Zvizzer Thermo Trapez Pad Blue - Ultra Hard Cutting Pad

Zvizzer Thermo Trapez Pad Blue - Ultra Hard Cutting That Reaches the Tight Spots

The Blue Trapez is the hardest pad in Zvizzer's Trapez range, pairing heavy cutting power with a tapered profile that gets into the places a flat pad cannot. Its dense, ultra-hard foam drives an aggressive pre-cut compound into sanding marks, heavy oxidation and deep defects, while the trapezoid shape lets you work edges, contours and tight radii without the pad catching or skipping. When severe correction needs doing on shaped or awkward panels, this is the pad that carries the cut into them.

It is built on Zvizzer's thermo foam, so where a standard hard pad heats up, softens and loses its edge, this one stays thermostable, holding its hardness and its cut through long sets and lasting several times longer for it. An inner hole at the centre relieves stress where the load concentrates, so the foam holds together through hard use, and in the smaller sizes it doubles as a spot-correction pad for concentrated defect removal. As the most affordable pad in the thermo line-up, it is easy to keep several on rotation without the cost mounting up. Use it as your first and most aggressive stage, then step down through the range.

The hardest Trapez, for heavy cutting where space is tight.

Application

The Blue Trapez is designed for orbital (dual-action) machines. Fit it to a clean backing plate and prime the face lightly with your compound before the first set.

Dispense an amount to suit the pad size and your working area, then spread it over the section before bringing the machine up to working speed. Work in firm, overlapping passes and let the pad and compound cut before moving on.

Keep the face clean as you go, since a loaded pad loses its bite. Have two or three pads on rotation and let each cool between sets to hold a consistent cut. Rinse in warm water or a pad cleaner and air-dry.

Works well with

• Zvizzer PC 5000 Pre Cut - the colour-matched pre-cut compound this hard pad is built for, for sanding marks and deep defects
• Red Trapez Pad - step down to the heavy-cut pad and compound combo once the worst is levelled
• Zvizzer Microfibre Cloths - colour-coded, lint-free cloths for a clean wipe-off with no cross contamination