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    Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    Cutting in is very time consuming. Personally, I just can`t achieve proper results with a 5" pad polishing up those last few inches butting up against seams and trim. Often, I find myself cutting in with a 4" foam pad, which works ok, but this is better: Lake Country HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad in the 3" variety. The larger LDO pads have a hole ("cooling chamber") in the center, but the 3" doesn`t. LDO pads are unfortunately a bit hard to find.

    I am comfortable using the 3" pad on a 4" backing plate for strictly horizontal work. Don`t judge! In the picture on the right, I`m spreading product getting ready to cut in near the windshield gasket. Lake Country says the LDO pads were designed for long-stroke machines, but as you can see, I`m just using my old GG6.






    While using any microfiber pad, the fibers will become matted down after a few passes - especially so with this fairly hot-running little pad. After "cleaning on the fly" with a terry cloth towel, I like to brush up the fibers. This is the third time I`ve used this pad, and as you can see, it`s still in good shape.





    The victim was a heavily swirled 2002 BMW M5. Here`s the left and right side of the sunroof showing the before condition and after the LDO pad using Menzerna 400. The paint is a VERY dark blue that in almost all light looks black. This color is the devil, and I found the paint challenging to work on. You can see the LDO pad and compound combo slayed the devil and his evil swirls, leaving minor haze.




    Here`s another before and after, this time of the same spot - after the 3: LDO pad then a green pad with Menzerna 2500.




    I highly recommend these pads and will be looking into the larger sizes and less-aggressive formats.
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    Re: Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    i won`t judge

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    Re: Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    Great work and awesome write-up! Those pads killed it on that finicky BMW Paint

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    Re: Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    Microfiber pads (with FG 400) are my absolute favorite on hard paints like BMW for heavy correcting. Very nice photography showing before and after shots. I`m not going to judge you either, but get a Rupes Mini, you won`t regret the money spent and it might save money just in case you slip up. You know that ounce of prevention thing.

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    Re: Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    Quote Originally Posted by rlmccarty2000 View Post
    ..... get a Rupes Mini, you won`t regret the money spent ...
    Totally on my list, just a few more waxes to buy .

    What sizes of backing plates can the Mini accommodate? I`d like to throw a 3" on the GG6 but that big "bell" thing is just too, big.

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    Re: Cutting-In with a LC HDO Heavy Cutting Fiber Pad 3"

    Nice! I need to look into these! Thanks for posting...
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