Buffing Pad

A method for manufacturing a buffing pad assembly, comprising:

• cutting a channel into a side surface of a buffing pad, said buffing pad comprising a back surface and a front surface for at least one of buff and polish a vehicle, wherein said side surface comprises an upper side surface adjacent said back surface and a lower side surface adjacent said front surface, said channel residing between said upper side surface and said lower side surface;
• affixing an inner surface of a Velcro material to said back surface of said buffing pad, said Velcro material having an outer surface configured to connect said buffing pad assembly to a rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine;
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• affixing a plastic material to a portion of said outer surface of said Velcro material by heating said plastic material, wherein said plastic material is curved upward after it has been heated but before said plastic material cools to a non-pliable temperature, resulting in a portion of said Velcro material and said upper side of said side surface being curved upward, thereby creating a cavity on a backside of said buffing pad assembly for accepting at least said rotating portion of said at least one of said rotary and orbital machine.

A buffing pad assembly, comprising:

• a substantially cylindrical buffing pad having a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface connecting said front surface to said back surface, said front surface being configured to at least one of buff and polish a vehicle, and said side surface comprises an upper side surface adjacent said back surface and a lower side surface adjacent said front surface;
• a Velcro material having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said inner surface is affixed to said back surface of said buffing pad and said outer surface is configured to connect said buffing pad assembly to a rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine;
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• a substantially cylindrical plastic ring affixed to at least a portion of said outer surface of said Velcro material so that said backside of said buffing pad assembly only has plastic around its edges and not its center where said Velcro comes into contact with said rotating portion of said at least one of said rotary and orbital machine, wherein a portion of said plastic ring is curved upward, resulting in a curvature upward of a portion of said Velcro material and said upper side of said side surface, thereby creating a cavity on a backside of said buffing pad assembly for receiving said rotary portion of at least one of a rotary and orbital machine.