Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

[biggROC85]

Hey guys,

Love the forum I have learned a ton from reading up, I have been cleaning my 07 Tahoe by long handle car brush and now I can see tons of swirl marks, dont know if it's from that or not, but needless to say I grabbed a Harbor Freight DA read some good reviews and for the price I figured why not. Now I know I'm supposed to get a 5 inch backing pad and don't know which one is the best, planning on using Buff and Shine pads as they seem to be the best and easiest to use for a noob like me. I plan on using the Meguiars Ultimate compound, Ultimate Polish, and the Ultimate Liquid wax, after a wash and clay. Any help would be awesome in pointing me in the right direction, thanks in advance

[The Guz]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

I use this one.

http://www.autogeek.net/lc43125.html

[biggROC85]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

hey Guz what pads you using?

[The Guz]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

I posted this in your other thread as well.

But I use 5.5 inch lake country flat pads. You can get a 6 pack of these for $35 over at autogeek. I use orange (compounding), white (polishing) and black (wax/sealant). I have used UC, UP and UW with these pads before with good results.

http://www.autogeek.net/lake-country-beveled-pad-kit.html

[BrandIdeator]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

biggROC85:

This is the one, I mentioned on your other thread, that I use: Meguiar's W67DA Dual Action Backing Plate
With this backing plate on my HF DAP, I use the 6.5" W7006/W8006/W9006 pads:
W7006 = ULT. COMPOUND
W8006 = ULT. POLISH
W9006 = ULT. L. Wax

Hope this helps.

[biggROC85]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

Ok thanks guys, I think I'm going to run with the buff and shine backing 5" and pads 5.5. They have a sale on buying 6 pads, should I get 2 orange, 2 white and 2 black. Or just forget the black and just get three of each and just wax by hand?

[The Guz]

Re: Backing Pad for Harbor Freight DA

I'm not familiar enough with their polishing pads and the difference between the white, blue and green. Hopefully someone else chimes in on them. As far as the wax pad, I have a couple of black ones from lake country and I only used one of them twice. Most of the time I apply wax/sealant by hand especially with ultimate wax which dries fairly quick.