how do you clean this?

mihilc · 04-04-06, 03:11

Hello. Here is a link to a pad that is glued to it's backing plate.
How do you clean this?
I don't think that will work sinking them in a bucket with dish soap...
Only with pad brush?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

truzoom · 04-04-06, 03:55

I have actually read over at MOL that pads shouldn't even be cleaned, ever, using water. Just a good spur tool to get the gunk off it...

That said, why go this route when you can get hook&loop pads + bp for around the same price?

mihilc · 04-04-06, 04:05

Because I'm in Romania and the pads that you say aren't quite cheap here.
I I'm trying to live with what I have ...

Setec Astronomy · 04-04-06, 04:12

I don't see why you couldn't clean those pads in a bucket of water--why do you think anything would be damaged from that? The only thing that might happen is the threads could get a little rusty, but they look like they are plated...they should probably be ok for the life of the pad.

MichaelM · 04-04-06, 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by truzoom

I have actually read over at MOL that pads shouldn't even be cleaned, ever, using water. Just a good spur tool to get the gunk off it...

Can you find a link to that thread?

Bence · 04-04-06, 07:49

Meguiar's recommends it because the glue on their pads isn't (or wasn't) that stable. They don't recommend using speed 6 on the PC exactly for that reason.

chpsk8 · 04-04-06, 08:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by truzoom

I have actually read over at MOL that pads shouldn't even be cleaned, ever, using water. Just a good spur tool to get the gunk off it...

That said, why go this route when you can get hook&loop pads + bp for around the same price?

I think that pertains to wool pads and not foam pads.

Bence · 04-04-06, 08:16

Nono, they say that to foam... of course they shouldn't be spurred.