Cleaning MCkees 360 from pads

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So...I tried 360 for the first time today....using Griots BOSS orange and CG Hexlogic orange......and it seems like the 360 has permanently stained the pads......I can not get them clean. I have Griots pad/microfiber cleaner.....and it has worked great on every other product I've used these pads for, except this one. Anyone else had this issue? Any suggestions?
 
Yes same here. I LOVE McKees 360 but it is impossible to get the pads completely clean. For that reason I've dedicated a few pads to 360. Ironically I often use it with white pads which makes it even worse...

ScottH
 
thanks...I have them soaking now....will see how clean I can get them...may even throw them in the washer
 
I really cannot take credit for this but I believe it was the suggestion from Zach McGovern on this forum who suggested taking your used pad, placing it in a 5 gallon pail with a grit guard Velcro side down and use a power washer on the face of the pad that touches the car paint, this will not harm your pad at all, does it work? YES it does, I did a one step polish and paint seal on a 2005 Taurus, I used 5 Lake Country pad, 4 polish pads and 1 wax pad (this line is on sale at Autogeek this weekend) sorry shameless plug for my favorite store, and the clean up on each pad took maybe 5-8 minutes each pad and wow great results.

Thanks Zach!



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Would be glad to try that.....if I had a power washer...its on my spring shopping list...thanks for the suggestion
 
I spray them with pad cleaner, then scrub them before tossing them in a bucket of warm water and the citrus pad wash stuff for about 30 minutes. Then I give them several good squeezes, another vigorous brushing, and then put them on a cookie cooling rack with a fan on them to dry. Yeah, it leaves a little bit of the red in the pad but I don't think it affects the function.
 
pilotpip said:
I spray them with pad cleaner, then scrub them before tossing them in a bucket of warm water and the citrus pad wash stuff for about 30 minutes. Then I give them several good squeezes, another vigorous brushing, and then put them on a cookie cooling rack with a fan on them to dry. Yeah, it leaves a little bit of the red in the pad but I don't think it affects the function.
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thank you...gonna see how they do in the washer....didn't figure it would affect the functionality...I'm just a stickler for starting with clean pads......at least the vehicle I was doing with the 360 turned out good.....
 
It's good stuff. I scrub the crap out of my white pads and I can never get them totally clean.

I want to try HD speed since everyone here raves about it, but I've heard it doesn't play well with CCS pads.
 
pilotpip said:
It's good stuff. I scrub the crap out of my white pads and I can never get them totally clean.

I want to try HD speed since everyone here raves about it, but I've heard it doesn't play well with CCS pads.
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Any all in one polish does not work well with any closed cell pad.

As for cleaning 360 the word "stain" can be misunderstood.

What's on the pad is the protection 360 leaves behind. And like Mike Phillips says "if it's easy to come off your pads, it's easy to remove from your paint"

So 360 is hard to remove because it leaves durable protection behind. And that is a good thing!

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Joe@NextLevelDetail said:
Any all in one polish does not work well with any closed cell pad.

As for cleaning 360 the word "stain" can be misunderstood.

What's on the pad is the protection 360 leaves behind. And like Mike Phillips says "if it's easy to come off your pads, it's easy to remove from your paint"

So 360 is hard to remove because it leaves durable protection behind. And that is a good thing!

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Not that I doubt either you or Mike.....but using that logic.....anything that protects well will leave a stain on your pads.....at least from now on, if I'm using 360....I now have dedicated pads that are easy to identify....

What pads do you recommend for AIOs then?
 
briarpatch said:
So...I tried 360 for the first time today....using Griots BOSS orange and CG Hexlogic orange......and it seems like the 360 has permanently stained the pads......I can not get them clean. I have Griots pad/microfiber cleaner.....and it has worked great on every other product I've used these pads for, except this one. Anyone else had this issue? Any suggestions?
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When you have a problem like this ,take the pad drench the whole top of the pad with dish soap.Then let it dwell for 10 to 15 minutes.Take pad put in sink run hot water over it.Then switch to warm and use a butter knife to gently scrape product out.Then wring out pad rinse throughout till soap is gone.may not work with the spider pad,but regular thin pro or flat pads this method work the best.you can try to pressure wash it out but not the same.
 
