please recommend a pad for hd speed

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Hi,

I finally have a DA polisher and HD speed to start learning. Could you recommend a good pad that I can use for my Mazda CX5?
 
I use an orange Buff & Shine or LC flat pad and have for a couple years. Good correction, excellent finishing.
 
There is no one recommendation for a pad for HD Speed or any other polish/compound. What determines which pad you use is you do a test spot on an area of the vehicle using the rule "least aggressive method first", if the least aggressive you have works well enough go with that, if not bump up the aggressiveness some more then go back over your test spot again with new combo.
 
There is a pad chart located somewhere on here that describes the color and it's intended usage. Think it's under the lake country pads. Determined the correct pad is trial and error. As described above, start with the least aggressive and work your way up until you get the required result. There is no one pad. It all depends upon the paint condition and on what result you are looking for. Correction, would be my guess from the car you are working on...
 
There are a lot of variables to consider when selecting pads. But sometimes, and for some people, they might just want to have one set of 6 pads to use on family and friends vehicles. No they're not going for 100% correction, no they're not making money detailing, no they're not working on RIDS, no they're not experimenting with the latest and greatest compounds and polishes every month. They just want to pull out the polisher once or twice a year and spend a couple hours on a car.

Or they simply want five or six pads to apply a cleaner wax a couple times a year on a variety of different vehicles and really aren't going to be splitting hairs analyzing results. Totally understandable. The level of interest and time invested just isn't gonna be the same for everyone. It's a different approach than many of us forum guys tend to have, but there's gotta be a solution.

For that type of work/style, I like Buff & Shine or Lake Country flat pads in white. They're durable, forgiving, you'll get some nice paint cleaning action with an abrasive cleaner wax/sealer, and maybe clean up some swirls. They're unlikely to cause a haze (but possible). It's a nice solution for guys that just want to "set it and forget it" and wax some cars once in awhile.

I'm not suggesting this is the "best" approach for me or you. But for some people, I think it might be spot on.
 
Harpolith said:
There are a lot of variables to consider when selecting pads. But sometimes, and for some people, they might just want to have one set of 6 pads to use on family and friends vehicles. No they're not going for 100% correction, no they're not making money detailing, no they're not working on RIDS, no they're not experimenting with the latest and greatest compounds and polishes every month. They just want to pull out the polisher once or twice a year and spend a couple hours on a car.

Or they simply want five or six pads to apply a cleaner wax a couple times a year on a variety of different vehicles and really aren't going to be splitting hairs analyzing results. Totally understandable. The level of interest and time invested just isn't gonna be the same for everyone. It's a different approach than many of us forum guys tend to have, but there's gotta be a solution.

For that type of work/style, I like Buff & Shine or Lake Country flat pads in white. They're durable, forgiving, you'll get some nice paint cleaning action with an abrasive cleaner wax/sealer, and maybe clean up some swirls. They're unlikely to cause a haze (but possible). It's a nice solution for guys that just want to "set it and forget it" and wax some cars once in awhile.

I'm not suggesting this is the "best" approach for me or you. But for some people, I think it might be spot on.
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Excellent post!
 
Light to medium polish such as green or orange work very well. I tend to use Green Hex Logic pads for softer paints and orange on harder paints. All really depends on how your particular finish responds.
 
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