Justin at Final Inspection
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The Boss pads work great with my G21. Haven't got a lot of time yet with these new thin pads and my G21 yet.
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The Boss pads work great with my G21. Haven't got a lot of time yet with these new thin pads and my G21 yet.
Legacykid
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I loved them actually. Did two cars this weekend with them, even threw them on my GG6 and used them. I really really like the thinner pads. They just seem to feel better on the machines, less vibration, on the G21 they make full contact. (Unlike the thicker CCS pads which the edges lift on the G21.)
I dont know if the Griots are worth the price over LC or others but I like to seem someone test these head to head.
ski2
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Does anyone know the thickness of the new LC Thin Pro pads??? It's not mentioned on the product page.
According to a recent Mike P. post and a LC rep:
Meguiar's foam discs measures 11/16 of an inch thin or 17.5mm thin if you prefer the metric system.
The Lake Country ThinPro pads officially measure in at 11/16" or 17.5mm as stated by David Patterson at Lake Country.
Meguiar's foam discs measures 11/16 of an inch thin or 17.5mm thin if you prefer the metric system.
The Lake Country ThinPro pads officially measure in at 11/16" or 17.5mm as stated by David Patterson at Lake Country.
ski2
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Either here or on Autopia someone recently posted a picture of a stack of 4 or 5 Megs thin pads next to the same number of the new LC Thin pads and the LC stack was visibly shorter than the Megs pads.
Mantilgh
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Here's the thread with the comparison
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...o-foam-buffing-pads-exclusively-autogeek.html
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...o-foam-buffing-pads-exclusively-autogeek.html
EWtheDETAILER
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I finally got my hands on them last week. We buffed two cars out using both a Port Cable and Flex 3401... I was impressed. They run cooler, faster, and hold up! I did however notice a slight bit more vibration when using the Flex with the thin pad. Attached below are a couple shots from the cars we utilized the thin pads on!
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conman1395
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Not from personal experience but what I've read here quite a few times:
Forced rotation machines run better/smoother with thicker pads.
EWtheDETAILER
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Yeah, I had read the same thing, but wanted to try it first hand. It had increased vibration verses a thicker pad, but not a deal break by any means.
WRAPT C5Z06
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It really depends on the density of the foam when it comes to thick or thin pads with the 3401. A thin Meg's yellow foam pad will not work good with the 3401 because the pad is too soft. On the other hand, an LC thin pro grey pad will work good because it's a much more dense pad.
Mike Phillips
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Here's something I put together...
Lake Country ThinPro Foam Buffing Pads exclusively at Autogeek
What can I say?
Thin is in!
For comparison
The Meguiar's thin foam discs on the left and the Lake Country thin foam pads on the right.
Meguiar's foam discs measures 11/16 of an inch thin or 17.5mm thin if you prefer the metric system.
The Lake Country ThinPro pads officially measure in at 11/16" or 17.5mm as stated by David Patterson at Lake Country.
As you can see by the below picture the Lake Country ThinPro look to be a tick thinner than the Meguiar's foam discs. This minute difference could be created by the thickness of the Velcro, or even adhesive or a natural bow to the pads after being boxed and stored. Big picture is the trend for foam buffing pads for free spinning random orbital polishers has for the pad to get thinner and thinner and the new offering from Lake Country validates this trend and now you have two brands to choose from.
By stacking 3 pads from each brand next to each other the small difference becomes more visible.
Fact is you really don't want or need to get any thinner than these pads as there is something to be said for having some level of mass or material between the paint and your backing plate. If pads were to be come any thinner it might be neccassary to use them with a foam interface pad and then you've moved away from the entire idea of using thin foam pads.
More comparisons
Lake Country 5.5" foam flat pads on the left and Lake Country ThinPro foam pads on the right.
Pad options...
Meguiar's offers three foam discs, cutting (maroon), polishing (yellow), finishing or machine waxing (black)
ThinPro foam pads are available in 5 flavors, see the graphic below for specifics.
ThinPro pads are available in 5.5" diameter and 6.5" pads.
On Autogeek.com
Lake Country ThinPro Foam Pad System 5.5 inch
Lake Country ThinPro Foam Pad System 6.5 inch
Mike Honcho
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Cool! Thanks, Mike!!!
Mike Phillips
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That's something I share from experience. Gear driven tools like rotary buffers and the Flex 3401 tend to run smoother or buff smoother with thicker pads versus thin pads PLUS with a gear driven tool pad thickness is a NON ISSUE as the nature of the tool will rotate and/or rotate and oscillate any pad no matter the thickness or thinness.
Tools that use a free spinning design are better able to maintain pad rotation when there's less mass so generally speaking thin pads rotate and oscillate better than thick pads.
Also both thick and thin pads tend to be less of an issue with free spinning tools when it comes to a smooth buffing feel when operating the tool.
Of course, your mileage will vary...
WRAPT C5Z06
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I find the burgundy megs thin pads to run VERY smooth with the 3401. :buffing:
dlc95
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The thin ones, or those deigned for rotary?
Mike Phillips
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If you re-read what I wrote I said,
Mike Phillips said:
So sure you can use thin pads on a 3401 but I'll stick to both of my comments about this tool and that is gear driven tools tend to run smoother with thicker pads versus thin pads PLUS thick pads are a NON ISSUE with gear driven tools.
The entire thin pad market is created from the fact that thin pads rotate better than thick pads on NON GEAR DRIVEN TOOLS.
And I like to point all this out becuase not everyone hangs out on detailing forums as a passioin and might not know this type of information.
One factor too about using any pad on any tool is the products you use. Products that provide more lubrication or a slippery make buffing smoother.
Products that are drier or provide less slip make buffing less smooth.
Mike Phillips
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If you click this link I think I show the Meguiar's thin foam discs on just about every tool as we put these pads to the test before they were announced at SEMA.
NEW! Meguiar's’s Foam Buffing Discs
Thin maroon disc on rotary buffer
Thin discs on RUPES BigFoot 21
Meguiar's thin foam discs on the Flex 3401
And of course, the before condition of this car is fully documented in the write-up.
Mike,
So would these thinner pads make my GG6 more effective? Will also it 'cleaning better' and 'not heating up as a thicker pad' as someone said here make me not to have to use 3-4 pads a car and say maybe '1-2' per car then?
I want to get some to try out also. I am thinking of getting 2 of each. So the dangers is the pad is just thinner and I have to be careful on countored edges, right?
So would these thinner pads make my GG6 more effective? Will also it 'cleaning better' and 'not heating up as a thicker pad' as someone said here make me not to have to use 3-4 pads a car and say maybe '1-2' per car then?
I want to get some to try out also. I am thinking of getting 2 of each. So the dangers is the pad is just thinner and I have to be careful on countored edges, right?
