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07-20-2017, 01:59 PM
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Re: How to clean your foam pad on the fly
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07-20-2017, 02:03 PM
#102
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Re: How to clean your foam pad on the fly
Originally Posted by Mike Phillips
The answer to your question is "yes".
You want to use the Grit Guard Pad Washer to clean your pad right after use as that is the easiest time to "clean" the pad, (while compounds and polishes are still wet). But then set that pad aside to dry before using it again and switch to a clean, dry pad.
Kind of ties into this concept
one pad per panel
How many pads do I need to buff out my car?
Don't try to buff out entire cars with only a few pads. It will wear your pads out and wet pads don't work as well as dry pads thus >you< will be less effective in your work and buffing out a car will take you longer.
Now days, I ALWAYS take a picture of how many pads I went through to buff out a car. A picture tells a thousand words.
Here's everything I used for this old 2-door Ford
Full BLOWN RUPES Show Car Detailing on a Full Blown 1936 Ford Streetrod by Mike Phillips
Wow, thats a lot of pads and polishers lol. I normally use 3 pads for compound and 2-3 for polish. Guess I need to step up my game. Thanks for the response!
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07-20-2017, 02:08 PM
#103
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07-20-2017, 02:11 PM
#104
Re: How to clean your foam pad on the fly
Originally Posted by STI4Life06
I normally use 3 pads for compound and 2-3 for polish.
What I say about dry pads working better and faster than wet pads is EASY to prove to yourself.
Next time you buff out a car using a compound and a foam cutting pad, buff out 2, 3 even 4 body panels with one foam cutting pad. Then switch to a clean dry foam cutting pads AND PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH BETTER THE PAD ROTATES AND HOW MUCH BETTER THE DEFECTS ARE REMOVED.
Clean dry pads work better than wet soggy pads and this is especially true with ANY free spinning orbital polisher be it RUPES, Griot's, FLEX, Cyclo, Meguiar's Torx, Porter Cable, etc.
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