that time we was detailing a single stage paint with sifu kc and some other participants. the car we detail is a proton saga with a single stage paint. so the paint definitely will stick to our pad cause is a non-clear coat paint. unlike now, we have melanie clear, urethane clear and scratch resistance clear, those clears i mentioned above is being used by all the manufactures nowadays. but if the paint which have clear coat (example: urethane clear) is stick to your pad means you burn the clear coat alredi and actually you're polishing the base coat. if is a single stage paint is normal that the paint is stick to your pad cause single stage paint only have base coat which is a non clear coat. so single stage paint will get oxidized easily compare to clear coated paint.



hope it helps.