Grit Guard Universal Pad Washer: Some Thoughts

[rwright]

Forgot to report back Charlie, I used mine on Friday but had to add a little more water than you noted. But then again I may not have had enough to start with. Anyway, I washed something like 17 pads or so and all but 3 turned out awesome! I washed them all on speed 3 on my Griot's Garage ROP. I'm going to experiment a little the next time with different water levels because at one point I was slinging water everywhere! Thanks again for the review. rops:

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Defenetly a good review, i had been waiting to see a review on this pad washer. Charlie made some great points and its defenetly something to have for washing pads. Im sure we all love buffing and using up our pads but the least fun part of it all is cleaning all those pads afterwards. This seems like a real convinient tool to speed up cleaning our pads. It also seems like a great tool for those that dont have many pads, you can clean em right away on the spot and keep working. Great review charlie, it sure gave me the green light to buy this one.

Thanks Oscar! :buffing:

Forgot to report back Charlie, I used mine on Friday but had to add a little more water than you noted. But then again I may not have had enough to start with. Anyway, I washed something like 17 pads or so and all but 3 turned out awesome! I washed them all on speed 3 on my Griot's Garage ROP. I'm going to experiment a little the next time with different water levels because at one point I was slinging water everywhere! Thanks again for the review. rops:

Glad to hear it, Richard... since writing the review I tried out the pad washer with my Flex DA and one of my rotaries, and I too had to raise the water level just a bit (though I still used less than what Grit Guard recommends).

Looks like I'll have to adjust the water level based on what tool I'm using since the Flex and rotary don't sling anywhere near as much water as a traditional DA does.