Ahhh! My PADS won't stick!

rockford33

rockford33

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I (finally) went out to polish my car yesterday. It has probably been a year since I polished my car, and about 8 months since I used my PC7424. I had some new pads that I had bought at the end of last summer that I wanted to try out (Lake Country CCS SmartPads). For some reason, they would not stay centered on my backing plate at speed 6. I kept having to stop and re-center the pad on the backing plate, which really slowed things down . My PC is about 5 years old, but I wouldn't think the velcro on the backing plate would wear out (it looks clean). I switched to an older pad I had (also Lake Country I think) and had a similar problem, although the pad is pretty old (and I tossed it after I was done, it is 3 years old) so the back of the pad might be the issue there.

Any thoughts? Do I NEED the Lake Country Dual Action Hook and Loop backing plate for these to work and stay put? I liked the pad, but I don't want to keep having to stop every couple of minutes to re-center the pad. It seemed to stay put at speed 5 to 5-1/2, but again that will affect how easily I can polish since I can't crank up the speed.

Thanks,
Neil
 
This is exactly one of the reasons that prompted me to switch to Edge pads. I haven't had to worry about my pads suddenly failing on me for years. I just got my Edge adapter for my Flex on Friday and now I don't have to worry about it with that machine either. :)

The backing plate brand shouldn't make any difference. You should be able to use any pad and any backing plate and not have a problem. If some pads stick and some pads don't, then that is a pad issue. If nothing sticks then it is probably a backing plate issue.
 
You might try a different backing plate. I have a Meguiar's plate on my PC and it's actually kinda feeble. I have a different buffer and it holds pads so tight I'm afraid of ripping the back off the pad when I remove the pad. I'm looking at getting a different plate for my pc, as it won't even keep a pad on for a whole car sometimes.
 
My original Meg's backing plate would not hold pads after a year or so.
The replacement I purchased from the DC Store grips the same pads so tight that like Big Leegr, I have to be careful removing them so I don't damage them.
Your problem is most likely the backing plate rather than the pads.
 
I am going with the backing plate as well, try a new one or like Jngrbrdman said the edge system is great, not having to worry about constant centering is a time helper.
 
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