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Time to reorder polishing pads, always used Meg's, open to suggestions
 
Lake Country are great.

I always get the flat ones, and use the white ones for very light polishing, or orange for light-medium. Orange are my favorite ones as they finish well.
 
Im a fan of Buff and Shine pads of all kinds, and of course LC
 
I use the old Porter Cable, thinkin on trying the Car pro sealant quartz
 
For the PC I would go with B&S pads, orange and green are my favorites.

Hopefully you already have a 5" BP for the PC if not I would definitely pick one up so you can run the 5.5" pads.
 
If you can wait until the new Meguiar's Thin Foam Pads come out....I would
 
I would go with the new Meguiar's pads. They are available at certain places online. Or you can wait until AGO gets them.
 
tenblade2001 said:
What is the difference btwn LC and CG hexlogic?
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They have two different styles of pad in one line. Kind of an overlapping system.

On one side there is the orange, white, and black that are stiffer, but soft, and don't really have as much cut designed into the pads (according to what I've read).

The other set is yellow, green, blue, and red. The yellow, green and blue pads exhibit cut on their own, especially with the yellow and green.

This is according to the write ups that I've read.
 
dlc95 said:
They have two different styles of pad in one line. Kind of an overlapping system.

On one side there is the orange, white, and black that are stiffer, but soft, and don't really have as much cut designed into the pads (according to what I've read).

The other set is yellow, green, blue, and red. The yellow, green and blue pads exhibit cut on their own, especially with the yellow and green.

This is according to the write ups that I've read.
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To clarify, this was in reference to the Hex Logic lime, made by Buff & Shine, and sold through CG.

The difference in the foam pad lines between the two companies is that Lake County has more options to choose from. CCS, HydroTech, Hybrid, Flats, Kompressor, etc.

Between the two companies, the Hex Logic and CCS lines draw comparisons. This is probably due to both lines having interruptions on the face of the pad. While these designs might seem novel, some actually prefer their characteristics.

For example, I person prefer these pads for compounding and polishing, where I prefer flat pads for waxes. The reason is that compounding and polishing can generate friction, and it's by product is heat. The irregularities in the design of the pad seem to accentuate the safer features of a random orbital polisher. Simply, where there are dimples or grooves in the pad, those areas are not constantly in contact with the paint, theoretically running cooler.

The other feature I like is the assistance of keeping polish in the face of the pad during initial spreading. Once you've mastered products application to pad, the chances for splatter on a d/a is all but gone. I have vivid memories of spraying product all over the place with a rotary back in the day. Lessons learned, but I still had it happen on my d/a using a flat pad.

Waxing is a lot less intensive of a procedure in comparison to compounding, and this is where I like a flat pad to apply product. I also seem to use much less product when sealing/waxing. I'd be stoked to see a red flat by Lake Country, but until then I'm good with the CCS.

While it would be totally possible for me to settle on just a few pads, it seems as though I'm becoming a pad junkie, just like in the drum word, I became a drumhead (the membrane on the top and bottom of a drum that either gets hit, or resonates) junkie. I like all the pads that I've tried so far from Meguiar's, Lake Country, Rupes (microfiber), and Hex Logic.
 
Definitely check out the new Meguiar's foam discs! These will be my new go to pads! :dblthumb2:




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