New Technique- Pad cleaning

[ZoranC]

Originally Posted by budman3

Who would have thought there was so many ways to wash pads?
-Wash by hand in the house
-Wash via machine
-Wash in driveway
-Soak and rinse
-LC pad washing machine
-Some don't even wash (more for wool I believe)

You forgot bikini wash.

[budman3]

Originally Posted by ZoranC

You forgot bikini wash.

That is one technique you won't see me trying ... however, watching is a different story .

[MikeyC]

If a pad isn't that dirty I find XMT Pad Cleaner works well. However, if it's so dirty that I want to soak the pad for a while I use the DP Foam Pad Rejuvinator. It works REALLY well.

[Bence]

I usually spray my pads with APC, let them dwell a few minutes then simply rinse them with my garden sprayer set on "centre". It produces a cone-like stream with very thin, strong jets of water. They feel like tiny needles on the skin. This setting cleans the pads in no time.

[Bunky]

As a future PC owner, how often do pads need to be cleaned? For a typical car, does one pad work or do you need multiple pads? I know you dedicate one pad per product.

[budman3]

It really all depends on a few different things but most of the time you can probably get by with one pad per product. Two or more for some polishes that gum up pads ...

[RollingRock]

Originally Posted by RTexasF

Like others here if I have 4+ I drop them in the Maytag. A bit of Oxyclean powder and some Micro Restore in warm water and let 'er rip! Haven't had the backing come off one yet and they come out cleaner than they do with me hand washing them.

When you say the maytag do you mean the washing machine?

Sorry for the dumb question but this seems to be like a good easy idea.

[P1et]

Wow, I was not aware that one could use Folex to clean pads! That is great to know!

[Junebug]

My 2 cents, I can't stand the smell of XMT pad cleaner - that lung collasping stuff is going out the door. I found just an old toothbrush and Dawn will clean most pads, even after that gummy Optimum poliseal. XMT does make nice polishes that clean up well, but I tried Malco last week and that's got to be the easiest to clean there is.

[stoddwilson]

I have Megs pads (8000 and 9000) and get dawn (Palmolive or whatever is in the kitchen at the time) and use water to get the cleaner into the pads, then put them in the washer, use the largest load size (max water) add a little soap and wash on warm cycle . . . then in to the dryer on low temperature (usually do three at a time). They come out clean and dry (for the most part). My wax pad (9000) is the one that doesn't dry or clean as well, but that is to be expected. They are clean and I've not lost a pad to backing adhesive failure yet.