Chemical Guys Hex Pads

Why Chemical Guys HexLogic Pads?

Chemical Guys Hex Logic pads have for a long time been a firm favourite here with us offering brilliant performance thanks to their patented design and quality construction. As official importers and partners with Chemical Guys these were one of the first pads we ever sold.

Chemical Guys Hex-logic pads are engineered and developed for today’s pickiest detailing professionals.  Engineered, developed and tested to specific requirements of our OEM clients these pads utilise the best foams from around the world and the latest of testing and research. Chemical Guys Hex Logic pads are designed to work great on both rotary car polishers and dual action car polishers, each pad is velcro backed and available in a range of sizes, with the 5" (125mm) pads typically being our best sellers as this is the standard size backing plate supplied with most car polishers.

However like with all machine polishing pads there can be some confusion as to which Chemical Guys Hex Logic pad you should be using. Like with other pad manufacturers Chemical Guys use a different colour coding system to identify each of the the different pads within their range, so it's no wonder you might be confused. Chemical Guys Hex Logic Pads come in in a range of seven colours, from an aggressive cutting pad for use with heavy cut correction compounds to a ultra soft pad for applying car waxes and paint sealants.

One of the main reason Chemical Guys Hex Logic pads are so well liked is their versatility, they work fine with just about all polishes from different manufacturers, so you are not tied down to using solely Chemical Guys products with these foam pads.

So which Hex Logic pad is right fo you?

Which Hex Logic pad is best depends on a number of factors, first the job in hand and secondly the type of paint you are working on. Especially when it comes to paint correction, the type of paint you are working on will have a real impact on the type of pad you will want to use using. Typically paint falls in to three categories, Soft, Medium & Hard.  Soft paints are typically found on Japanese paint, medium hardness the likes of Ford paint, with really hard paint typically being reserved for German paints, such a those found on VW's Mercedes & Porsche. Although this is a run of thumb, even then different colours can react differently so it's always best to do a test panel before fully committing, however this does give you a rough basis as to which pad to go with.

The different grades of Chemical Guys HexLogic pads

Chemical Guys Hex Logic Yellow Heavy Cut Pad 

The yellow pad is the most aggressive pads in the line up, it's made from an open cell structure and therefore perfect for use on harder paints. Although slightly softer than the orange pad, thanks the open cell structure and density of foam it's possible to correct heavy defects with this pad.It's therefore ideal for removing heavier surface scratches and oxidisation.
We recommend combining this pad with a heavy cut compound such as the Chemical Guys V32 Extreme Compound 

Chemical Guys Orange Cutting Pad

This Hex Logic Orange pad is heavy polishing/cutting pad, manufactured using a closed cell structure, it's ideal for regular scratch and defect removal. It is a firm pad with decent levels of paint correction ability, when paired with a heavier cutting polish you can achieve strong levels of correction, however because of the closed cell nature of this pad you can quite often achieve a one step correction using this pad.

We recommend combining this pad with a compound such as the Chemical Guys V34 Hybrid Compound

Chemical Guys Green Heavy Polishing Pad

This Chemical Guys Green Hex Logic pad, is best described as a heavy polishing pad. Manufactured from an open cell foam, it's quite a soft pad, but can offer strong levels of correction at the same time. Making this pad ideal for all-in-one compounds or for one step correction, with Scholl S20 Black being a firm favourite of compounds to use with it.

Chemical Guys White Hex Logic Light Polishing Pad

This pad is the perfect parter for refining after a compound, partly why this is our best selling Chemical Guys pad. Featuring a closed cell structure, it can be used for all light correction and finishing work. It's capable of removing medium to light defects on most paints and can be used with a finishing compound for a high gloss finish.
We recommend this pad with Chemical Guys V36 Optical Cut Polish or any other of your favourite finishing compounds.

Chemical Guys Blue Finishing Pad

This is a super soft open cell pad. It offers very light levels of correction making this the perfect pad if you are looking for the absolute limits in terms of gloss when combined with a ultra fine finishing polish such as Chemical Guys V38 Optical Final Polish
We recommend this pad with Chemical Guys V36 Optical Cut Polish or any other of your favourite finishing compounds. This pad is extremely close in terms of feel when compared to the Chemical Guys Black Hex Logic, however it is possible to get slightly more correction, which also makes this pad absolutely ideal for applying paint preperation products, including cleaner waxes & pre-wax cleaners and products that work well by hand but even better by machine.

Chemical Guys Black Glazing Pad

This Black Hex Logic pad is a super soft closed cell pad, perfect for applying cleaner waxes & glazes. This pad can be used with a very light polish and is absolutely guaranteed not to leave any marring on even the very softest and most delicate paints.

 

Chemical Guys Red Waxing Pad

The finest of all the Chemical Guys Pads, the Red Hex Logic Pad has no physical cut so is absolutely ideal for applying your favourite glaze, paste or liquid car wax on a dual action polisher.

Chemical Guys Hex-logic pads and Hex-laser cut perfect every time to guarantee that ever pads use and results and extremely efficient.

What about Chemical Guys Quantum Pads?

Chemical Guys Quantum HexLogic Pads are the latest innovation from Chemical Guys, manufactured from exactly the same foams as the standard Hex Logic Pads, but in our opinion these are the best foam polishing pads yet from Chemical Guys and here's why.

Firstly, they have an edge to edge backing which when used on a dual action polisher reduces the risk of backing failure as the pad is full secured to the entire velcro surface, reducing the ripping effect of the dual action motion on the pad.

Secondly the angled edge of the Quantum Pads means it's possible to more accurately polish to edges of panels with less change of the backing plate striking the surface of the paint.

Finally the Chemical Guys Quantum Pads have been developed with a central hole which allows heat from the centre of the pad to dissipate out of the pad, again helping to reduce premature failure.