How do YOU clean your foam pads

**Christopher** · 06-20-2010, 12:52 AM

Just as the title suggests. How do you clean off your foam buffing / polishing pads after use? How do you store them? Any home-made solutions? If you have any 'special' ways, now is your time to shine!

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**cobalt9123** · 06-20-2010, 01:41 AM

I'm afraid my way isn't very special at all

I store mine in a rubbermaid plastic storage container gotten at walmart. Someone on here had a really cool, circular, plastic container that they stored theirs in (Maybe Corey??) and it looked awesome.

**Irish** · 06-20-2010, 05:01 AM

DP pad cleaner, 5 gallon bucket, and a pad cleaning brush.

Got my containers at Wally World too. Were super cheap so I bought 4. They're huge, enough for 4 wide 3 deep in 6.5in pads, stacked 3 high. Locking lids and side handles for when you have to go mobile.

**ScottB** · 06-20-2010, 09:08 AM

Grab some DP Pad Rejuvinator ... soak, dry, and store in ziplocks, its just that simple.

**CEE DOG** · 06-20-2010, 09:34 AM

1.- I have a bucket with my DP water premixed before I start the job
2.- After I'm done with a pad I spritz it a time or 2 with XMT pad cleaner
3.- Let it sit for 30 sec. to 1 min (while I put a new pad on my machine and some polish)
4.- Throw it in the bucket
5.- Repeat
6.- At the end of the day I get my Edge foam pad brush and scrub them for a moment.
7.- Then I put them under a running hose and squeeze and absorb repeatedly untill the water being squeezed out is pure.
8.- Let air dry on grit guards in a non dusty place for a few days.
9.- When putting them away I take one in each hand and bang them together once just in case theres a smidgeon of dust that landed on them.

I probably spend a lot more time then I should but I'm a bit OCD on getting them pure.

**Dubbin1** · 06-20-2010, 10:00 AM

I clean with dawn power dissolver and store in here

**Silverstone** · 07-19-2010, 12:20 AM

In the case of foam pads with WGDGPS in it, a hell of a lot of Dawn! You put in enough soap for three sinks full of dishes in a two gallon bucket and it eats it up. The suds are gone in seconds!
That stuff is a serious PITA.

**cobalt9123** · 07-19-2010, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by Silverstone

In the case of foam pads with WGDGPS in it, a hell of a lot of Dawn! You put in enough soap for three sinks full of dishes in a two gallon bucket and it eats it up. The suds are gone in seconds!
That stuff is a serious PITA.

Suds don't really matter as much as lubrication. But I find myself adding some Finish Kare 118 Shampoo to my Dawn to keep the lubrication/suds up. It's a great shampoo

**Christopher** · 07-20-2010, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Silverstone

In the case of foam pads with WGDGPS in it, a hell of a lot of Dawn! You put in enough soap for three sinks full of dishes in a two gallon bucket and it eats it up. The suds are gone in seconds!
That stuff is a serious PITA.

That is a hard core acronym 0.0
What does it stand for?

And what do you mean by the suds are gone in seconds - fill me in on what you are getting at