LC pads?

Marc08EX

Marc08EX

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Hello fellow autopians!!!



I just recently received my detailing package and I ordered some LC orange, white and blue pads. Both my white and blue pads were flat on its face. However, the orange pad is caved in. It's not flat on its face. Is this normal?



Here's the picture of what I'm talking about:

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Thanks for your input!
 
The Orange pad is a variable contact style. Some prefer one, to another. Personally, I prefer the flat surfaced pad. Ive always been of the belief more contact is better.
 
a.k.a. Patrick said:
The Orange pad is a variable contact style. Some prefer one, to another. Personally, I prefer the flat surfaced pad. Ive always been of the belief more contact is better.
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That's what I thought! Since the flat pad will make contact throughout, it will make paint correction better. As opposed to the concaved one.



Tustin,

I will take a picture tonight and post it.
 
Here are the pictures of the pads. The first 2 pictures are the concaved LC orange pads. I tried to take the picture the best I could but it's hard to catch the concave feature. The 3rd picture is a Meg's W9006 finishing pad for reference.



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Happened to me but on SFX-2 pads and SFX-1 spot pad. i thing is because of heating too much during polishing....
 
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Is it a good or a bad thing D&D? Should I ask for a replacement?



I really don't think these pads would be effective. But I wanted to ask fellow autopians...
 
Tusin said:
Nah, I wouldn't worry about it too much at all. I have some concave pads and some flat ones, both work a-ok.
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Thanks for your input. It's just weird that it works the same because the concaved ones mean less contact. But I guess with pressure, it evens out. Plus, the outer edge generates more heat so maybe that's the reason.



Thanks to everyone who helped!
 
That happens to my LC CCS pads when they wear out, but I've never seen that o a new pad. Usually it happens on the orange pads most of all, but it's always the more dense, cutting pads that do that. The softer pads are more maleable and are less damaged by the pressure/vibration/higher heat.
 
charlesaferg said:
That happens to my LC CCS pads when they wear out, but I've never seen that o a new pad. Usually it happens on the orange pads most of all, but it's always the more dense, cutting pads that do that. The softer pads are more maleable and are less damaged by the pressure/vibration/higher heat.
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Do you guys remember the "Variable Contact Pads" that Lake County was selling a few years ago??? These were concave and were "supposed" to work better than regular flat pads. Ehh...while they worked just fine, I never really found them any "better" than the regular pads I had at the time.
 
charlesaferg said:
That happens to my LC CCS pads when they wear out, but I've never seen that o a new pad. Usually it happens on the orange pads most of all, but it's always the more dense, cutting pads that do that. The softer pads are more maleable and are less damaged by the pressure/vibration/higher heat.
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I think you're talking about the other way around where the center pops out. This one is caved in.
 
bri7 said:
I think you're talking about the other way around where the center pops out. This one is caved in.
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Nope, I know what my pads look like. :)



The center caves in slightly. Just like the pad that you're concerned about. They were called "Variable Contact" and were hyped up a few years ago.
 
bri7 said:
I think you're talking about the other way around where the center pops out. This one is caved in.
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Thats what I said, it's caved in, but you notice it on the foam side not the backing plate side.

It's because the foam in the center is put through more stress, causing it to deteriorate more in the center.



Tusin said:
Do you guys remember the "Variable Contact Pads" that Lake County was selling a few years ago??? These were concave and were "supposed" to work better than regular flat pads. Ehh...while they worked just fine, I never really found them any "better" than the regular pads I had at the time.
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Maybe on a rotary, but even then I don't see the point.
 
charlesaferg said:
Thats what I said, it's caved in, but you notice it on the foam side not the backing plate side.

It's because the foam in the center is put through more stress, causing it to deteriorate more in the center.







Maybe on a rotary, but even then I don't see the point.
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Hey, I agree completley. I was just pointing out that there is nothing wrong with his orange pad. I have both types of pads and I don't see much of a difference.
 
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