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I totally understand that certain buffing and polishing pads have different densities which make them better for cutting, polishing, waxing, etc. What I dont understand is why some pads are flat, why some have bumps and others have polygon patterns...? Can someone please explain the functional differences between the same pad that is flat vs the same pad with bumps or polygons?
Thanks Fauee - Call me crazy - but wouldn't a flat surface of a pad get more "product" in touch with the surface of the car vs a depressed area of a pad?
Last edited by Mayor111; Oct 16, 2019 at 06:50 PM.
They're pretty much all the same. Have asked this same question and everyone says go with the flat pads due to being the simplest and lasting the longest.
Thanks Fauee - Call me crazy - but wouldn't a flat surface of a pad get more "product" in touch with the surface of the car vs a depressed area of a pad?
Yup. And frankly, I think the passages would move a lot of it around. The idea is more even dispersion from the depressed areas.
It has to do with how clogged the pores of the pad get when you're using them. I use the Hexlogic pads, which seem to suffer less from pore clogging than flat pads.
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heat dissipation is the reason for the waffles, or other shapes on the surfaces of the pads...………….
assists with keep them cool and connected to the typical Velcro backing on the polisher backing plates...………….
some speculate they also assist in preventing pads from becoming saturated with any of the products used in the polishing process...………
that is more a characteristic of how much product you attempt to use at once
more critical that you use the correct density pad for the appropriate product, whether it is correcting compound or a finishing polish or even sealant or wax application as the last step of your process
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