I've already spoken to Kevin, so we can all rest easy ;-) The best pads to use are the coarser ones. I have some pics of the 'approved' ones if anyone wants to compare before they go nuts re-graining. The finer pads will have a tendency to smoothen, rather than preserve the original graining, which is what makes it soooo nice! I also picked up the rather expensive handle for the pads. It does make life a little easier. Tyler snip > If you go to this link: http://www.abato.net/sbpad.jpg you can see a > picture of what I bought. There is a floppy disk in picture for size > comparison. snip > Kevin Abato > Vin# 16680