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    New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Could someone help correct me if I'm wrong here? I believe the LC Flat pads were in a different order for cutting/finishing than what they are now.

    I thought it was (most aggressive to least): yellow, orange, green, white, blue, black. Now they appear to be listed in the following order of aggressiveness: yellow, orange, white, green, blue, black. It looks like white and green swapped places. Can any of you long-time detailers check your older references and see if that is true?

    I ask this, because I ordered orange pads for whenever I needed more cutting power, white for most of my pads for just light 1 step polishing, and black for applying waxes and sealants. Now I'm wondering if I should've ordered green instead of white....

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    I really don't know how to answer for these "new" pads, but there have been green foams floating around for as long as I have been machine polishing that variously are slightly more or less agressive than the old reliable white. There used to be a "German" green foam that was supposed to be more aggressive than white, as well as a green foam that was about the same or less aggressive.

    I wouldn't worry about using the white for what you want to do.

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    I’ve never seen Green flat foam pads.

    The way I understood the order was:
    Yellow[heavy cutting]
    Orange[cutting]
    White[polishing]
    Black[finishing]
    Blue[finessing]

    What are green pads?

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eldorado2k View Post
    I’ve never seen Green flat foam pads.

    The way I understood the order was:
    Yellow[heavy cutting]
    Orange[cutting]
    White[polishing]
    Black[finishing]
    Blue[finessing]

    What are green pads?




    It seems they have these green in their flat pad line up and their ccs line up. I swear I’ve never seen them before.



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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

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    It seems they have these green in their flat pad line up and their ccs line up. I swear I’ve never seen them before.



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    I’ve never seen them before either. And what the heck is a “heavy polishing pad”? Looks like they screwed it all up and have complicated things with 6 pads instead of 5. I won’t be buying anymore of those.

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Quote Originally Posted by Eldorado2k View Post
    I’ve never seen them before either. And what the heck is a “heavy polishing pad”? Looks like they screwed it all up and have complicated things with 6 pads instead of 5. I won’t be buying anymore of those.
    I can only assume it’s a polishing pad that’s had one McDouble too many. 🧐


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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post
    I really don't know how to answer for these "new" pads, but there have been green foams floating around for as long as I have been machine polishing that variously are slightly more or less agressive than the old reliable white. There used to be a "German" green foam that was supposed to be more aggressive than white, as well as a green foam that was about the same or less aggressive.

    I wouldn't worry about using the white for what you want to do.
    You're right.

    I generally use the B&S 5.5" flat foam pads, but poor LC is probably starting to feel like they just can't win. Everyone always complained about how LC and B&S didn't share the same universal pad colors, especially with the flat foam pads.

    It seems that when LC revamped their lineup they decided to simplify it and make it easier for everyone by going with the exact same color skeem as the B&S flat pads to help reduce confusion. Now when you buy a flat pad from B&S or LC you don't have to try to remember which brands flat green foam pad is actually more aggressive than the white foam or which one is less aggressive.

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    A long time ago LC had two green pads in the CCS line.

    One was a 60 ppi light cut/heavy polish, and one was an 80 ppi light polishing pad.

    A few years back they switched the coarse green to pink, and now appears to be completely phased out.

    I have a chart that placed the pink between the yellow and orange, but it was listed here between the orange and white.

    A very similar foam to the coarse green/pink, can still be found as the green pad in the Buff and Shine line. However, It's listed as a polishing pad, lighter than the white, it consistently out cuts both the white and orange.

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Confusing indeed.

    Other than trying to figure out the Menzerna chart, this was the was most challenging thing for me when I was gearing up a couple seasons back. Lol
    It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.

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    Re: New LC Flat Pads - Change in Cutting / Finishing Order?

    Some years ago I bought and tried some of the green pads and after using them found almost no difference to the whites...and for various applications. Since then I never bothered getting any more. The whites do everything I need a "green" pad to do.

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