Product Support

[The Pad Man]

Hello,

My name is Eric Dunn and I work for Lake Country Mfg. I want to personally welcome everyone to the website. If anyone has any questions regarding our products, just drop me a line. Have a great day everyone.

[Bob]

Thanks for posting Eric! I made a welcome post but made it in our Site news forum for some reason. Anyway, welcome and thanks for joining our little community!

[The Pad Man]

Im happy to be a part of it.

[Bob]

Im happy to be a part of it.
Ok, I guess I will start. :lol: We sell your Variable Contact Pads and have recentley been thinking of adding some flat pads as well. What do you see as the pros and cons between the two?

[The Pad Man]

I personally like the Curved VC pads because when usiing a rotary polisher, you tilt the machine, so youre working with the edge of the pad. Using a flat pad on an angle, gives you less surface contact with the vehicle. I use our DA pads on my rotary because I prefer more control with a rotary. The machine is operated the same way, but not as much surface contact. I hope the helps.

[hellspawn2]

What about those who work with PC's?

[The Pad Man]

Since the PC operation is much different than a rotary, I would reccommend using flat pads. the speed is slowler and so is the surface area.

[hellspawn2]

Thanks :)

[Russecu]

Eric,
Could you give us the advantages to your new CCS pads versus the flat pads? I am mainly concerned with PC operation but rotary guideance will help others too. Will we see more correction ability with the CCS pads? Thanks

[The Pad Man]

Hey Guys, Long time since Ive been here. The new CCS pads work much differently than a flat pad and this is why. They run cooler since the pad does not have full surface contact with the vehicle as compared to a flat pad. the "dimples" slow down the rate at which the polish is absorbed into the pad. When using the pad, the polish migrates to the diples areas, so in fact, when the surface is running dry, if you need more product, you apply pressure to the pad on the surface and the pad releases the polish from the dimples. I use it all the time and I have it in General Motors ( which was difficult) and they like it also.The pad is much easier to control, and doesnt "skip" across the surface. I hope this helps anyone interested in the CCS. Thanks again for your support and purchases from Lake Country.

Eric

[Bob]

Thanks for the information Eric!

[The Pad Man]

Not a problem Bob. I will make a better effort to visit back more often.

[Pete]

. I use it all the time and I have it in General Motors ( which was difficult) and they like it also.

Congrats on getting your pads in there.

Are the GM plants still primarily using 3M products for compound and polish, do you know?

[Russecu]

How are the results using a PC? Also maybe they can put your pads to good use and reduce the amount of orange peel they are known for. :? Or at least minimize it.

[Dan]

How are the results using a PC? Also maybe they can put your pads to good use and reduce the amount of orange peel they are known for. :? Or at least minimize it.

IIRC orange peel is the result of a poor painting process, not polishing or anything like that.

[Bob]

How are the results using a PC? Also maybe they can put your pads to good use and reduce the amount of orange peel they are known for. :? Or at least minimize it.

IIRC orange peel is the result of a poor painting process, not polishing or anything like that.

A lot of times orange peel is put in on purpose to hide any defects in the paint and body as well.

[The Pad Man]

Orange peel results from how the paint atomizes from the gun or system being used. A spray gun is only as good as the guy behind it. I have sprayed many cars from everyday drivers to showcars. Every car has orangepeel to a point, some more than others. I have painted a show car and spent 20-40 hours wetsanding and buffing it to make it smooth as glass.