Haven't tried McKees but have used Pinnacle XMT 360 and it does stain the white pads I used. Couldn't get them clean. I don't think it affected the pad performance afterwards. I've used HD Speed only with orange pads and no issues. Haven't tried HD Speed with any other color pad.
 
Sharply Dressed said:
Haven't tried McKees but have used Pinnacle XMT 360 and it does stain the white pads I used. Couldn't get them clean. I don't think it affected the pad performance afterwards. I've used HD Speed only with orange pads and no issues. Haven't tried HD Speed with any other color pad.
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Never had an issue with Speed either....am pretty unhappy about the pads....will wait and see how long the protection lasts before I harshly judge the product itself
 
Nothing wrong with staining, just shows that them bad boys are getting used


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I used both 360 and Hi Def today and holy cow... I could NOT get the product out of the pads. Soaked in Poorboys Tornado for awhile followed by WG Pad cleaner. I worked the face of the pads for an hour by hand and still had product in the pads. I don't care about the color stain, just want the pads free of product. That said-- wow, the 360 impressed me! Nice stuff.
 
Harpolith said:
I used both 360 and Hi Def today and holy cow... I could NOT get the product out of the pads. Soaked in Poorboys Tornado for awhile followed by WG Pad cleaner. I worked the face of the pads for an hour by hand and still had product in the pads. I don't care about the color stain, just want the pads free of product. That said-- wow, the 360 impressed me! Nice stuff.
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Pad cleaners will get some of the product out (I like using towel kleen 4:1 because it works equally well and costs 10x less)

That said after spraying towel kleen or a dedicated pad cleaner onto the pad and allowing it to soak for 10 minutes, massage against the side of the sink and squeeze out as much product as possible prior to rinsing. Then rinse all of the cleaner out with hot water.

The last and most important step is wrapping a cheap microfiber towel around the pad and squeezing the rest of the sealant out of the pad

This has always been extremely effective at getting 99% of the sealant out.

Not sure why ol' briarpatch is so upset about the pad being stained pink when the staining isn't a factor when it comes to performance of the pad.
 
Its the red dye they use to make,it pink. They need to change colors, and maybe go with bacon scented instead of bubblegum.
 
mwoywod said:
Pad cleaners will get some of the product out (I like using towel kleen 4:1 because it works equally well and costs 10x less)

That said after spraying towel kleen or a dedicated pad cleaner onto the pad and allowing it to soak for 10 minutes, massage against the side of the sink and squeeze out as much product as possible prior to rinsing. Then rinse all of the cleaner out with hot water.

The last and most important step is wrapping a cheap microfiber towel around the pad and squeezing the rest of the sealant out of the pad

This has always been extremely effective at getting 99% of the sealant out.

Not sure why ol' briarpatch is so upset about the pad being stained pink when the staining isn't a factor when it comes to performance of the pad.
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Thanks. Funny thing, that's exactly the process I used minus the wrapping in a mf at the end. They're dry and soft now, but still loaded with product. I'm gonna give em some more time tonight and will try the mf trick. I also have some Towel Kleen. Maybe I'll try that this time. Thanks for the advise.
 
mwoywod said:
Pad cleaners will get some of the product out (I like using towel kleen 4:1 because it works equally well and costs 10x less)

That said after spraying towel kleen or a dedicated pad cleaner onto the pad and allowing it to soak for 10 minutes, massage against the side of the sink and squeeze out as much product as possible prior to rinsing. Then rinse all of the cleaner out with hot water.

The last and most important step is wrapping a cheap microfiber towel around the pad and squeezing the rest of the sealant out of the pad

This has always been extremely effective at getting 99% of the sealant out.

Not sure why ol' briarpatch is so upset about the pad being stained pink when the staining isn't a factor when it comes to performance of the pad.
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4 parts water : 1 part Towel Kleen, I assume?
 
Harpolith said:
4 parts water : 1 part Towel Kleen, I assume?
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yep, 4 part water and 1 part towel kleen in a spray bottle. I spray it on pretty heavy. Towel Kleen is STRONG stuff. It's great at getting sealants out of Towels without leaving residue and i find that it's works in a similar fashion with pads. What it doesn't get out, the towel trick will. Wrap the towel around the pad and squeeze pretty hard. I won't use a stiff brush to clean residue off the face of foam pads because i dont want to damage the cell structure, but i have no problem squeezing the crap out of them.lol
 
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