pixelmonkey
12-29-2011, 08:41 AM
Meguiars Pad Washer, buffing pad washer system (http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-pad-washer.html)
A fluke of weather patterns has pushed the mercury into the 60 degree range, so I had the opportunity to work on a few things, and clean a few more things.
Several months back I asked questions and was provided with quite a bit of help from mike in this thread --->http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/discounts-specials/35477-universal-pad-washer.html
So now, here is a quick review from my use.
I think it was part of the special, but a small package of the Wolfgang Polishing Pad Rejuvenator is a strong citrus cleaner that penetrates foam or wool to release thick polishes, waxes, and compounds. (http://www.autogeek.net/wolfgang-pad-rejuvenator.html)was containted in the same box. This stuff works better than dawn! IMO
The pads cleaned with the Porter cable 7424xp, 7424xp, Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher, Porter Cable polisher, car polisher, buffer, sander-polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-7424xp.html)
1 - orange LC
2 - white LC
2 - red LC
1 - green LC
Pads cleaned with the Griot's Garage 3 Inch Orbital Polisher Kit, Griots Garage orbital buffer, spot polish kit, motorcycle polishing kit (http://www.autogeek.net/griots-3inch-orbital-machine.html)
3 - orange LC
1 - yellow LC
2 - blue LC
1 - white LC
Pads cleaned with the Makita 9227C Rotary Polisher 8.5 inch Pad Kit (http://www.autogeek.net/makita-9227c-pad-kit.html)
1 - white LC
1 - orange LC
1 - wool
Cleaning with the PC was a pleasure. The pads were sprayed with a diluted bit of Optimum Power Clean All Purpose Cleaner 17 oz. New & Improved! (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-power-clean-apc.html) before seeing the pad washer. Just enough to moisten each pad, not enough to let them drip when turned upside down.
Each pad required around 1 minute to be cleaned and another 30 seconds to be dried. After spinning on the grid extention for drying the pad, a clean microfiber towel was used to soak up the rest from each pad. 1 16"x16" towel for 2 pads.
Cleaning with the Griots was a trick! The polisher was a bit akward to fit into the washer, and with the splash guard moved back to fit the polisher pad and head into the bucket to be cleaned, a nice splash of warm water was greeted by my shirt. That only happened once. :laughing:
Cleaning with the Makita was also easy when it came to the foam pads... same process and a bit more sling when drying, but nothing I couldnt tolerate. But then came the wool pad... I need to explain that the wool was used to finish polishing a work bench and splash of 6000 grade aluminum sheeting. Came out nice, but required quite a bit of heavy compound. I should have done something else to remove a bit of the debris from the pad before beginning. The washers clean water was destroyed to a soup within a few seconds of starting the wool pad cleaning. I actually went to the point of taking the wool to the sink and cleaning it by hand. I have myself to blame on this one, but would like to make a request.
Can we see a tutorial on the best method to clean wool pads?
Overall, I'm happy with the purchase and know it will be used quite a bit. I do however feel that I should have opted to use the money in additional pads before buying the pad washer.
No photos to use for this one. I was able to only eat a couple slices of toast yesterday while recovering from the flu. My coordination wasnt there to hold a camera and polisher at the same time.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D
A fluke of weather patterns has pushed the mercury into the 60 degree range, so I had the opportunity to work on a few things, and clean a few more things.
Several months back I asked questions and was provided with quite a bit of help from mike in this thread --->http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/discounts-specials/35477-universal-pad-washer.html
So now, here is a quick review from my use.
I think it was part of the special, but a small package of the Wolfgang Polishing Pad Rejuvenator is a strong citrus cleaner that penetrates foam or wool to release thick polishes, waxes, and compounds. (http://www.autogeek.net/wolfgang-pad-rejuvenator.html)was containted in the same box. This stuff works better than dawn! IMO
The pads cleaned with the Porter cable 7424xp, 7424xp, Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher, Porter Cable polisher, car polisher, buffer, sander-polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-7424xp.html)
1 - orange LC
2 - white LC
2 - red LC
1 - green LC
Pads cleaned with the Griot's Garage 3 Inch Orbital Polisher Kit, Griots Garage orbital buffer, spot polish kit, motorcycle polishing kit (http://www.autogeek.net/griots-3inch-orbital-machine.html)
3 - orange LC
1 - yellow LC
2 - blue LC
1 - white LC
Pads cleaned with the Makita 9227C Rotary Polisher 8.5 inch Pad Kit (http://www.autogeek.net/makita-9227c-pad-kit.html)
1 - white LC
1 - orange LC
1 - wool
Cleaning with the PC was a pleasure. The pads were sprayed with a diluted bit of Optimum Power Clean All Purpose Cleaner 17 oz. New & Improved! (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-power-clean-apc.html) before seeing the pad washer. Just enough to moisten each pad, not enough to let them drip when turned upside down.
Each pad required around 1 minute to be cleaned and another 30 seconds to be dried. After spinning on the grid extention for drying the pad, a clean microfiber towel was used to soak up the rest from each pad. 1 16"x16" towel for 2 pads.
Cleaning with the Griots was a trick! The polisher was a bit akward to fit into the washer, and with the splash guard moved back to fit the polisher pad and head into the bucket to be cleaned, a nice splash of warm water was greeted by my shirt. That only happened once. :laughing:
Cleaning with the Makita was also easy when it came to the foam pads... same process and a bit more sling when drying, but nothing I couldnt tolerate. But then came the wool pad... I need to explain that the wool was used to finish polishing a work bench and splash of 6000 grade aluminum sheeting. Came out nice, but required quite a bit of heavy compound. I should have done something else to remove a bit of the debris from the pad before beginning. The washers clean water was destroyed to a soup within a few seconds of starting the wool pad cleaning. I actually went to the point of taking the wool to the sink and cleaning it by hand. I have myself to blame on this one, but would like to make a request.
Can we see a tutorial on the best method to clean wool pads?
Overall, I'm happy with the purchase and know it will be used quite a bit. I do however feel that I should have opted to use the money in additional pads before buying the pad washer.
No photos to use for this one. I was able to only eat a couple slices of toast yesterday while recovering from the flu. My coordination wasnt there to hold a camera and polisher at the same time.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D