Anyone try the new CMA pads?

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kermada

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Any one use the CMA pads with the nobbies, yellow or white. The marketing speak sounds good, but I trust you guys to know if it's just a gimick or the real deal.



I lost the thread where some suggested to me to use lighting pads, I think.



Maybe I just need a recommendation of where to get some good pads.



Thanks,

Dave
 
I use them and like them, but I've never used the regular pads so I have nothing to compare them to. My mind tells me that one kind's not going to be that much better than another; different, but not better. Maybe one kind might be better suited than another to a particular user's technique.



Tom
 
JimS,

Where do you get the Lake County pads?





JasonC8301 recommended them as well, but google did not give any where to buy them.
 
Jim S & kermada, I always thought that CMA sold Lake Country pads...just re-tagged with their name. Maybe I'm wrong on this.
 
StickKing1 said:
Jim S & kermada, I always thought that CMA sold Lake Country pads...just re-tagged with their name. Maybe I'm wrong on this.
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You're correct. The CMA yellow and white pads are repackaged Lake Countrys. Their orange pad isn't, and I don't think it's an acceptable yellow/white pad replacement despite CMA's claims.
 
I hate to get anal, but are these the ones with the nobbies or the regular foam pads?



And why are they better than Meguires?



Since I'm a novice, I'm going with the white and black Not looking to get too aggressive, just want a deep shine.
 
Top of the Line also sells Lake Country pads -- the flat, variable-contact pads.



If you're going to order pads and pay shipping anyway, I would suggest you also get at least one yellow/cutting pad. You may be surprised at how aggressive the pads aren't. I too have been very scared/hesitant. But if you do the Autopian thing -- working up from least aggressive product/pad to gradually more aggressive -- you may find there are times when the yellow pad will be just the thing.



Also, learn from my mistake: Being a little price conscious, I first ordered one black, one white, one yellow. But when you're starting a project, you use the least-aggressive polish pad, then the next-most-aggressive-polish on the least-agressive pad. Since I only had one of each pad type, that meant going in the house and cleaning the pad before I could try it on the next-most-aggressive polish. Would have been SO much easier just to have 3 pads of each type! So now I have placed an order for all those pads, which means I'm again having to pay the shipping costs. Would actually have been cheaper to buy 3 of each at the same time.



Living & learning --
 
Thanks, I've ordered the pads from TOL.

Now I'm soooo egar to use em.



I can't believe how much joy I get out of detailing my cars, now that I know how and the products suggested work with expected results.



Now I'm going after the engine bay. That should be fun, messy, but fun, none the less.
 
I was told the finger or "tufted" pads are really only advantageous on rotary machines since the point of them is to increase surface area and thus reduce polishing temperatures, so they'd be a waste on RO's like the PC... :nixweiss
 
4DSC- They also work well (with a PC) on single-stage. They don't get as loaded/caked with paint and polish. I haven't seen a reason to use them on clearcoats (with the PC) but I think you're right about using them with a rotary.
 
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