Lake Country Pad Failure? or User error?

Looks to me like you're either running the machine too fast, applying too much pressure, or possibly both. Slow down your buffer speed to lessen the heat generated, and apply a bit less pressure and you'll be fine.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Looks to me like you're either running the machine too fast, applying too much pressure, or possibly both. Slow down your buffer speed to lessen the heat generated, and apply a bit less pressure and you'll be fine.
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Did you read the thread?? Its not user error.. the backing plate cuts into the pad because the velcro doesn't cover it all the way. It does this regardless of us running the machine on 1 or 6, and whether or not we have just the weight of the machine on the pad or press down with 10 lbs.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Looks to me like you're either running the machine too fast, applying too much pressure, or possibly both. Slow down your buffer speed to lessen the heat generated, and apply a bit less pressure and you'll be fine.
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Yeah, that too, I find it funny that the current trend towards KBM is potentially antithetical to pad longevity (not to mention carpal tunnel/shoulder problems etc.).
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Looks to me like you're either running the machine too fast, applying too much pressure, or possibly both. Slow down your buffer speed to lessen the heat generated, and apply a bit less pressure and you'll be fine.
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had same issue with my red finishing pad when applying sealant at speed 3....
 
Funny, I still haven't had this issue with my hydro tech pads.
 
rwright said:
Funny, I still haven't had this issue with my hydro tech pads.
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As I already said, I have never had a problem, and I've been using them since they were first released.

They are my favorite pads.
 
Mine are not hydrotech.. they're lake country 5.5" flat pads with constant pressure foam layer. Also.. the problem with the hydrotech pads the velcro glue coming undone and the velcro separating from the foam, not the foam being eaten by the backing plate due to shrunken velcro.
 
zliegen said:
Mine are not hydrotech.. they're lake country 5.5" flat pads with constant pressure foam layer. Also.. the problem with the hydrotech pads the velcro glue coming undone and the velcro separating from the foam, not the foam being eaten by the backing plate due to shrunken velcro.
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The OP's pads are hydrotech's.

Edit: actually, looking closer, I'm not so sure. I thought those were the cyan and tangerine, but now I don't think they are..
 
Just another reason I don't wash my pads and another reason I'm waiting for the 1-Pad system!
 
Hopefully if Mike has the chance to chime in tonight, he will.
 
He throws them out after he uses them. Although I've heard he sometimes donates his used pads to red Camaro owners if they don't ask him silly questions.
 
'-.- I was just curious. I didn't know if there was some way to make the product come back to life, and by the way Mr. Obvious, my car isn't red. Hint the name IOMCAMARO. Inferno Orange Metallic. You're a genious arentcha.
 
Well, then he's certainly not going to be donating any pads to you if your car isn't red.
 
zliegen said:
Did you read the thread?? Its not user error.. the backing plate cuts into the pad because the velcro doesn't cover it all the way. It does this regardless of us running the machine on 1 or 6, and whether or not we have just the weight of the machine on the pad or press down with 10 lbs.
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Yes I read the thread, and yes I'm aware you're dealing with a velcro issue... however I am also aware due to personal experience that the issues I cited very commonly present with the same symptoms as well. I've never experienced a velcro issue like that with Hydro-Tech pads myself, hence my response not focusing on the velcro.

:buffing:
 
I've had this issue with the 5.5" LC Flat pads and on the 4" LC pad. Only the yellow ones though and I think it was partially due to user error. The pads heat up really fast and I wasn't letting it cool, so they slowly came apart.

I've learned to have a few spares on hand and just change them out after each panel I do. This way the pad doesn't over heat.
 
Rob T said:
The OP's pads are hydrotech's.

Edit: actually, looking closer, I'm not so sure. I thought those were the cyan and tangerine, but now I don't think they are..
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Yes these are LC 5.5 x 1.25 HydroTech pads bought as a three pack....cyan, tangerine and crimson...

BTW I checked the 3" pads that I used with our new 3" Griots DA and there was the same tear starting on the 3" Griots orange polishing pad, we did NOT have this when we did the MAX and I only used it on my ML...so again is it me?....heat? pressure? "poor form"-not keeping the pad ABSOLUTELY flush, bad design? or are these things really meant to be one and done?....I know trying to wash the WG sealant out of the crimson pads is an exercise in frustration and futility!
 
Maxima Mom said:
BTW I checked the 3" pads that I used with our new 3" Griots DA and there was the same tear starting on the 3" Griots orange polishing pad, we did NOT have this when we did the MAX and I only used it on my ML...so again is it me?....heat? pressure? "poor form"-not keeping the pad ABSOLUTELY flush, bad design? or are these things really meant to be one and done?....I know trying to wash the WG sealant out of the crimson pads is an exercise in frustration and futility!
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My money is on it being a combination of these three, considering this is also happening to you with a different machine/backing plate/type of pad.

When I first started out, I had similar things happening to me -- going through pads like water because I'd tear them up. I was a bit impatient with getting correction, and falsely believed that forcing the outer edge of the pad into the finish with the speed cranked all the way up would give me more cut.

The fact is, you'll actually get better/faster cut by slowing the machine speed down, applying slightly less pressure, and making sure the pad is flat so that the entire contact area of the pad is doing the work for you, instead of just one quadrant of the pad being able to do any good. Just like anything else, slow and steady wins the race!
 
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