Description

One of the most confusing topics, when you’re first getting into machine polishing, is trying to figure out which pads to buy. There are hundreds of different types of pads, sizes of pads, colors of pads, and even shapes of pads. Here at 3D, we keep it simple. For most people and most detailing projects, you only need access to 3 different types of pads,

Cutting – This is our Dark Purple foam pad.
Polishing – This is our Dark Purple foam pad.
Finishing – This is our Black foam pad.

Foam Chemistry
Different chemicals can be added to a foam formula to make foam react differently under time, heat, pressure, and exposure to liquids or chemicals. Simple, non-descript foam pads cost less and that’s because they do less.
Some Detailers think foam is foam, but this is simply not true. There’s a lot of chemistry and physics that go into the design of a quality foam pad. 3D’s quality foam buffing pads use the latest in foam chemistry to create pads that simply outperform the competition.

Sharp Foam Structure
Run your hand over the face of a clean, dry 3D 5.5” dark purple foam cutting pad and you can feel the sharpness of the foam. This pad has a sharp, coarse foam structure, which is what you want when you need to remove defects quickly.

Pad Design
The slotted spider-cuts across the face of our foam cutting pad flex when spinning against the surface, this increases their surface area, which increases their cutting ability for faster defect removal.

Longer Lasting
The open-cell design also offers great tensile strength as compared to closed-cell foam pads and this means they are more tear-resistant and thus last longer.

Cooler Buffing Temperatures
The slotted spider cuts across the face of the pad flex as you buff allowing better air movement over and through the pad for improved heat transfer from the pad to the air. This helps keep surface temperatures lower and helps to prevent the face of the pad from bowling in.

Best Value
These pads cut better, cut more efficiently, cut cooler, and last longer. 3D’s buffing pads don’t cost more money, they make you more money.

Versatile
Our 5.5” dark purplefoam cutting pads work great on any type of polisher including rotary polishers, long-stroke polishers, short-stroke polishers, free-spinning polishers, and gear-driven polishers.

3D Foam Pads are made to last and get the job done.

What is it?
High-performance foam cutting pad for use with rotary and orbital polishers
What does it do?
When used with 3D compounds and polishes, these foam cutting pads remove defects in the paint like swirls, scratches, water spots, and oxidation.

When do you use it?
Typically foam cutting pads are the first paint correction step after the normal steps of washing, drying, and claying the paint. Foam cutting pads are used to remove the deepest and most severe paint defects followed by the polishing step where a less aggressive pad and product are used.

Why use 3D’s 5.5” Dark Purple Foam Cutting pads over other options?
Cheap foam buffing pads don’t last long because the foam tears up or bowls inward when exposed to high temperatures from heavy compounding.

3D’s foam buffing pads use advanced foam chemistry where the foam is modified and tuned for specific functions like durability, heat and chemical resistance, and sustained cell wall structure under extreme workloads for more uniform cutting performance from start to finish.