Pads soaking for a week. Oops I forgot.

[CowboyTruckn]

Quick question about my polishing pads. I polished my car a week ago. After I was done with each pad I put them in my bucket with cg pad cleaner to soak until I was able to rinse them. My wife wanted to go to the cheesecake factory when I got done so needless to say I forgot about the pads. It has been a week, just now remembered, too late to mess with tonight. Will they be ok soaking that long?

[arisking]

I would imagine they'd just be really clean. I don't think it would be harsh enough to "dissolve" the pads.

[Legumes]

They might be alright. I would inspect them carefully after they dry out. It's possible the backing material may easily pull away from the foam from being soaked so long.

[DetailedByPrecision]

Rinse them and let the pads air dry with the velcro side up to let gravity draw water downwards from the pores of the pad, instead of letting moisture get trapped between the adhesive and velcro side facing down. Afterwards check for any signs of delamination.

[RLucky82]

That's a great question! I'm guessing they will be okay. However this is your chance to experiment, as others have said rinse them and let them dry and most important, report back here to let us know the results!

[swanicyouth]

They should be 100% fine.

[G35]

I actually just did the same thing. I had a few pads in a bucket with CG citrus wash and a little grime reaper for about 4 days. Pads came out spotless after I rinsed them out. You should be fine.

[stilltipping3]

I am gonna have to try this on purpose. COOL

[Dogfather]

I've done it intentionally in a mixture of snappy, apc, and dawn.
I haven't seen any issues with the backing. They're not frequently used though.

[vet]

I think they would be alright. Like others have said, I'd check the backing closely.