What are these for?

[sancho57]

I bought a sand paper kit for my RO90 a few years back. I got these 2 pads with the kit. Just yesterday I was organising the sand paper and inventorying what I had so I could order more which I did.

I forgot about these. I never used them but got me thinking what exactly are the for.

One is grey and sort of soft, the other is a maroon colour still soft but not as soft as the grey one.

Anyway so I'm wondering what these are used for.
Thanks guys

 

[peter halle]

They appear to be Vlies disks.  From the FestoolUSA website:

"Vlies (6 Matches)

Vlies (pronounced fleece) is excellent for deep pore cleaning on natural woods, veneers and is great for use on contours. Perfect for cleaning and de-rusting metal. Aluminum Oxide or Silicon Carbide, Synthetic Resin, Stearate on Silicon Carbide Only."

Peter

 

[Stephen B]

http://www.festool.com.au/epages/tooltechnic.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/tooltechnic/Products/488107/SubProducts/488107

 

[tjbnwi]

The maroon one is a good cleaning pad, the gray is a decent buffing pad.

Tom

 

[Brent Shively]

They can also be used on solid surface to achieve a matte finish.
Brent

 

[tbellemare]

Additionally, they can be used to clean baked on grease from an outdoor grill. I fry a lot on out side burner and the oil gets like baked enamel stuck to the stainless steel. A good degreaser and the RO 90 takes it right off.

They aren't bad at cleaning grout, though not the skinny kind.

Tom

 

[mlfaber]

I used them to clean baked on stuff from an indoor cooktop, with the RO 90.  Worked great!

 

[Cheese]

I use them on a RO 125 for cleaning a (soapstone) pizza stone.

 

[CrazyLarry]

This is starting to read like a confessional.... anyone else?

 

[Davej]

Funny that everyone so far is using them for cleaning up after cooking !

 

[sancho57]

Thanks guys, I won't let the wife read this, she aren't using my tools for cleaning, she can get her own  [big grin]

I was playing with them today used them to buff a wax finish.

All that hand buffing for nothing .