5" Rotary Backing Plate?

**RAG** · 09-09-2006, 08:50 PM

Anybody know of any good 5" rotary backing pates (5" - 5.5" will due)? I`m looking from something a little smaller to complement my 6" backing plates, as I`ve accumulated a few pads that are a tad too small for the 6" plate.

How`s that megs 5" plate?

**EBPcivicsi** · 09-09-2006, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by RAG

Anybody know of any good 5" rotary backing pates (5" - 5.5" will due)? I`m looking from something a little smaller to complement my 6" backing plates, as I`ve accumulated a few pads that are a tad too small for the 6" plate.

How`s that megs 5" plate?

I can`t find one either. The Meguiars BP is perfect, BUT it has that centering "button" on it. If your pads have a centering hole, the Meguiars BP will be fine.

If you find one, please let me know where.

**SpoiledMan** · 09-09-2006, 11:01 PM

That centering nub will unscrew from the BP with a pair of pliers.

**Eliot Ness** · 09-09-2006, 11:09 PM

Exceldetail has them:

http://www.prestostore.com/cgi-bin/s...37932&pd=97903

**RAG** · 09-10-2006, 09:27 AM

Thanks. I guess I`ll go with the Meguiars. Otherwise, I was going to shave down another 6" backing plate...but it always proves to be difficult to shave down perfectly concentric.

**SpoiledMan** · 09-10-2006, 09:49 AM

Once again, I`m just glad that I could help.

**EBPcivicsi** · 09-10-2006, 06:29 PM

Nice, I will do this--this should really expand my pad choice for the rotary now.

**the other pc** · 09-11-2006, 12:18 AM

Lake Country makes rotary plates in 4-7/8Ã¢â‚¬ (125mm), 3-3/4Ã¢â‚¬ (95mm), 2-7/8Ã¢â‚¬ (73mm) and other sizes.

PC.

**Envious Eric** · 09-11-2006, 12:06 PM

i have the megs rotary after the PC backing plates melted....no problem with the rotary one after more uses than the PC one....I like it on the PC (where I use it)

**RAG** · 09-11-2006, 06:13 PM

Went to the auto paint supply store today - they had the Meguiars pads and several other brands. I didn`t like the "hard" design of the meguairs pad too much (not that it`ll make much of a difference for what I`ll be doing), so I picked up a 5"pad made by Ferro Industries Inc...looks identical to the most of the 6" modern/flexible rotary and PC pads made...only in 5". Love it. Should be perfect for final finishing on black with the 6.5" P2s; having an undersized backing plate helps prevent the corners from digging in and "rolling over" (where there typically isn`t much lubrication) and inducing halograms.