When to use the BLUE pad?

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Inzane

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When using my PC 7424, I have couple each of yellow, white and black pads. And I even have an orange pad that I've tried a few times.



I understand the use of the white and black pads, but where exactly does the blue pad come in to the picture?



Is the black pad still for the final LSP application and the blue is to be used before it with a final glaze? Or the other way around, black for the glaze and blue for the LSP?



Anyone else still get confused with the pad colors? :nixweiss
 
I use a blue LC CCS pad to apply a thin coat of Collinite 845 to my vehicles. Personally, I don't use black or red pads.
 
According to Detailed Image it goes:



Yellow Cutting Pad-For deeper scratches and swirls you may need a pad with more cutting power than an orange light cutting pad



Orange Light Cutting Pad-The orange light cutting pad is perfect for applying medium cutting polishes and compounds that reduce and eliminate swirls and fine scratches.



White Polishing Pad-The Lake Country White Polishing Pad is a great buffing pad that can apply abrasive polishes, chemical polishes, paint cleansers, glazes, waxes, sealants and more. Its ideal application is probably for polishes that need good pressure and heat to be broken down and worked in properly.



Black Finishing Pad-The Lake Country Black Finishing Pad can be used when applying light cutting polishes, chemical polishes, paint cleansers, glazes, sealants and waxes to any painted surface. The Finishing Pad is often used with chemical polishes, sealants, waxes and most commonly with glazes.



Blue Fine Finishing Pad-One of the softest foam materials Lake Country Manufacturing has ever created was used in the Blue Fine Finishing Pad. The Blue Pad is the perfect pad to use for applying sealants and waxes.
 
Joel_MD said:
I use a blue LC CCS pad to apply a thin coat of Collinite 845 to my vehicles. Personally, I don't use black or red pads.
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Red? I didn't even realize there were red pads too. :LOLOL



stang2676 said:
According to Detailed Image it goes:



Black Finishing Pad-The Lake Country Black Finishing Pad can be used when applying light cutting polishes, chemical polishes, paint cleansers, glazes, sealants and waxes to any painted surface. The Finishing Pad is often used with chemical polishes, sealants, waxes and most commonly with glazes.



Blue Fine Finishing Pad-One of the softest foam materials Lake Country Manufacturing has ever created was used in the Blue Fine Finishing Pad. The Blue Pad is the perfect pad to use for applying sealants and waxes.
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Thanks. So if I understand correctly, if black was good for applying waxes and sealants, blue is even better? (I've never used a blue pad before, but I decided to get one to try in my latest product order.)
 
I too have used the black pad for applying waxes and its done a great job, so I don't exactly know how important the blue pad is. Might end up doing an even better job in terms of ease of use!
 
I use the blue and grey for burnishing. Most of the time I just apply sealant and wax by hand, but do use the red pad every once in a while.
 
Not much difference between the blue and red. Both feel about the same, but the red is suppose to be softer. The blue does feel softer than the black/grey.
 
IME most of the very gentle pads have zero cut on most paints. The differences between them seem to be a matter of porosity, and some products work better/worse with more/less PPI. Figuring out the better/worse part seems to be a matter of personal experience more than anything else.



Generally, "heavy" products seem to work best for me with a more porous pad; a very tight pad seems to load up in a "clogged pad" sort of way and be prone to product clumping. An example that I often mention is using something like Meg's #7 with a very tight pad. Another is trying to use a tight pad with a heavy/hard wax like 476S.



When applying light products, a more porous pad will load up in a "pad filled with wasted product" sort of way, but other than the waste it's no big deal. E.G., if you use KSG with a porous pad you'll end up with almost as much KSG left in the pad as on the vehicle.
 
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