What did I do wrong with Rupes Pad

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OGauge4Me

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I just purchase the Rupes LHR 15 ES buffer and a set of pads. I had a detail this weekend on a white Range Rover and determined that the green pad with SIP followed by the white pad with Menzerna Micro polish gave me the correction I wanted. About half way through the initial pass with the green pad the pad started top come apart. I figured I am doing something wrong. I have had other pads split on me but only after they had served their time and were worn out.



I switched over to SIP with a CCS orange pad with no further problems. The detail came out pretty nice for a white vehicle.





Anyone have any thoughts as to what I might have done incorrectly?
 
What was your prep for the pad?

Were you putting any downward pressure on the machine at all?

What speed were you using?

Just trying to eliminate all possible variables.
 
Looks like a defective pad. #### happens. Same thing happened to the new ccs constant pressure pads i bought from AG.
 
Evan.J said:
What was your prep for the pad? I wet the pad with an instant detailer.

Were you putting any downward pressure on the machine at all? I do not think so. I am pretty good at letting the pad and polish do the work and not applying pressure.

What speed were you using? 3

Just trying to eliminate all possible variables.
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artofdetailing said:
Looks like a defective pad. #### happens. Same thing happened to the new ccs constant pressure pads i bought from AG.
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I hope this would be the problem. The white pad performed flawlessly.
 
Same thing happened to me with my rupes green pad. Maybe something that we might want to write rupes about. Doesn't hurt. There not cheap by any means.
 
I never tried the Rupes pads but it's appears you got a hold of a defective pad.
I've never had any pad come apart on me using ccs pads.
Also never read or seen a Rupes pad come apart like this one did.

One thing to lookout for, make sure the pad is completely dry, a wet pad doesn't hold up well with heat transfer from using a polisher, it could soften the glue that holds it together and come apart.
 
I contacted Autogeek and they sent me a new pad. Autogeek stands behind the products they sell and does not pass the problem resolution on to the manufacture of the product.

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I think I might purchase a couple of the Rupes microfiber blue pads today and give them a tryout. 15% off and free shipping is a decent deal.
 
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