Flat or CCS pads for applying liquid sealants/waxes?

07 z-oh-6 said:
Which will give more even coverage? I'm going with Blue.
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Actually Mark, I use them both. I have a good supply of CCS pads and try to alternate their use. I do think the flat pad is better on a DA polisher through.
 
I was never truly sold on the CCS pads. They worked ok for me but I prefer the flat pads. Mainly because I felt that when I was using the CCS pads I was using more product as it was clogging up the dimples. Just my 2 cents hope it helps.
 
For applying sealants and waxes definitely go flat in my opinion. A couple weeks ago I used a blue ccs to apply WGDGPS because I wanted to get some use out of my ccs pads and it was handy. Since you don't use pressure when applying the dimples are kind of irritating.
 
Of the above choices I'd go flat pads, just seems to apply more evenly and use less product, the CCS really seam to me to absorb more product..
Have you given the Hydro-Tech Crimson pads a try? I like them because they seem to apply the product to the surface and not soak it into the pad. Worth a consideration for you IMHO.
 
just did a major cleaning of my older pads. the ccs are a #####. and they do use more product. i go with flat for sealants or wax. my favorite now is the autoglym finger pad though.
 
Last week we used both flat and CCS pads to machine wax this 1954 and the both worked great... it's really personal preference when it comes to applying a wax with CCS, as long as everything is clean it won't make a difference... the CCS does leave an interesting design behind...


Video: A Show Car Wax for a Show Car Finish at Show Car Garage


In one of the pictures below I'm using a 6.5" CCS Red Foam Pad... Merlin is using a 6.5 Blue CCS Pad and Mike the owner is using a Gray 5.5" Flat Pad... regardless of the pad, the wax went on smoothly, and the end-results were phenomanal...


Souveran Paste Wax can be applied by hand or machine, I personally prefer to apply all my waxes and paint sealants by hand plus the owner Mike has never used a DA Polisher before, only rotary buffers, so I wanted to introduce him to one of the most popular types of machine polishers in the industry.


Using a microfiber glove to hold the wax, you can pop the wax out of the jar and then simply swipe the wax a few times across the face of the foam finishing pad and you're ready to machine wax. Sometimes it helps to lightly heat the outside of the plastic jar with a Hair Blow Dryer as this will loosen the grip crated by surface tension the wax has with the jar.
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Here's Mike the owner using a DA Polisher to machine wax his Corvette...

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Next up I get Mike aka Merlin on our forum set-up to machine wax...

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Then I put some wax on the face of my pad and we thoroughly waxed this Corvette in less than 10 to 15 minutes...
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Notice the cord over the shoulder to prevent it from marring the finish...

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Ooooohhhh!!!! Nice car Mike!

I think the more liquid or concentrated the sealant the more a flat pad will work better (for me anyway).
My reasoning is that I want the full face of my pad to touch the paint. But when I'm applying sealant I don't want to have to feel like I have to press on the pad harder to achieve this. If its a very concentated or liquid sealant I feel like I'm losing it into the pad. Like you say though, I'm probably complicating the issue. Just for me it makes me feel better. For paste waxes I wouldn't have trouble using either ccs or flat.
 
Buckskincolt said:
Have you given the Hydro-Tech Crimson pads a try? I like them because they seem to apply the product to the surface and not soak it into the pad. Worth a consideration for you IMHO.
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Hmmmm, didn't think of these. I like a blue pad because I feel like they're soft enough to not cause marring. Should I feel as comfortable with the crimson tide pad?
 
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