speeds - a slow speed and a fast speed for drying the pads and nothing else. But I also went straight to the source — Scholl Concepts themselves — and found a very different approach. They actually recommend:
- Speed 4 (around 1500 RPM) with medium pressure for the first couple of passes
- Then Speed 3 (1200 RPM) with light pressure
- And finally, one last pass at Speed 1 (slowest speed) with no pressure
So, I ran both methods:
Method 1: Slowest speed only (per YouTuber's guidance)
- Used blue Scholl spider pad (medium aggressiveness)
- Result: Meh. Didn’t cut nearly as well as expected. Finish was OK, but didn’t feel like I got what I should’ve from a heavy compound.
Method 2: Scholl’s recommended method (pics attached of this method)
- Speed 4 w/ medium pressure → Speed 3 w/ light pressure → Speed 1 final pass
- Same blue spider pad
- Result: Stunning. Way more clarity and dare I say one-step results? Way better finish than I ever got from Menzerna FG300 with as much or more cutting power as(depending on pad choice) — and this is before even touching it with their fine polish!
I’ve uploaded before/after pics for reference. Keep in mind — this is just the heavy cutting stage, no finishing polish yet.Today was more about trying the competing rotary technique than seeing what Scholl's could do. While I agreed with the videos in concept that over use of speeds and such can cause as many issues is they fix (having, swirls, etc) I was finding it hard to accept the unequivocal absolutest approach. I will say I found his suggestions on how to hold the rotary helpful.