{"product_id":"zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-soft-gelb-thermo-schaumpad","title":"Thermo Mini Pad \"Soft\" Thermo Foam Pad (Yellow)","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003ePolish tight spots to a deep gloss, right on the money\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the ZviZZer Thermo Mini Pad Soft? A small, round spot polishing pad made of open-cell thermo foam with hook-and-loop backing, in a 10-pack and marked yellow in the ZviZZer colour system, which makes it the soft finishing grade. It polishes tight spots like A-pillars, mirror caps and bumper edges. Not for big panels and not for heavy correction on 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 Soft\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mini polishing pad from ZviZZer for spot finishing on tight areas, sorted as yellow in the colour system, which makes it the soft grade. The open-cell thermo foam pulls the friction heat away and holds its shape better than closed-cell standard foam, so the small working face keeps its fine cut across the whole polishing pass. It's built from just two layers, hook-and-loop and thermo foam. It comes in a 10-pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt gets where a 140 mm pad can't.\u003c\/strong\u003e At Ø 15 mm and Ø 25 mm, the Mini Pad Soft polishes mirror feet, A-pillars, door-handle recesses and narrow swage lines right on the money. Where a big pad tips over the edge, the spot pad sits flat on those few square centimetres.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft finishing grade with heat-stable foam.\u003c\/strong\u003e Yellow is the soft grade in the five-step ZviZZer system, matched to the yellow FC 2000 Fine Cut finishing polish. The open-cell thermo foam is up to about 25 percent more heat-stable than standard foam and builds gloss instead of cutting hard. One step up in orange gives you more cut.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e10-pack for repeated spot work.\u003c\/strong\u003e Spot pads clog up faster than big pads on that tiny face and get swapped out more often. The 10 pieces per size are made for repeated work, not for one-off use, and they keep your workflow running.\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 a mini pad is too much polish and too much pressure on a face barely bigger than a coin. A blob and full pressure trap the heat on a few square centimetres, the pad smears and stops building gloss. Put just one drop on the pad and let the machine run at low speed with light pressure. On the mirror triangle of a Golf, one clean pass did the job for us, where too much product left nothing but a dull haze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne drop of polish, low speed, light pressure\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou sit the Mini Pad Soft centred on a small hook-and-loop backing plate, put one drop of fine finishing polish on the foam face and spread it at low speed before you work it out under light pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt needs a clean base first: washed, decontaminated and taped off at the edges. Keep the pad flat on the surface and don't tip it over the edge, or only the rim runs and the foam tears. The matching yellow \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-fc-2000-fine-cut-gelb-finish-politur\"\u003eFC 2000 finishing polish\u003c\/a\u003e is colour-matched to the soft grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep the pad clean: on that small face, one clogged patch is enough to make it smear. Knock the polishing dust out now and then, and wash the pad lukewarm after use before the polish cures in the foam. Air-dry it flat, not hot and not balled up, and the foam and backing last longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpot finishing yes, heavy correction and big panels no\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mini Pad Soft finishes tight spots and pulls out fine holograms, but by design it barely cuts and is no tool for deep scratches or whole body panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts home turf is the spot: that last percent of gloss in places a flat 140 mm pad can't reach. Mirror caps, A-pillars, door-handle recesses, air intakes and narrow swage lines. For bonnets, roofs and doors you grab a big \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/polierpads-schleifschwamme\"\u003epolishing pad\u003c\/a\u003e of the same hardness — a mini for a bonnet just doesn't pay off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe limits are clear: if there are deep scratches your fingernail catches, then a harder pad in orange or red with a cutting polish first, and the Mini Soft after that for the finish. If the last percent of depth is missing on a very soft dark clearcoat, you follow the Mini Soft with the finer \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-ultra-soft-gruen-thermo-schaumpad\"\u003eMini Pad Ultra Soft in green\u003c\/a\u003e. A pad on its own corrects nothing — the cut only happens together with the polish grit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFor the detailer, not for the big run\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mini Pad Soft is the right call when you finish tight spots properly instead of leaving them dull after the big panel. It's the small version of the same cut logic: yellow and soft and FC 2000, just shrunk to spot size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's less suited to two cases: the heavy correction, where the initial cut is missing, and the large-area job, for which a mini is simply too small. If you only touch up tight spots now and then, the 10-pack lasts you a long time, because a spot needs little pad face. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one point no manufacturer writes down: before you polish, deliberately gather up the spots on the car — mirrors, pillars, handle recesses, sills — and work them in one go with the same mini pad while the machine is already running. That way you use one pad from the 10-pack to the full instead of grabbing a fresh one for every spot, and the result on the detail is every bit as good as on the big panel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZviZZer","offers":[{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867603116367,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015FC","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867603149135,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025FC","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882223575375,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015FC_50","price":103.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882223608143,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025FC_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-soft-gelb-thermo-schaumpad_25-x-10-mm.png?v=1780776543","url":"https:\/\/detailing1depot.com\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-soft-gelb-thermo-schaumpad","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}