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Pad recommendations
Hi there, long time member but I spend most of my time reading and not posting. I am a car builder or old cars and i do work on exotics. Lately ive been asked to see what i can do about cleaning up paint imperfections. I currently have a mixture of pads as I have acquired then over a period of time. I’d like to get to 1 pad type for both my 3401 and the XFE7-15. I am using Wolfgang products.
I would like to hear exactly what pad(s) & color you recommend for:
1) Uber Compound
2) Total Swirl Remover
3) Finishing glaze
4) DGPS
I am leaning towards the LC thin pro 5.5” line up but I am not dead set on that. I just have several different types in the kit and I want to dump it all and go with 1 system where the color of the pads are all the same for the same compound that I am using.
Thank you for any guidance / help, its greatly appreciated
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Re: Pad recommendations
Go with the 6.5" Lake Country Force Hybrid Pads for both tools. These are the pads I show for these tools in all my classes and use personally.
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Re: Pad recommendations
Originally Posted by
Patrick73RS
I am leaning towards the LC thin pro 5.5” line up but I am not dead set on that.
Couple of comments...
When it comes to a gear-driven tool - pad thickness is not a negative. Thicker pads "feel"better on the BEAST.
When it comes to free spinning random orbital polishers like the Finisher - this tool goes against the grain and it's actually easier to maintain pad rotation with thicker pads than thinner pads. I've talked a lot about this phenomena with this tool and these pads and the only I've been able to explain it is with the word,
inertia
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Re: Pad recommendations
Buff & Shine Uro Tec pads work well on both. With that said, I still buy different pads geared for each machine.
My favorite on a long throw DA are Rupes Foam pads and MF pads.
My favorite on the 3401 are LC Force Pads and wool pads.
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Super Member
Re: Pad recommendations
Mike, you always recommended the 5" pads on the 3401. Why do you prefer larger ones on the XCE?
-Chris
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Re: Pad recommendations
Originally Posted by
WaxMaster1
Mike, you always recommended the 5" pads on the 3401.
-Chris
Actually, I always recommend the 6.5" Lake Country Force Hybrid pads for the BEAST.
I recommend them and use them for the Supa BEAST also but you have to first swap out backing plates, see my article here,
Supa BEAST backing plate swap
Here's one on pad recommendations.
Which buffing pads for the FLEX XCE 10-8 Supa Beast?
The only time I recommend and use myself 5.5" pads on a gear-driven FLEX tool is when I'm using the CBEAST. I think I have an article on this topic too somewhere?
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Re: Pad recommendations
Originally Posted by
Mike Phillips
Actually, I always recommend the 6.5" Lake Country Force Hybrid pads for the BEAST.
I guess I just got churned and burned.
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Re: Pad recommendations
Mike,
thanks for the reply.
what do you default to as far as pad colors for the below
1) Uber Compound - Orange Pad
2) Total Swirl Remover - White Pad
3) Finishing glaze - Black
4) DGPS - Red
Is that what you would use?
Thanks
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