Alternative Method Cleaning Pads On Fly?

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Anyone know a good way besides holding the terry cloth in the palm of your hand?

Ive got some bad tennis elbow right now and cant imagine doing it this way without extreme pain.
 
If you could find a way to hold the towel down on a bench with some clamps, that would probably also work.

You could also probably use a stool if it were stable enough.
 
I picked up a dedicated foam pad cleaning brush from Chemical Guys and it works pretty well.
 
With the tool turned off and while holding the tool with one hand in a way that keeps the backing plate from spinning, draw a stiff, nylon brush against the face of the pad.

I show this on page 68 of my how-to book...


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There's 4 to 5 pages on washing, cleaning and drying pads in the book.

Paperback
 
Wow, I really need to buy that book. Thanks so much for clearing that up Mike, I have been using the pad conditioner brush with the pad running on speed (1). Dragging the brush from the middle of the pad out.

Learn something new every day! :buffing:
 
NoleFan said:
I have been using the pad conditioner brush with the pad running on speed (1). Dragging the brush from the middle of the pad out.

Learn something new every day! :buffing:
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You found out that dragging the brush against the pad with the machine on doesn't work because as the bristles move to the outer area of the pad the pad simply stops rotating.

All because of the free floating spindle bearing assembly for a drive mechanism as explained here and also in my how-to book.


The Free Floating Spindle Bearing Assembly - The Story Behind The Story...



Note the Meguiar's versions and the Griot's Garage Versions of the Porter Cable Polisher use a similar design, that is these two other polishers also use a Free Floating Spindle Assembly.


In the below pictures, I'm pointing to what's referred to as the Free Floating Spindle Bearing Assembly of a Porter Cable Dual Action Polisher.

Porter Cable 7424XP with the Backing Plate Removed Exposing the
Counterweight and Free Floating Spindle Bearing Assembly
FreeRotatingSpingleAssembley003.jpg


Close-up
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air compressor. That method imo works a lot better then the terry cloth method.
 
bl3ujay07 said:
air compressor. That method imo works a lot better then the terry cloth method.
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I think compressed air works really well for cleaning fiber pads for DA's like microfiber pads and Surbuf pads, in fact... I included this in my how-to book too on page 74

padcleaningpage74.jpg




But blowing compressed air at foam will blow some residue off but not all of it and it will also force residue/liquid further into the foam.

Besides that, what about all the people that don't own an air compressor? Hard to blow off any kind of pad if you don't own an air compressor and I would fathom a guess that a lot of people don't own an air compressor and for all these people a nylon pad conditioning brush or using the clean your pad on the fly technique works great.


As for the How to clean your foam pad on the fly technique, besides removing the two things that build up on the face of your pads...

  • Spent residue - From the product you’re using.
  • Paint - Small particles of paint that are coming off the car as you abrade the surface


Because terry cloth is absorbent, it also helps to wick out much of any built-up liquids from on and inside the foam pad and this helps to restore pad rotating performance.


At the end of the day, there are a number of options, each person can find a way that works best for them...


:)
 
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