new lake country course foam pads. Prototype review

[3kgt2nv]

lake country sent me some of their new pads to try out and give them some feed back on. I am not a professional detailer. I do detail a host of planes, cars and boats evey year on the side but I am far from a full time detail person.

the video pretty much gives my first thoughts about the pads. sorry for the quility i was trying to hold the camera and use the buffer one handed so there are some parts that get kinda shaky.

Today 5/3/12 I will be doing more testing and posting the results here as well.
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[TroyScherer]

Looks nice. Please keep us informed of how they work out.


How well do they finish down?
What is the cut comparable to?
Durability?

 

[ArkayoDeetayo]

Where would pink fall into the color ranges? Heavy Cut, Light cut?
Was there a "name" on the label of the samples? I am assuming its the Hybrid but might be another new line?

Do you work all your cars/projects using the same technique/speed you demonstrated in this video?

 

[3kgt2nv]

Where would pink fall into the color ranges? Heavy Cut, Light cut?
Was there a "name" on the label of the samples? I am assuming its the Hybrid but might be another new line?

Do you work all your cars/projects using the same technique/speed you demonstratedin this video?

the pink is going to be the replacement for the course green pad from what i got from emailing with the support person that i am dealing with. there was no name on the plastic and all the invoice showed was prototype sample.

to me personally i think getting rid of the green pad is a smart move since they have two pads the same color.

The pink is move of a very heavy cutting pad, much more aggressive than the course green pad is.

I do not normally work my projects like this, this was more of a trial and fast review.

Normally when compounding I start spreading at speed two and step up to 5 once the product is spread never normally even using speed six. The pad i found allowed for much quicker cutting and the denser foam didnt absorb the cutting compound as fast as the older pads did so i was able to run at a faster speed. this video was like i said a fast demo.

To day I did the whole truck using the lower spped to spread the product and then moving up to a faster speed. the results were almost the same either way that i used them. here are some pics of the result.

the cab was done totally with using a max speed of 4.5 to 5 on the buffer

for the plow i tried a couple of different speeds and pressures to see the results

the results were the same with all the different methods I tried so im willing to guess its just how fine of a finish your looking for. granted this truck was in horrible shape to start but it also has much harder paint and no clear coat like a car of boat would have.

The pads did make more "dust" than the old pads do but it also did not get clogged like the older pads. I did notice that the foam was almost totally untouched by all the use.

 

[ArkayoDeetayo]

great work/results! thanks for posting findings and responding, it looks fantastic after you were done

 

[swanicyouth]

What's is the benefit they are promoting course foam as having? Faster cut?

 

[opie_7afe]

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