Lake Country

Lake Country Manufacturing, a privately owned American company based in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It has made buffing and polishing products since 1977 and developed the first foam pads offered in the US market.

HDO (Heavy Duty Orbital) pads have a dual-layer construction with a high-density middle layer and are made for long-throw orbital polishers. SDO (Standard Duty Orbital) pads use the same foams without the dual layer and suit any random orbital DA polisher with a centre-vented backing plate.

In the HDO and SDO ranges, blue is heavy polishing, orange is polishing and black is finishing. Lake Country's colours are its own, so they do not match the colour codes of other pad makers.

CCS pads have a pattern of pockets in the foam that hold polish and feed it back to the surface instead of letting the pad absorb it. The pockets also reduce friction heat.

HDO pads are designed for long-throw orbital polishers and work best on machines with a 15mm or 21mm orbit.

For a family saloon, Lake Country suggests more than five cutting pads and at least two finishing pads, or a pad washer such as the System 4000 so you can clean pads as you work.

Clean them as you work, for example with the System 4000 Pad Washer. Machine wash no more than 10 at a time in cold or warm water with Snappy Clean Boost, then air dry. Never use a pressure washer or high-pressure air on foam pads.

At The Drivers HQ, online and in our shop in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. We deliver across the UK by Royal Mail Tracked 24, free on orders from £100, and you can choose Click & Collect from the shop.