lake country old and revised pad

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vick-e

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what are the differences?

i am going to buy some but i want to make sure its not the old ones that mess up.
 
I assume you are referring to the 6.5" DA Pads, because these were pretty much the only ones that were a big problem.



The old design had a velcro backing that only covered 60-75% of the back of the pad which allowed the backingplate to *dig* into the pad itself kind of like a cookie cutter would a cookie. The new design comes with a velcro backing that covers almost the entire back side of the pad. Hope this helps.
 
haha that was a really quick reply

it does help a lot!



i was told that the old velcros were around 12.5 cm?





do you have measurements so i know the retailer is not lying to me?



or do you guys have any pics?
 
Okay, the old pads came with 12.5cm diameter velcro, and the new ones come with 15.5cm of velcro. 3" more, and it covers the entire back of the pad minus a tiny little lip.



Now, that being said, when I had problems with mine, it was only the cutting and polishing pads that I had a problem with. They (Lake Country) swapped out both my cutting and polishing pads with no problem but didn't have a newly designed finishing pad *at that time.* I don't know if they have revised all of their pads since then or they are still shipping the old finishing pad with the set. Regardless, it seems the problem arises when a lot of pressure is applied to the pad, which you don't do with a finishing pad, so this shouldn't be a problem.
 
We should have our newly designed pads out by end of Feb in all colors. Although the older style still work great. Tha machine should be held flat against surface. I have one orange pad i used about 25 times and it didnt cookie cut. It pie cut (lol). the old ones should work just fine and if there was a problem I definitely would take care of it.
 
You're very welcome. FYI, Autopia has a 40% off garage sale going on right now and these pads are included. Not pushing sales for Autopia or anything, just mentioning a good sale if you are already buying the product.
 
Like I mentioned, I had problems with my LC DA pads immediately after the first use so I contacted the vendor from whom I purchased the pads from, and they put me in touch with Lake Country Manufacturing, and that's who swapped them out for me.



Nothing about the pad changed except for the velcro backing so if you don't have a problem with your current pads, there's no need to worry about any of this.



As bufferman mentioned, if you are experiencing problems with your LC pads, contact him and he will look into your situation.
 
Hopefully bufferman can answer this question, but I don't see why they wouldn't. According to bufferman's previous post the entire line will be updated and shipping by the end of next month, but as far as I know the updated white pad has been available for the last few months.
 
I have a few of the orange VC pads and I've just bought a couple more from ACC Garage sale.



I've just tried to repair one of the cookie-cut pads with some contact glue, trying to reinforce the border of the velcro. This is the second pad that's done this but the first time I've tried to repair it. I don't know how successful this will be. :nixweiss The first one was unusable so I cut it into pieces to be used as a hand applicator for plastic polish...works quite well too! Pity I had to destroy the pad, though. I only did one car with it. I went to the Sonus DAS orange pad and that worked fine.



I really like the foam grade and VC design but dislike the velcro design for obvious reasons.



Is their anything I can do to replace them since I'm in Australia? :(
 
what is hook and loop???

sorry my english is pretty bad





my emailed carcaresmart.com and they said this









Hi,



The LC pads are Hook & Loop type. There is a piece of loop material attached

to the back of pads (The size is 12.5 cm in diameter for 6.5" pads) that is

used to attach to the backing plate. We are sorry for the confusion and

please contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you.



Best Regards,

Alex

Customer Service Team
 
Slightly OT, but since the biggest complaint I've seen about pads is them 'cookie cutting', why doesn't someone just make a better backing plate? It seems that all it would take would be a rounded flare at the edges, so even if you did apply pressure, there would be nothing to cut into the pad backing? A curve in the 1/4" outer edge of the plate would be all it would take, vs. the pointy edge we get now.
 
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