best 5" backing plate for 7424xp?

The general consensus for a good 5" Backing Plate is the Lake County Yellow Urethane model. This is what the folks here suggested I get, and they made no mistake.

As for the Pads you linked to, again, you cannot go wrong with these, and again, this was what was suggested for me to get. These are high quality Pads.

I suggest having at least 3 of each, and better yet 4, or 5. That even with cleaning on the fly as you go, Pads can often get gunked up with product, dirts, oxidized paint.

After a couple panels, it is wise, and easy to remove, and replace a Pad as you go. The Mike Phillips adage of "working clean" is a good one, and an important guidlline to always keep in mind.

May I also suggest a good Pad Cleaner also. I myself have beem using the Wolfgang Padwerks Pad Cleaner, and this product works great, gets the Pads clean, and is not loaded with tons of soaps that can take forever to get out of the Pads. They rinse clean quickly.

They also make a Cleaner, and Conditioner as well I believe.
Mark
 
Great question, one that comes up a lot and in my how-to book I recommend getting your backing plate from the company that you get your pads from as you have the best chance of having the correct matching hook-n-loop material for best performance of the pad plus longevity of the backing plate, hook-n-loop and pad itself.


In the second edition, this information is on page 54 under the heading...

KISS = Keep it Simple Simon


I put a lot of time into my how-to book to make it very in-depth and cover more topics about polishing paint than any other book ever written on this topic. Check it out here...


Detailing How-To Book and Detailing How-To E-book by Mike Phillips




So if you're going to buy Lake Country buffing pads for your PC, then get a 5" Backing Plate from Lake Country for as I say in the book, a reputable company like Lake Country will have done their homework and the hook system used on the backing plate will work best with the loop system the use on their pads.


Make sense?


Here's an article on this topic from my article list, which is in the bottom of all my posts.

5 inch Backing Plates on Meguiar's, Griot's and Porter Cable DA Polishers



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MarkD51 said:
The general consensus for a good 5" Backing Plate is the Lake County Yellow Urethane model. This is what the folks here suggested I get, and they made no mistake.

As for the Pads you linked to, again, you cannot go wrong with these, and again, this was what was suggested for me to get. These are high quality Pads.

I suggest having at least 3 of each, and better yet 4, or 5. That even with cleaning on the fly as you go, Pads can often get gunked up with product, dirts, oxidized paint.

After a couple panels, it is wise, and easy to remove, and replace a Pad as you go. The Mike Phillips adage of "working clean" is a good one, and an important guidlline to always keep in mind.

May I also suggest a good Pad Cleaner also. I myself have beem using the Wolfgang Padwerks Pad Cleaner, and this product works great, gets the Pads clean, and is not loaded with tons of soaps that can take forever to get out of the Pads. They rinse clean quickly.

They also make a Cleaner, and Conditioner as well I believe.
Mark
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thanks do you have a link for the Lake County Yellow Urethane 5" backing plate?
 
I was planning to get the Lake Country backing plate but read bad reviews

they Meguiar's W67DA had a lot of good reviews was thinking about getting that one
 
I'd go with the LC backing plate. I have their 3", 4.5", and 5" BP and have had zero issues. When I had a problem with a BP system for the Flex, Eric stepped up and took care of the issue right away. I'm certain that it was just a fluke, and I have no concerns about continuing to use their products.

Buy the LC plate and feel confident that its a great product with excellent customer support. Also, +1 what Mile said about matching the brand to the BP.
 
flatlinerz said:
thanks do you have a link for the Lake County Yellow Urethane 5" backing plate?
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Just to note, for you and anyone reading this thread into the future, when I write an article about products, I also include the link for the product to the store.

So here's the link to the article I posted for you...

5 inch Backing Plates on Meguiar's, Griot's and Porter Cable DA Polishers


Then when you click on it, you'll see this included in the thread...


On Autogeek.net


The below backing plates will fit the Griot's, Meguiar's and Porter Cable DA Polishers

Lake Country 5" DA Backing Plate

Meguiars W67DA G110 DA Polisher 5 inch Backing Plate

The Black Dual Action 5 Inch HD Backing Plate



Plus all the other information included in the thread...


I haven't ready anything bad about LC backing plates and we predominantly use them here at Autogeek. Lake Country is one of the largest, if not the largest manufacturers of pads and their DA Backing Plates are top notch in design.

In my how to book I actually include the history of backing plate development. Yes, it's that in-depth and there's a reason I do this which I also explain in the book.


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In regards to Mike Phillip's comments, and his in depth articles about the various backing plates, his experiences and writings cover just about everything.

I just wanted to say that with the use of the various brands of good quality Pads from people like Meguiars, Griots Garage, Lake County, and there's probably a few others I'm missing, I don't think you'll have to worry about Pads flying off the machine due to an incompatibility of hook and loop velcro materials.

So far, and with the 2 yellow urethane LC Backing Plates I have on hand (3.5" and 5") I find the LC Backing Plates have a literal "death grip" on a few of the various brand Pads I have tried so far.

In fact, I'd go as far to say to use care when removing pads from the backing plate, in that you slowly lift an edge by the velcro material, and continue to gently pry the pad off by making sure you are pulling the velcro material itself away from the backing plate, and not just pulling on the foam pad material only.

You need to work an edge, and get those fingers under that velcro.

This will help insure good longevity of the pads for future uses, without tearing the velcro backing from the pad.

Another enemy of Pads is heat. That's one reason it is good to have a good quantity of any given pad on hand. Once you find the pad that is properly doing the job at hand, you of course shouldn't be using that singular pad to try to correct the entire vehicle in one go.

Hope this helps, Mark
 
The other important aspect Mike covers, is compatibility of pad and backing plate sizes. Such as using a 3" pad, with a 3" backing plate could prove dangerous-tragic by running the backing plate into the paint finish.

That it is good to have some margin of safety with some additional pad material around the circumference of the backing plate.

As you go to the smaller Backing Plate sizes, there can also be the mishap of banging the counterweight shroud into a mirror, or other body part.

Some wrap the shroud with Tape, or other material to cushion any possibility of contact, and marring-scratching to the paint with the bare metal shroud.
Mark
 
thanks mark

I'm new to this and the 7424xp is my first polish machine! so I'm researching as much as I can and trying to buy the right products and not the wrong ones

you guys have been a great help
 
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