Had a little mishap with cleaning my pads...

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So i had a basket of microfiber and a handful of dirty pads next to them and i asked the wife is she could do a load.

long story short...not her fault...but she threw the pads in the wash with the microfiber. I use Tide Free to clean the microfiber.

anyway after inspecting the pads after the washer/drying they seem to be fine....but still have a lot of product on them and when i hit them with my hand lots of dust comes off of them.

Think all is ok? should i just wash the pads like i normally do at this point?
 
Rez90 said:
So i had a basket of microfiber and a handful of dirty pads next to them and i asked the wife is she could do a load.

long story short...not her fault...but she threw the pads in the wash with the microfiber. I use Tide Free to clean the microfiber.

anyway after inspecting the pads after the washer/drying they seem to be fine....but still have a lot of product on them and when i hit them with my hand lots of dust comes off of them.

Think all is ok? should i just wash the pads like i normally do at this point?
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If the pads appear excessively cruddy with product residue you might try washing them by hand or soaking in an APC dilution. I toss mine in the washer and air dry and most appear good as new unless a specific product leaves colored residue.

I'd be more concerend about the MFs losing absorbancy or being contaminated.

If you use the drier low or no heat only!

TL
 
how does the no heat thing work? They just eventually air dry? how long does that usually take? (I'm talking MF's not pads)
 
I have had the same problem......wash your pads by hand let air dry and go to work and polish something!
 
flyinion said:
how does the no heat thing work? They just eventually air dry? how long does that usually take? (I'm talking MF's not pads)
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The air dry setting on my dryer is very low heat and works just fine.....40 min. cycle and good to go.
 
I could've sworn that the tag on my Griot's mf's says to dry with high heat. Makes no sense to me and I could be remembering incorrectly.
 
tlmitchell said:
if the pads appear excessively cruddy with product residue you might try washing them by hand or soaking in an apc dilution. I toss mine in the washer and air dry and most appear good as new unless a specific product leaves colored residue.

I'd be more concerend about the mfs losing absorbancy or being contaminated.

if you use the drier low or no heat only!

tl
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huge myth
 
I've been detailing professionally for over 10 years and every load of MF's go in the washer on hot with All Free and in the dryer on high and I have NEVER had an issue. If you do a search there was a gentleman on here a few years back that worked in the dry cleaning / commercial laundry industry and he stated that even his commercial dryers set to high could not melt any of his MF's.
 
-Longhorn- said:
huge myth
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-Longhorn- said:
I've been detailing professionally for over 10 years and every load of MF's go in the washer on hot with All Free and in the dryer on high and I have NEVER had an issue. If you do a search there was a gentleman on here a few years back that worked in the dry cleaning / commercial laundry industry and he stated that even his commercial dryers set to high could not melt any of his MF's.
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im gonna agree with this, i dry my MFs on the high-heat setting and dont think theyve changed in any way. ive also used fabric softener on my last load and they came out fine, despite hearing that you shouldnt use fabric softener with MFs.
 
-Longhorn- said:
If you do a search there was a gentleman on here a few years back that worked in the dry cleaning / commercial laundry industry and he stated that even his commercial dryers set to high could not melt any of his MF's.
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I wish that guy would come back and explain 1 hour matinizing to me
 
ride5150 said:
im gonna agree with this, i dry my MFs on the high-heat setting and dont think theyve changed in any way. ive also used fabric softener on my last load and they came out fine, despite hearing that you shouldnt use fabric softener with MFs.
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Using a fabric softener will not damage your mf's, but you will lose absorbency by using a fabric softener.
 
Flash Gordon said:
I wish that guy would come back and explain 1 hour matinizing to me
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OK, you've got me scratching my head. I've been wondering about that myself forever. From Wikipedia:

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The concept of One Hour Martinizing was pioneered by a New York chemist named Henry Martin in 1949. At the time, drycleaning was done with flammable solvents, so the plants were located remotely from the storefronts. A customer would drop off their cleaning "in town", the garments would travel to the production facility to be cleaned and pressed, then they would return to the store several days later for pickup. But, by using a non-flammable solvent, the use of which was discovered by Mr. Martin, drycleaning plants could now be located much more conveniently, and the process could be carried out in a much more timely manner. The use of this non-flammable solvent was adopted throughout the industry and revolutionized the business in that facilities could better serve their customers and provide much faster turn-around on the orders, if need be.
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I feel so much better now. Im the MAN

TL
 
-Longhorn- said:
I've been detailing professionally for over 10 years and every load of MF's go in the washer on hot with All Free and in the dryer on high and I have NEVER had an issue. If you do a search there was a gentleman on here a few years back that worked in the dry cleaning / commercial laundry industry and he stated that even his commercial dryers set to high could not melt any of his MF's.
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Good to know, I usually have been doing warm/warm in the washer and dry on a low/medium setting.
 
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