{"product_id":"zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-medium-orange-thermo-schaumpad","title":"Thermo Mini Pad \"Medium\" Thermo Foam Pad (Orange)","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003ePolish tight spots dead-on instead of skipping them\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the ZviZZer Thermo Mini Pad Medium? A small spot-polishing pad made of open-cell thermo foam in Ø 15 and 25 millimetres, rated Orange in the five-colour system and therefore Medium. It corrects light to medium defects in spots a big pad can't reach, and finishes in the same pass. Not for whole panels and not for deep scratches.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ZviZZer Thermo Mini Pad Medium\u003c\/strong\u003e is a small machine polishing pad from ZviZZer made of open-cell thermo foam, marked Orange in the five-step colour system and therefore the middle, most versatile grade. Its open-cell foam soaks up the polish and pulls the friction heat away, so it keeps its shape and won't overheat even on longer jobs. As a \u003cstrong\u003emini polishing pad\u003c\/strong\u003e with a hook-and-loop backing, it's built for the spot polisher and tight radii, and comes in a 10-pack. Made in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReaches the spots a big pad skips.\u003c\/strong\u003e At Ø 15 and 25 millimetres, the mini pad polishes mirror triangles, A-pillars, door-handle recesses and bumper edges dead-on. Where a 140-millimetre pad runs into the edge, the mini works cleanly into the narrow swage line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFive to six times longer-lasting than standard foam.\u003c\/strong\u003e The reticulated open-cell thermo foam is heat-stable and tear-resistant, and lasts about five to six times longer than conventional pads according to the maker. The 10-pack cushions the fact that small pads wear out faster per area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCut dialled in through the hardness.\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium in Orange is colour-matched to the MC 3000 Medium Cut one-step polish and covers light to medium defects. A harder red mini gives more cut, a softer yellow one more finish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetailing1's tip from the shop:\u003c\/strong\u003e The most common mistake with the mini pad is the amount of product carried over from panel polishing. A pea-sized blob that belongs on a 140-millimetre pad drowns a 15-millimetre pad and flings off the moment it spins up. The mini wants a lentil-sized drop, spread at around 1,000 rpm and then worked out at a moderate speed. On a spot correction at a door-handle recess, one pad per side did the job for us, where too much product clogged three pads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLay on a lentil-sized drop and work it at a moderate speed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mini pad takes a lentil-sized drop of polish, which you spread on the spot at around 1,000 rpm and then work out at a moderate speed until the film goes clear and the gloss stands up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prerequisite is a clean surface: washed, decontaminated, the spot exposed. Set the pad on a mini backing plate that's smaller than the pad diameter, otherwise the edge tips up and overheats. The matching \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-mc-3000-medium-cut-orange-one-step-politur\"\u003eOrange one-step polish\u003c\/a\u003e is colour-matched to the Medium pad. Go for Ø 15 millimetres on very tight radii, Ø 25 millimetres for slightly bigger spots like a fuel-filler flap or a single scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall pads build heat faster than big ones, so the rule is: moderate speed and keep the pad moving. Knock the polishing dust out after every spot or swap the pad — that's why there are ten in the pack. A clogged mini just smears and won't build gloss any more. You'll find more small pads in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/polierpads-schleifschwamme\"\u003epolishing pad category\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSmall defects yes whole panels no\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mini pad corrects light to medium swirls and scratches in individual spots — for the whole bonnet it's the wrong tool, since a 15-millimetre pad would take hours and finish unevenly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts home turf is the spots where a big pad fails: tight radii, sharp edges, swage lines, recesses and gap areas. Here the medium mini pulls a result out of a single spot pass that you'd otherwise have to chase by hand with uncontrolled pressure. On a weathered bumper edge one pass isn't always enough — then we follow up with a second spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe limits are clear: with deep scratches your fingernail clearly catches in, Medium hits its ceiling — then go to a harder red mini in the same build with a cutting polish first, and a finish after. For full panels a big trapezoid or all-rounder pad belongs on the job anyway. And on very soft Japanese clearcoats even Medium can lay down light holograms, so you drop a step softer with the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-soft-gelb-thermo-schaumpad\"\u003eyellow Soft mini pad\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFor the spot detailer not the panel polisher\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mini pad is the right call when you want to get clean the spots left behind by panel polishing, and don't want to push around by hand with uncontrolled pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's less suited to two cases: polishing whole body panels, where a big pad does in minutes what the mini does in hours, and heavy correction of deeply scratched spots, where the harder cut of a wool pad is missing. If you regularly recondition complete cars, you're better off with the graded mini set in several hardnesses plus big pads than with a single Medium pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the workflow the mini is the last touch: once the big panels are done with a trapezoid or all-rounder, you go back over the edges and radii the big pads skipped with the mini. These are exactly the spots most people skip over — and that's why a freshly polished car stays dull at the mirror triangles and door edges while the panels shine. Put a mini polishing pad on those, and you make the difference between almost done and actually done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZviZZer","offers":[{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867589943631,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015MC","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867589976399,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025MC","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882223411535,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015MC_50","price":103.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882223444303,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025MC_50","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-medium-orange-thermo-schaumpad_25-x-10-mm.png?v=1780776540","url":"https:\/\/detailing1depot.com\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-medium-orange-thermo-schaumpad","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}