{"product_id":"zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-ultra-hard-blau-thermo-schaumpad","title":"Thermo Mini Pad \"Ultra Hard\" Thermo Foam Pad (Blue)","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eMaximum cut on the tightest paint spots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the ZviZZer Thermo Mini Pad Ultra Hard? A very small polishing pad made from open-cell thermo foam with a hook-and-loop backing, in the hardest grade, Blue. It delivers the highest cut of the five hardness grades and is built for spot correction in tight places a large pad can't reach. It's not a finishing pad and not for big panels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ZviZZer Thermo Mini Pad Ultra Hard\u003c\/strong\u003e is a small \u003cstrong\u003epolishing pad\u003c\/strong\u003e from ZviZZer made of open-cell thermo foam that hooks onto the backing plate of a mini or spot polisher. The colour Blue marks the hardest of the five grades and so the highest cut. At Ø 15 or 25 mm it gets to scratch spots in swage lines, on edges and in mirror triangles, and the thermo foam keeps its cutting power steady even under heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardness grade 1 of 5 for the highest cut.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the ZviZZer system Blue is the hardest of five pads and cuts the most aggressively. It's matched to the coarsest polish, PC 5000 Pre Cut, and pulls deep scratches and sanding marks from P1500 grit and up out of the clear coat, the kind a medium pad doesn't have the bite for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpot format Ø 15 and 25 mm for tight spots.\u003c\/strong\u003e The small working face reaches isolated defects on door-handle recesses, swage lines, sills and mirror triangles, where a 140 mm pad can't sit flat. It runs on mini and spot polishers and on angle-neck machines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTen-pack as a consumable.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each size comes in a 10-pack, because the small face clogs up faster when you're cutting than a big pad does. That way you always have a fresh pad on hand for a correction, instead of having to wash out a clogged one mid-job.\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 hard pad this small is too much pressure. On those few square millimetres heat builds up fast, the foam compresses and the clear coat hazes over instead of getting a clean cut. Let the spot polisher do the work and just guide it. And swap early: on a scratched black door handle our 15 mm pad was clogged after two spots and just smeared, until we grabbed a fresh one from the ten-pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHook it on, lay the polish on sparingly, work the spot\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou press the Mini Pad onto the centre of the hook-and-loop backing plate on your spot polisher, add a tiny drop of cutting polish, then work the spot with light to medium pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDose the polish from a grain of rice to a pea, the small face doesn't need more. Spread it over the defect at low speed, then work it out with a bit more speed until the polish film goes clear. Keep the pad flat on the paint and stay on the spot instead of wiping across a wide area. That way you work exactly the scratch and not the whole surrounding panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ultra Hard is colour-matched to the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-pc-5000-pre-cut-blau-schleifpolitur\"\u003ePC 5000 Pre Cut\u003c\/a\u003e, the two make up the coarsest correction stage. Swap the pad early, a clogged spot pad won't cut anymore, which is why there are ten in the pack. On a weathered swage line the hard combo needed one short pass where a medium pad ran several times without ever reaching the scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpot correction yes, big panels and finishing no\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ultra Hard is built for heavy spot correction and by design leaves a fine sanding pattern that you then have to polish out with softer mini pads before the spot gleams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts strength is the initial cut in the tightest space: deep scratches, heavy holograms and sanding marks after a spot wet-sand, the ones that demand real bite. As the hardest pad in the series it cuts where a medium or soft pad only polishes without ever reaching the defect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe limits are honest. A Mini Pad is no tool for big panels, you do a bonnet or a door with the larger \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/polierpads-schleifschwamme\"\u003epolishing pads and sanding sponges\u003c\/a\u003e in Ø 50 to 165 mm. It's not a finishing pad and not an applicator for wax, it's far too coarse for that. And every cut costs substance: it takes a bit off the roughly 40 to 50 micron thin clear coat, so on edges and thin paint you have to be careful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith pad choice the if-then logic applies. If you need deep spot defects and maximum cut, then the Ultra Hard with a coarse polish. If less cut and more finish is what you're after, then a softer \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-hard-rot-thermo-schaumpad\"\u003eHard pad in Red\u003c\/a\u003e with the next finer polish and then softer step by step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFor targeted spot correction, not the whole side\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mini Pad Ultra Hard pays off for anyone who wants to work out single deep defects on purpose instead of polishing a whole panel, and is then ready to carry on through the finer grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the cutting power is co-controlled through the pad hardness, the blue pad is the starting point of a stepped spot system: you start hard and coarse and go ever finer through Red, Orange and Yellow up to Green, all in the same mini size. With Ø 15 mm you get into the smallest points, with Ø 25 mm onto slightly bigger spots. The backing plate should be a few millimetres smaller than the pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ultra Hard is less suited to beginners polishing on a cared-for daily driver for the first time. The combination of the hardest pad and the coarsest polish is quickly too sharp on a small spot, a medium pad is more forgiving and is plenty for surface marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one point most people underestimate: a spot pad is a consumable. On that tiny face there's so much polishing dust after a few defects that the cut drops off. If you swap to the next of the ten pads early and then wash them out and let them dry lying flat, you'll get a lot of clean corrections out of one pack, instead of a gummed-up pad in your hand after three spots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZviZZer","offers":[{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867589812559,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015PC","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 10 Stück","offer_id":57867589845327,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025PC","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 15 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882212401487,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000015PC_50","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ø 25 × 10 mm \/ 50 Stück","offer_id":57882212434255,"sku":"D1-ZVIZZER-TMINI0000025PC_50","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-ultra-hard-blau-thermo-schaumpad_25-x-10-mm.png?v=1780776532","url":"https:\/\/detailing1depot.com\/en\/products\/zvizzer-thermo-mini-pad-ultra-hard-blau-thermo-schaumpad","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}