Not the OP but I've been using the Boss pads with the 3" backing plate. I find it's great on contours. The power of the GG6 with the smaller plate seems to power through the curves very well and the Boss MF pads correct very quickly on the 3". I find that I'm using the 3" plate maybe about 40% of the time on a heavily contoured car especially during the compounding phase when I'm trying to get good correction in all kinds of spots on the car.
Griots Garage 3" BOSS HD Oribital Backing Plate
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Not the OP but I've been using the Boss pads with the 3" backing plate. I find it's great on contours. The power of the GG6 with the smaller plate seems to power through the curves very well and the Boss MF pads correct very quickly on the 3". I find that I'm using the 3" plate maybe about 40% of the time on a heavily contoured car especially during the compounding phase when I'm trying to get good correction in all kinds of spots on the car.
What are you using with the 3" Boss pads? Boss Correcting creams? Or do you find other products work well with the Boss pads?
Using Fast Correcting Cream with the microfiber pads for compounding. Thats my favorite combo for quick cutting. Then for polishing I've been using HD Polish+ with the yellow boss pad. HD Polish+ is my go to polish although I havent used Boss Perfecting Cream. The Boss polishes can be a little oily and take few more passes to wipe totally clean I find. The HD Polish+ is so easy to use and remove.
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Thank you!
I'll send the link to this to Customer Care and find out what's going on?
The Griot's 3" BOSS pads
I don't normally use the larger size DA with the tiny backing plate, I find it to be "tippy" and that makes it a tick risky.
It's okay as long as you focus on the task at hand and don't get distracted.
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I was just in the warehouse. There are plenty of 2" pads and 2" backing plates.
The 2" backing plate is this one, note
Griots Garage BOSS Air 2 inch Backing Plate
Note in the description it states it's the AIR 2" backing plate and I just confirmed with Jeff Brown that this is in fact the same 2" backing plate for use on the 3" electric Min Polisher.
And here's a screenshot of the webpage and you can in fact [Add to Cart]
Hope that helps...
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I was just in the warehouse. There are plenty of 2" pads and 2" backing plates.
The 2" backing plate is this one, note
Griots Garage BOSS Air 2 inch Backing Plate
Note in the description it states it's the AIR 2" backing plate and I just confirmed with Jeff Brown that this is in fact the same 2" backing plate for use on the 3" electric Min Polisher.
And here's a screenshot of the webpage and you can in fact [Add to Cart]
Hope that helps...
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the follow up. I posted that near Thanksgiving time 2016 regarding the 3". I've since been in Stuart and picked up from Bryan.
Thanks again,
Chris
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And you know... usually I look at the post date for each post I'm replying to - today I was just typing faster than I think.
Glad to hear you were able to get what you needed.
The good news is, in the process of taking pictures for my Mobile Tech Expo Classes I took enough pictures of multiple tools including the new 2" backing plate and pads to write some more reviews and info-articles...
In the end... it's all good...