All my pads keep tearing!!!!

yakky said:
Yep, same issue for me, it gets trapped in those holes and dries up into cement. The other big issue is if you get that velcro anywhere near paint, you've just created more work for yourself. I don't have any issue with the pads you have, but then I don't put much pressure on the pad and always try to keep the pads flat.
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Are you using rotary or DA with them?
 
It looks like your backing plate is too big for the pad. There needs to be a little velcro between the backing plate and the pad. You can't expect foam to handle being rubbed by the velco hooks on a backing plate.
 
WhyteWizard said:
It looks like your backing plate is too big for the pad. There needs to be a little velcro between the backing plate and the pad. You can't expect foam to handle being rubbed by the velco hooks on a backing plate.
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Well backing plate is 5" and pad is 5.5"
 
toymachine2009 said:
Well backing plate is 5" and pad is 5.5"
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But the velcro backing isn't 5" or 5.5". Looks to be less than 5" which is causing your problem?



While CCS isn't my favorite I never had any issues with them. But I also spur my pads pretty often.
 
ABQDetailer said:
But the velcro backing isn't 5" or 5.5". Looks to be less than 5" which is causing your problem?



While CCS isn't my favorite I never had any issues with them. But I also spur my pads pretty often.
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Yes the Velcro on the back of my pad is 5" on those pads same as my backing plate so going over curves the backing plate goes rightbinto the blue foam..



My ccs pads I have had 0 problems with and love them. I still use the blue foam pads though because once it made those I initial tears into the foam now when it goes over curves since it already dug a whole there it just goes over the same area it already cut and no more shredding if that made sense lol.
 
I know it's difficult, but try to concentrate on keeping the backing plate parallel to the surface. When you tilt, it will cause the sharpe edge of the backing plate to cut through the pad. This happens on pretty much all LC pads that don't have the backing material that goes all the way to the end of the foam.
 
Possible causes:



1. Backing plate is too big....as David Fermani mentioned.

The edges of the plate is biting into the foam, leaving a gouge that eventually worsens.



2. Too high speed.



3. Too much pressure.



4. Stopping the machine from high speeds, with the pad free-spinning. Pad shd be in contact with paint surface, until the pad stops completely.



5. Yanking-off method. Since your backing plate is big and its edge rest on the foam (and not the velcro), be careful when you pull off the pad from the backing plate. Don't yank the pad off. Using your fingertips, slowly "peel off" the edge of the pad from backing plate's velcro, and pull slowly to get the pad off completely.



No5 was the main reason my pads had the problem as yours years ago.

I've lectured my boys on this, and to this day, my pads are fine.



During work, if I need to clean the pad, I remove it, and put it on a rotary, and clean it with my Lake Country Pad Washer (that bucket thingy). Then, rotary spin it dry and air dry, while I use another pad on the DA.
 
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