Optimum line...

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 04-19-2007, 05:38 AM

Does/did anyone else here experience Optimum polishes/compounds "clogging" up the pads?

I`ve used mostly Meguiar`s polishes, Menzerna FPII and OPT OHC, OC, OP... and it seems like everytime I`m done and soak my pads to clean them, the Optimum stuff stays in the pads (mostly OP) and is very greasy/oily and hard/impossible to get out... I am not using too much product btw, and I do spur the pads a few times during a detail, but it happens every time... the pads in question are "old" 6.5" LC flat pads from autogeek and 6.5" LC contoured pads form properautocare...

Am I retarded with Optimum??

**imported_Bence** · 04-19-2007, 06:06 AM

Spur foam pads???

I think you are using way too much product. I`ve never had any issues with Optimum stuff - except a few isolated cases where the new formulas make the pads "bubble". But after washing, the pads return to their original form.

**ConglomrationAL** · 04-19-2007, 06:12 AM

Same story from me.

during polishing the pads do bubble when full of polish or paint. After cleaning, however, the pads always come out looking brand new.

**a.k.a. Patrick** · 04-19-2007, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by ConglomrationAL

Same story from me.

during polishing the pads do bubble when full of polish or paint. After cleaning, however, the pads always come out looking brand new.

Bubble? Huh? Mine "swell" a little.........Optimum is one of the easier lines of polishes I have used. I don ever recall any "nuttin" up issues with the polish or compound.

Try using a little less...

**imported_Bence** · 04-19-2007, 08:00 AM

I use very little. 1-2 pea sized drops. When I used my orange Menzerna pad the last time, it was swollen exactly where the original little drops were... One drop has fallen on the side of the pad - it looked so funny, and the swollen area was much softer than the surrounding foam.

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 04-19-2007, 11:12 AM

So none of you guys experience the greasy/oily pads after you`re done? Now I`m thinking I`m not working the polish long enough so it`s not drying up on the pad...??

**wifehatescar** · 04-19-2007, 11:23 AM

I have the same issues, but it does not effect the pad function so I don`t worry about it. I just clean them like normal with APC and a small brush.

**imported_Ivan Rajic** · 04-19-2007, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by wifehatescar

I have the same issues, but it does not effect the pad function so I don`t worry about it. I just clean them like normal with APC and a small brush.

You also have oily liquid left in the pad after you`re done?

**a.k.a. Patrick** · 04-19-2007, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by lecchilo

You also have oily liquid left in the pad after you`re done?

Thats Optimums lubricating oils...........all polishes have some lubricating oils, some more then others.

**RyanDe680** · 04-19-2007, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by wifehatescar

I have the same issues, but it does not effect the pad function so I don`t worry about it. I just clean them like normal with APC and a small brush.

+1

Ivan I would try using 4 spread out drops, smaller than 1/2 a penny on the pad and spur often. During use, make sure that the pad is coated with the OP, but not so much so that it clogs the pores and/or significantly changes the color of the pad.

I wash all the pads with a 1:10 APC sprays on the pad surface, rinse, and then spin them at 2500rpm for 20 seconds and they dry overnight.