Which pad combo for the boss?

[nothingface5384]

B S Low Pros

[Accumulator]

B S Low Pros

The general idea is that long-throw machines like low-profile pads, right?

[BudgetPlan1]

The general idea is that long-throw machines like low-profile pads, right?

That`s one consensus; free spinning tools like the lower profile, including the long throws. There are also many Flex users who like the B & S low pros as well. Apparently they are quite rugged pads.

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[Accumulator]

BudgetPlan1- Yeah, seems that everybody who tries the B&S pads likes them, like...any B&S pads.

Maybe it`s a matter of degree...what "low" profile means in this context. I sure don`t like thick pads on the Flex3401! Other than my (Meguiar`s) MF disks, all my pads are pretty much the same thickness, and/but none of them are really thin, at least not in my (not too educated) opinion, and/but I see some *really* thin pads on the market these days.

[Justins00ss]

Justin. What would be your most used one step pad and polish on your g21

Probably would have to be a orange LC pro thin pad with Menzerna pf2500. Or if I can get away with it for more correction the same orange LC pro thin pad with fast correcting cream.

As always a test spot or two usually will tell me what`s best.

For an AIO like HD Speed I also use an orange LC pro thin pad.

It really comes down to what the paint wants and needs. TBH I am not to fond of a one step correction. Not to be confused with a AIO. Unless the vehicle is already really nice then it`s easier for me to do a 2 step and then LSP.

[felixthecat]

Justins00SS- OK, now I follow.

I`ve heard that MF cutting and finishing pads aren`t all that different, but I`ve never finished out with either.

Use the mf cutting & finish w/ foam.

[Accumulator]

Use the mf cutting & finish w/ foam.

Yeah, that`s what I always do, but I can`t help but wonder whether finishing with MF might be viable. I do simply love how easy MF is to clean with compressed air.

[gret]

While waiting for a no exclusions sale (COME ON Autopia, I have Christmas money waiting to be spent) so I can order a Boss polisher kit, I`m trying to decide on a good combination of the Griots boss pads. I have plenty of soft LSP pads so I`m primarily interested in correction and polishing pads. If you were to order three of the "any combo" six packs, what combination of pads would you order?

Funny.. I was going to make this exact post. Waiting on a no exclusion sale also and was wondering about pads.. Great minds must think alike

[LashingStanley]

Thin foam pads are the worst in my experience and the only time I feel they are advantageous is if you are trying to correct paint.... using a PC 7424xp.....paired with a 5" backing plate....on a perfectly flat panel....

I guess in that situation they are great because you get more pad rotation. But when it comes to 99% of cars and trucks, the small amount of added rotation isn`t worth the added vibration. So other than "looking cool" I can`t figure out what the actually benefit of a super thin foam pad is? They stall MUCH easier on convex surfaces as well.

Like Accumulator mentioned, I`m one of those guys that tried a Buff and Shine pad and fell in love. Now I own every single pad they make. Even the double-sided wool pads for gel coat.haha I love how durable they are and I LOVE their European prepolymer foams. Plus their 4" flat pads are truly just a smaller version of their 5.5" flats pads. Unlike Lake Country`s 4" flats which are the worst pads I`ve ever used. Ever. Out of a dozen that I bought when I first started detailing there were no two pads cut the same. They are truly horribly. I do love lake country`s foamed wool and hybrid wool pads though.

Also, the low-pro pads are kind of falsely advertised (in a good way). The foam is in fact thin but the rubber interface makes them about the same thickness as the Uro-tec pads I believe. They are by far the most durable pads I have ever used and they`re well worth the small loan I had to take out to buy a few.

[jrock645]

I liked the HD Orbitals on my Rupes. They seem too firm at first but loosen up after a couple passes.

[felixthecat]

Yeah, that`s what I always do, but I can`t help but wonder whether finishing with MF might be viable. I do simply love how easy MF is to clean with compressed air.

The Rupes m/f pads, yellow/blue are different. The blue works great & is easy to clean vs the yellow. The Boss m/f offers just one for compounding/polishing. Like to try that one.

[Accumulator]

The Rupes m/f pads, yellow/blue are different. The blue works great & is easy to clean vs the yellow..

Ah, thanks for the info. Post back if/when you try the GG one!

[Mary B]

Boss and B&S MF, choose any 15 diff. colors in-between, but finish with
Rupes white pads. Oh Yeah !



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