I’ve been at this game for a few years, I’ve always skipped the flannel stage because I’ve never been able to get it to work right for me, always had more have left behind then shine, left compound behind etc, always had to use a polish or mineral spirits to get it to work right, so I had gave up trying, always did a quick 2 step and called it good with the hash saying that’s the best it’s going to get. I decided to try this new 24 ply Molton Flannel and I am glad I did. This performs very very well, no burn marks, no left over compound and no need for mineral spirits or polish for assistance.
The picture attached the top was just the cut with Grey/439T cut ant 3500 rpm and I jumped straight to the 24 ply Molton Flannel/M5 at 1800. It’s a big step to jump but definitely cleaned up the hash pretty well considering!