My Best & Most Used Car Polishing/Buffing Pads!

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0:00 Introduction
0:30 FOAM CUTTING PADS
5:23 FOAM POLISHING/FINISHING PADS
9:42 MICROFIBRE PADS
14:49 WOOL PADS

[cjlocsin]

i love you Sandro, i have basically built my mobile detailing business and have had great success using the advice and techniques you given throughout all your videos. i would say i have watched about 90% of your videos and always looking forward to new informative content you bring to this platform

[Jeff_Seely]

Andrew this video has to be, easily, the most comprehensive look into premium polishing pads i have ever viewed. And I have watched a lot of detailing channels, in search for this kind of information. Up until recently, I have cut costs, buying up many of those "cheap chinese ebay pads". They are exactly that and you are exactly right. I was confused and on the fence about what my best options are and this video got me off said fence. I just ordered a stack of LC HDO orange pads to team up with my new 15mm machine. I believe they are my best option, under my circumstances. A truly gold medal video! Thank you so much! Mother's Farmer 🤣🤣!!! I damn near fell out of the chair!

[KENDOMAINE]

Legacy of a detailing legend in the making.

[chadrandolph]

Hey Sandro! Thanks for sharing this! Having wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of these pads in real work conditions is priceless. Thanks for passing it forward. HUGE! 👊🏾

[neilpotts]

Brilliant advice Sandro. You take all the legwork out of the search and decision making on these products and many others.

[fastmonaro]

Mate as usual we are on the same page with what you have listed here. I just love all the pads I have used via your recommendations. So for me the Blue HDO/SDO pads I have been brilliant. I used this on the Astra and now the Holden HQ softish single stage white paint I am now doing correction on. The Orange HDO/SDO again do exactly what you say they do; finish like no tomorrow. What did surprise though was the Shinemate range of Red & Yellow foam pads. They are just so much cheaper than the LC but almost as good in the finish. Very happy with them. The URO microfiber was what I used to do most the cutting on the hard clear paint with Car Pro Clear cut and TLC compounds. But I ran into the problem using this plus the Car Pro Demipad 2000 with the rotary in that the pads had no overhang and thus I did some damage as you experienced. I have purchased the Rupes Yellow wool pad plus the LC Microfiber pads to now try. I know you previously suggested S20 Black (Love this AIO) with Blue SDO pad. Do you think the Rupes Yellow wool pad might be a better option as the old paint does have some problems including I believe CROWSFEET which I was told can never be corrected out this side of a new paint job? I have tried using the Car Pro 3000 Demi pad with both S20 black and Clearcut which certainly have some bite. But I found I have had to use more refining time doing this and wondered if the Rupes option would give better defect removal whilst giving more refinement in a shorter time?? I have the Shinemate 12mm throw RO which again I love thanks to your reviews. All your videos are now my resource for car detailing so thanks again for these videos. Your 100K subscription is well earned.

[johng]

Excellent content presented in a clear and concise manner that delivers important knowledge to your subscribers. This is a video many of us will refer back to many times. The information on each pads abilities on different types of paint is really useful. I hope you do a video on compounds and polishes using this format.

[chadj]

I’m not a professional just an enthusiast who does the best job I can on my cars and family and friends. So for me a uro fiber 50/50 pad with 3D one usually removes what I’m going after. I then follow with rupes yellow pad with AngelWax perfect polish or sonax perfect finish. I sometimes do a final step with a black application pad with perfect polish.

[cic]

Loved your video! I really think you got it spot on with direct and to the point. THANK YOU!

[ChungNguyen-rjrf]

Damn it. I have a bunch of unused standard lake country flats. Now I want the HDOs 😂. Thanks, Sandro

[MyGoToUserName]

Good information regarding the buff and shine uro fiber!

I ordered one in 5" and 3" sizes to try. I will need to be mindful of the more exposed plate.

[MrFryfish]

Thank you very much for putting up such a video of your most favorite pads and advice on each pad!

May I sugest to you to make one video about differences and applications or use of closed cell pads vs open cell pads.

My take or understanding is that closed cell pads works better on forced rotation dual action machines like Flex specially when cutting clearcoat.

I am very interested to distinguish the place and role of closed cell vs open cell pads in as many scenarios as possible.

[ryan_lawrence]

Thanks to your videos, I've just ordered the Shinemate EX603 DA polisher and a couple of Lake Country HDO Blue pads 💪

[matthewgibb]

the HDO blue I believe is a foam derived from the foam manufacturer that I buy direct from. the SDO is their version and the HDO I believe is a tweaked version of their original foam they make for car plants in europe. remember - Lake country is a foam converter not a foam block manufacturer - not yet at least.

[gabea.]

I have hard clear on my 6th gen Camaro SS. I have Meguiars MF pads and the EuroFiber pads. I also have Lake Country for my various foam pads but they are the CCS line. I don't have any wool, would be nice to try on harder clear like mine. Also thanks for the advise on heat and swapping Megs MF cutting pads more often, I'll keep it in mind as I'm going to do my first coating on the Camaro soon.

[chicagomike]

Hey Sandro... another winner here..! great information for the beginner or seasoned vet. great job mate.

[christopherweir]

Great video Sandro. I have to agree about the LC HDO pads. I bought some to try with my 3" DA and love 'em. Only problem I have found is that they do heat up after awhile and then want to come off the machine as the Velcro gets warm. So I find I need to change them out fairly frequently.

[Matt_justlikethat]

Excellent... just starting, great knowledge 👍👍

[nicorallysport]

I like the shinemate pads !, where SPTA which are 100% identical in both the pads and the polishers! These are superb quality for the price.

[weave]

Great vid Sandro, your pad descriptions are spot on, couldn't say better. For me rupes yellow, LC hdo Mf + hdo blue and b&S iron fiber take the win.