Leadfootluke
New member
Sadly, my best experience was when my tangerine hydrotech was on its last leg and I was compressed to about 1/2 inch. I felt 100x more in control.
4" flat pad??
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Sadly, my best experience was when my tangerine hydrotech was on its last leg and I was compressed to about 1/2 inch. I felt 100x more in control.
Todd@RUPES
Just a regular guy
Technically the 4 inch pads are a standard thickness (industry standard is between 1 inch and 1 1/2 inches thick). Low profile pads are generally considered any thing less than 1 inch thick.
The reason they feel different or may be harder to control is because the aspect ratio is off. On a 1 1/2 inch thick, 4 inch diameter pad you will have the feel of an 8 inch pad that was 3 inches thick.
The flip-side is that smaller diameter pads are less forgiving of changes in angle relative to the paint. Since there is less foam (over-all) to compress, just the weight of the machine can compress the small pad enough that interference becomes an issue. It becomes very easy to run the backing plate into the paint.
The reason they feel different or may be harder to control is because the aspect ratio is off. On a 1 1/2 inch thick, 4 inch diameter pad you will have the feel of an 8 inch pad that was 3 inches thick.
The flip-side is that smaller diameter pads are less forgiving of changes in angle relative to the paint. Since there is less foam (over-all) to compress, just the weight of the machine can compress the small pad enough that interference becomes an issue. It becomes very easy to run the backing plate into the paint.