Cleaning pad during detail??

[Civicman86]

Do most of you all clean your pads during the detail? I have only 2 orange pads and I`m sure they will get pretty nasty. I have some danase pad cleaner but it requires a warm water soak. So what do you all do?

[thesacrifice]

Yup, I only have two as well. I just run them under a sink and rub my hand over it back and forth until the "caking" is gone.

[jesselyons2002]

I myself used to just spray the pad with APC and run it under hot water and then spin it at 6 on my porter cable. Get`s it dry fast.

[Labster]

I just ended up purchasing more pads and clean them all later in my sanitary tub. Soft bristle brush and some warm water works great IMO.

[BigAl3]

haven`t found anything that cleans pads better than dawn power dissolver, and can be found for a few bucks at your local walmart... http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-product-discussion/83734-dawn-power-dissolver.html?highlight=dawn+power+dissolver



http://www.thriftyfun.com/images/requests/dissolver_bottle82x200.jpg

[Envious Eric]

little bit of APC in your wash bucket while you use the 2nd one...just rotate them...should be using 2-3 per car from a cutting pad, and one for a polishing job, maybe two...light polishes dont cake up like compounds do

[Setec Astronomy]

If I`m in the middle of a detail and I don`t want to change to another pad, I wipe the dirty pad off with a terry towel. Of course this is best when it`s just caked up with excess polish, not if it`s really dirty.

[imported_DetailDan]

I have a brush that I use to wipe the pad off with after every pass. I also dont put the polish on my pad so it does not get caked with polish. I also have multiple pads.

[Civicman86]

Well I have two orange and two white... I guess I will just see how much caking I get when I do the car. Thanks for all the idea guys!