HotSwap Cutting Pad 200mm

Availability: In stock
Product size: 200mm

The workhorse pad for quickly & safely removing up to P1000 wet‐sand scratches with pSystem p1 polish. Achieve up to 95% commercial finishes using just this pad alone. For rotary polishers fitted with a pSystem or compatible backing plate.

What's so special about Gtechniq's cpr2 HotSwap Cutting Pad?

See the description from the HotSwap Finishing Pad to see why we recommend large diameter pads.  One thing we guarantee is that you will be amazed by what kind of defects you can remove using this pad together with P1.  This combination is unbeatable at correcting extreme scratched up surfaces and as well as any surface that has slightly deeper scratches than a little bit of surface marring caused by poor wash technique.

Wool is your friend!

Even the least dyed in the wool (sorry!) detailer will run-a-mile from wool polishing pads.  But...  we urge you to take another look!  The reason for poor acceptance is that when used in conjunction with regular compounds it's very easy to go through on edges in less than a blink of an eye.  But used in conjunction with P1 edge security is excellent.  Independent tests proved that on average it took 80% longer to polish through an edge using cpr2 in conjunction with P1 as compared to using a foam pad and an ordinary cutting compound.  This translates to taking around 30 seconds to go through an edge vs less than 5 seconds.

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HotSwap Medium Pad 200mm

Availability: In stock
Product size: 200mm

Medium grade open pored foam pad which when combined with P1 can often be a single stage solution for removing and finishing on a lightly marred auto finish.

What's special about Gtechniq's mpr2 HotSwap Medium Pad?

See the description for the HotSwap Finishing Pad for information on the smart features of our foam pads.  Specifically our Medium pad can in many cases be used in conjunction with our P1 polish as a single stage paintwork correction system.  If your goal is to correct the maximum amount of cars in the minimum amount of time this is your weapon of choice!

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Hologram removal

HotSwap Finishing Pad 200mm

Availability: In stock
Product size: 230mm

The optimal pad for hologram free finishes using pSystem p1 and p2 polishes. For rotary polishers fitted with a pSystem HotSwap or compatible backing plate.

What's special about Gtechniq's fpr2 HotSwap Finishing Pad?

Made from the finest and softest grade of foam available this pad is designed to offer a flawless final polish stage.  For skilled detailers it's possible and easy to finish using this and P1 otherwise and especially for tricky to perfect paints such as non metallics finish using P2.  Our foam pads also have the following smart innovative features:

Pad Centring System:  Used in conjunction with HotSwap Backing Plate you can be sure to get the pad dead centre every time with no time wasting.  A properly centred pad will not only helps to achieve a better finish due to less pad vibration but it also helps to prevent Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

Concave Pad Surface:  This has two benefits.  The first is that being concave more of the pad will be in contact with the surface which not only means you will polish faster but it also means you have a more even pad contact resulting in less danger of swirls.  The second is you will get less fling as the polish is cupped inside the pad.  Traditionally concave polishing pads have not found favour as with old tech abrasive polishes they caused very high surface temperature.  This is not an issue if used with p1 or p2 as neither of these polishes generates significant surface temperature.

Large Diameter:  200mm to be precise.  This means speed!  It also means slightly more skill but don't be put off by this as the benefits seriously outweigh any drawbacks.  With a bit of practice you will be polishing even the smallest and trickiest parts with ease.  The only areas we find difficulty to polish with these pads are air scoops on mid engined exotica but these areas normally need to be hand polished anyway.

How to get the best from this product?
This pad is designed as the final step of paintwork correction prior to coating.  To achieve optimal results we recommend the following tips:

• Use the pad as flat as possible.
• Keep the pad clean!  Dirty pads can introduce marring and undo all the good work you have already made.
• Use progressively less pressure and the lowest rpm on your rotary to finish.

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Hologram removal

HotSwap Backing Plate

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Designed to allow pSystem HotSwap pads to work with all industry standard electric and pneumatic power rotary buffing machines. M14 thread.

What's special about Gtechniq HotSwap Backing Plate?

This velcro backing plate is specifically designed to work with pSystem Hot-Swap pads.  The backing plate comes with a centering tool which ensures that the pads always go on dead centre preventing vibrations which translates into better results and less danger to the operator of repetitive strain injury (RSI).

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