How to clean my pads?

[NiSyam]

Whats is the best/cheapest way of cleaning our pads? I see theres a brush for sale + cleaning powder. Are these any good ?

Snappy Clean Pad Cleaning Powder, foam pad cleaner, lake country pad cleaner, wool pad cleaner, citrus foam pad cleaner, polishing pad cleaner

Foam Pad Conditioning Brush cleans and reconditions foam and wool pads on the buffer. remove excess caked wax and polish from buffing pads.

thanks you

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Yes both the cleaning solution and the brush work very well.

Wash them in a bucket or a utility sink then rinse and squeeze out any excess water and the place someplace that doesn't have a lot of air-borne dust where they can dry. Place them upside down so the water drains away from the Velcro backing material.

 

[cobalt9123]

First off, what type of machine/pads are you using? I assume you're using a machine and not just pads by hand..

There are many different ways to clean your pads depending on what you're using:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/20135-how-clean-your-foam-pad-fly-when-using-porter-cable-style-da-polisher.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/20713-cleaning-pads-flex-3401-grit-guard-universal-pad-washer.html

And a video of Mike Phillips demonstrating the different "bucket-style" pad washers:

pad-washer

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[NiSyam]

Im going to be cleaning my ccs pads

thank you for the tips guys!

 

[cobalt9123]

Im going to be cleaning my ccs pads

thank you for the tips guys!

No problem

 

[ScottB]

get the DP Pad Rejuvinator ... the size is perfect and you can mix small or large batches as needed depending on the amount of pads used.