Can I machine wash my LC CCS pads and others?

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Hi guys - wondering if I can machine wash my LC CCS pads. What about my Meguiar's SoftBuff ones?

Thanks - any special things required to machine wash? They're such a pain to scrub clean and I have about 6 to clean.
 
I wouldn't. Use a dedicated pad cleaner or APC. Spray them down and let them soak face up for a few minutes. Then agitate the cleaner in the pad a little bit before you start rinsing. Air dry them face down...I put 3 at a time face down on one of my grit guards. Gets the airflow underneath the pad.
 
I founf a three tier cookie rack at Meijer's that I let mine dry on. I hand wash mine as well.
 
I have a 5 gallon bucket with purple power 10:1 mixed. While I'm working I toss them in the bucket face down when I'm done using them to prevent product from drying. When I'm done rinse them well. Squeeze excess water out then spray them down with some CG pad cleaner. Let them dwell face down on a dish drying rack while i'm cleaning up. Squeeze to get the pad cleaner to foam.Then rinse with warm water put them face down in the dish drying rack and let air dry. Face down let gravity do it's job to keep any product residue embedding itself in the pores of the foam. Before I pack them up after they are dry. I hit them with a little compressed air.
 
inDetail said:
I have a 5 gallon bucket with purple power 10:1 mixed. While I'm working I toss them in the bucket face down when I'm done using them to prevent product from drying. When I'm done rinse them well. Squeeze excess water out then spray them down with some CG pad cleaner. Let them dwell face down on a dish drying rack while i'm cleaning up. Squeeze to get the pad cleaner to foam.Then rinse with warm water put them face down in the dish drying rack and let air dry. Face down let gravity do it's job to keep any product residue embedding itself in the pores of the foam. Before I pack them up after they are dry. I hit them with a little compressed air.
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I use the CG pad cleaner as well. Works like a charm!
 
Megs Soft Buff 2.0 pads and their microfiber pads are machine washable, so are Buff & Shine. LC pads, not so much.
 
I've washed my LC foam pads in the washer for more than a decade, nary one single problem. If they are horrible they get soaked in Oxyclean first. Soft buff pads? Never even seen one so don't know.
 
RTexasF said:
I've washed my LC foam pads in the washer for more than a decade, nary one single problem. If they are horrible they get soaked in Oxyclean first. Soft buff pads? Never even seen one so don't know.
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Wow...right on! I honestly didn't expect to read about anyone doing this. I've always washed with a pad brush & cleaner, agitated via a good spin on the polisher, followed by a bucket-soak rinse and air dry. (They go in ziploc freezer bags after that, to close the loop here.) Personally, I'd be afraid of foam degradation and separation of the backing with a machine wash, so that's not something I'd recommend, but...I've never tried it. And we now know one follow who has.
 
VroomVroom said:
Wow...right on! I honestly didn't expect to read about anyone doing this. I've always washed with a pad brush & cleaner, agitated via a good spin on the polisher, followed by a bucket-soak rinse and air dry. (They go in ziploc freezer bags after that, to close the loop here.) Personally, I'd be afraid of foam degradation and separation of the backing with a machine wash, so that's not something I'd recommend, but...I've never tried it. And we now know one follow who has.
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Be careful with keeping them in (sealed) ziploc bags. They might feel bone dry, but there may still be some moisture inside them. I made this mistake with some hydrotechs and a couple days later it was mold city! The mold wouldn't come out and two once-used pads had to be thrown away...
 
I wash my LC CCS foam applicator pads in the washer with no problems at all..gets them much cleaner than washing with dawn by hand. I will try my LC flat pads next to see how they come out.
 
I always wash my pads in the washer - pre-spray with APC and let is set until the detail is over. Bomb them in the wash (cold water only to prevent the glue from deteriorating) and spin dry - then take them out and air dry until ready to be used again.

In the past 3 years of doing this I have never (touch wood) had a pad fail on me
 
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