I'm purchasing a GG3 to pair with my GG6. Will mainly use it for spreading wax. Wondering what pads you'd recommend. I Plan to purchase a 6 pack (3 finishing pads and 3 polish).
3.5" LC Thin?
3.5" Griots Boss?
something else??
I'd stick with either of the above.
Too many guys dis the Griot's 3" Mini Polisher as not having enough power to remove swirls and they "were" right until both Lake Country (first), and the Griot's, (second), introduced THIN pads.
I coined the term,
Thin is in
And it's true. Thin pads rotate better than thick pads. Grace used the LC pads to remove swirls and scratches out of the paint on this project,
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Grace demonstrating how to machine buff a thin, hard to reach panel
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Is this tool as powerful as a FULL size dual action polisher?
Don't be ridiculous, of course not it's smaller. Does it work? You BET. But really only with thin foam cutting pads if you're trying to remove swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation.
For applying wax? It's great for this since it's lightweight and compact in size. Here's some shots of this tool in action for machine waxing.
Note I chose small thicker pads simply because they will fit inside the Dodo Juice wax jars.
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Continued...
Time to seal the deal
In order seal the paint and maximize the gloss and protection I chose 2 products from Dodo Juice Carnauba Waxes.
Dodo Juice Light Fantastic Soft Wax and
Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub Soft Wax. I love the
Griot's 3" Mini Polisher as a machine wax spreader and also for machine wet sanding with 3" sanding discs. There's no sanding going on here but there's a lot of sheetmetal real-estate to cover. With a 3" foam pad I can place the pad directly into the jar of wax and then simply blip the on/off button on the polisher to get some wax on the pad. Then it's just a matter of spreading it over the panels.
Dodo Juice Carnauba Waxes and the Griot's 3" Mini Polisher
The basic difference between the Lake Country ThinPro pads and the Griot's BOSS pads is the Griot's pads have a HOLE in the center to help prevent backing plate and pad damage due to the heat that naturally builds-up in the center of the backing plate and then transfers to the pads.
Make sense?
Review: NEW Griot's 3.5 THIN BOSS Buffing pads!"
Griot's new BOSS 3.5" thin buffing pads
Get the swirl removing performance you've always wanted out of your Griot's 3" Mini Polisher using the new Griot's BOSS 3.5" buffing pads.
On Autogeek.com
Griot's BOSS 3.5" buffing pads
Or Lake Country
NEW! 3.5" ThinPro Foam Pads! Thin is in and you're going to love these new small foam pads!
Here's my review...
They're AWESOME!
If you have a small orbital polisher and have struggled to get any work done using the more common thick foam pads your struggle is over! You still have to use good technique like holding the pad flat to the surface but with these new thin ThinPro pads you can actually do correction work using your small orbital polisher.
Enough with the words.... let's take a look at these new pads!
Like the 5.5" and the 6.5" ThinPro pads the new 3.5" ThinPro pads are available in 5 levels of cut.
Here's some pictures hot off my trusty, dusty Canon camera...
This side shot shows you just how thin these pads are...
This is Jeff aka GSKR removing sanding marks with a Griot's Garage 3" Min Polisher and the GRAY LC foam cutting pad.
On Autogeek.com
3.5" ThinPro Foam Buffing Pads
