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A.P.A.D.

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Just got in my order of 6 5.5" LC Yellow Pads. I was compounding a clients Mazda this AM and went to clean the pad with my foam pad conditioning brush like I had done after every section pass. I start the PC7424 on speed 4 when cleaning, and move it up to 6 since the lower speeds dont keep the pad spinning. Well, the pad flew off the BP! went and retrieved the pad and it looked like this!
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Anyone else experience this with these pads? am i cleaning at too high a speed? at $6ish a pop, these need to hold up right?!
Feed back please
 
Man, another guy just had an issue with the same exact pad. I think a bad batch may have escaped.

Call them and I'm sure they will make it right.
 
ok, thanks for the feedback. i was wondering if anyone had any answers. ill call AG tomorrow or monday if I have time. Thanks Troy!
 
Are you supposed to spin the pad that fast without contact pressure?? I thought you were not supposed to do that, but I could be wrong.
 
It's fine, you just don't want to do that when you have product on your pad or it will sling everywhere. You may not want to spin it like that for long periods of time because of the counter weight but its ok when cleaning a pad.
 
I always thought that the DA should not be spinning if it not on a surface.

What is the right way to clean pad with a DA?

I know with rotary you can clean on the fly...
 
I do not turn my DA on until I have the brush in contact with the pad. That's just my thing. Not sure if folks would consider it right, wrong, or indifferent.
 
Like I stated before, I don't believe you are supposed to be doing that.
 
That's happened to me a few times with yellow, orange and white LC flat pads. AG has always sent a replacement, but dang.
 
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