Fastest way to dry foam pads?

briarpatch said:
that is one sweet ride
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Yea it's a pretty nice truck, 1953 Chevy. The guy's owned it for over 20yrs. and he said that paintjob was done about 18yrs. ago. [basecoat/clearcoat] It certainly wasn't the best looking paint but for being what it was it wasn't too bad either... It's garage kept and he said he hasn't washed it with a hose & bucket in over 10yrs, yet the swirls were actually light.

I had a real hard time deciding what to use on this truck due to a few factors: Working in the garage meant my lighting was limited + my 1st test spot with Griots Boss Finishing Sealant seemed to slightly remove the defects yet it didn't provide any pop to the paint, it was like it just removed the swirls but that's it.

So then I decided to try Megs D151 and I ended up going with that on the whole truck. Much easier to work with as far as working time and feeling smooth overall, plus it cut more effectively and wiped off easier. Only downside was a bit of dusting, but not too big of a problem. I topped it off with D156. I quikly polished the chrome bumper with a 3" LC Orange foam cutting pad & M205. It made a good difference but I wish I had more time to spend on it. Overall the truck came out great. I'd like to have more time with it to really take it to a higher level.
 
After I rinse mine out, I take the master baster sidekick and blow dry them as best I can and then hang em up on the wall and let 'em sit. In this hot texas summer I can't imagine it taking more than a few hours to dry out.
 
Agreed, just spin them on the da/rotary and use a towel against while spinning.
Also throwing them in the dryer on ''air dry'' i'd assume would work too.
I found out trying to wrinkle them out by hand usually hurts there shape imo.
 
I'll be drying them like this from now on. Worked great. It sure beats waiting up to a couple days for them to air dry on their own.
 
Even if you're going to put them in the dryer on air or spin them on the polisher, here's what I've been doing for the past few years and it works great.

After you've washed the pads squeeze out as much water as you can (I never wring it out to avoid problems with the Velcro coming loose) lay the pads on the floor on a double thickness of an old terry towel then cover the pads with another double thickness of old terry towel--then just stand on each pad. This process seems to make the pads almost totally dry without damaging the Velcro--even if you are still putting them in the dryer I would think this will make the dryer time that much shorter.
 
ski2 said:
lay the pads on the floor on a double thickness of an old terry towel then cover the pads with another double thickness of old terry towel--then just stand on each pad
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Microfiber waffle weave absorbs much more water than terry towels.😉
 
Eldorado2k said:
Microfiber waffle weave absorbs much more water than terry towels.��
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I agree, but have a ton of old terry towels so I use them. The main point is that laying them flat in between the four layers of towels and stepping on each pad really squeezes out the water well without putting stress on the pads\Velcro.
 
Put them in your washer that may or may not depending on the model have a drain and spin cycle. Takes 12 minutes on ours. Pads come out nearly dry.
 
You could have used your sidekick to blow dry them.
 
I attached velcro tabs to the underside of my storage rack.....after I squeeze out as much water as i can...I hang them upside down using the velcro
 
Spin em out on a rotary, then "roll them up" inside a terry cloth towel. They're almost dry enough to put right back to work.
 
Best way is to buy lots more pads so you never run out of clean, dry pads.

But what I do with mine is to wash them in a pad washer. Spin them pretty dry in a pad washer. Take them into the house and set them on a nice clean bath towel. Put another clean towel over them. Sit on them. Then move them to the other, dry end of the towel and leave them overnight. Mine are always dry in the next day.
 
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