CAUTION!! : Dishsoap ruined my pad !!

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canusa

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Hi guys, being somewhat of a new poster here i had been researching and decided i would simply wash my pads with dawn dishsoap. I had such a hard time getting all the soap out of the pads. I rinsed them about 4 times each. After the wash/rinses, i let the pads air dry. The next day i started to use my orange pad again to the roof of my car. At first i thought that the OC was just dusting alot. Upon further investigation i realized that it wasn't the OC dusting at all.... it was my pad CRUMBLING apart. The pad was simply falling apart on me. About 1-1.5" all around the edge of the LC flat pad was crumbling away. i couldn't figure out what had happened or why it was doing this. I emailed Chris @ eShine and let him now what was happening. He explained to me that i should be using a cleaner meant for pads and should be near neutral PH level, also that these cleaners would be low sudsing making the rinsing easier. He also sent me a new orange pad even thought it was my fault the pad got messed up , and even threw in a package of Snappy clean pad cleaner to set me out on the right foot.



So here's a note of caution to those using dishsoap to clean your pads, and a Kudos to a great guy running a great company with top notch customer service. This is one more reason i'll be ordering from Chris in the future.



Cheers,

-Mike
 
canusa said:
Hi guys, being somewhat of a new poster here i had been researching and decided i would simply wash my pads with dawn dishsoap. I had such a hard time getting all the soap out of the pads. I rinsed them about 4 times each. After the wash/rinses, i let the pads air dry. The next day i started to use my orange pad again to the roof of my car. At first i thought that the OC was just dusting alot. Upon further investigation i realized that it wasn't the OC dusting at all.... it was my pad CRUMBLING apart. The pad was simply falling apart on me. About 1-1.5" all around the edge of the LC flat pad was crumbling away. i couldn't figure out what had happened or why it was doing this. I emailed Chris @ eShine and let him now what was happening. He explained to me that i should be using a cleaner meant for pads and should be near neutral PH level, also that these cleaners would be low sudsing making the rinsing easier. He also sent me a new orange pad even thought it was my fault the pad got messed up , and even threw in a package of Snappy clean pad cleaner to set me out on the right foot.



So here's a note of caution to those using dishsoap to clean your pads, and a Kudos to a great guy running a great company with top notch customer service. This is one more reason i'll be ordering from Chris in the future.



Cheers,

-Mike
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Well, it was a nice gesture on his part, but the pad still shouldn't have disentegrated from a washing with Dawn. I've washed all of my pads by first soaking them in some water and APC and then finishing up with a cleaning in the washing machine. I have a side loader so it's much gentler on the pads. Never had a problem.
 
canusa said:
So here's a note of caution to those using dishsoap to clean your pads,
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Hmmm.....I've used 409, Dawn and Fantastic on my pads to clean them up a bit and have had zero problems......



I wash mine by hand in the sink and let them air dry over a couple of nights.



Interesting.......
 
i just asked the girlfriend... and apparently it's not dawn.... its just regular generic dishsoap from a huge container we have that she just refills the dawn bottle with.
 
I have personally had the same problems with pads getting brittle when using dish soaps. The soap is so hard to rince out completely and the soap dries in the pad. I would guess if you can completely rince the foam of the soap you would be ok but have you ever tried to get dish soap completely out of a foam pad? The other problem I experienced is the pad foaming up next time I use it. If you MUST use a household product to clean pads make your work easier any try a cleaner thad had low suds like an APC.





94BlkStang said:
Well, it was a nice gesture on his part, but the pad still shouldn't have disentegrated from a washing with Dawn. I've washed all of my pads by first soaking them in some water and APC and then finishing up with a cleaning in the washing machine. I have a side loader so it's much gentler on the pads. Never had a problem.
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You are using an APC which would work much better as mentioned above.



Heck, has anyone seen what happens to their dishcloths when they dry with soap in em? They are like cardboard! LOL
 
I have only used dawn liquid for years with no problems

and now I use dawn power dissolver never had a problem after countless washes
 
I just had the same thing happen to my orange pad...all around the edge started crumbling. I just used Dawn too. Seems weird.
 
D&D Auto Detail said:
Havent had any problems here using Dawn on the pads.
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let my pads soak in some hot water then add some dawn to the mix. let them sit. then use a pad brush to aggitate then rinse out. let soak in warm water once again. rinse. Air dry then spin dry on pc. takes about 2 hours to clean. Never had a problem and my pads still look knew after 3 years.
 
I'm sure like any other topic there will be the "Ya, it ruined mine too" and "I have no problems" which is expected. I am sure a main factor is how well the pads are rinsed of the soap.
 
Beason said:
let my pads soak in some hot water then add some dawn to the mix. let them sit. then use a pad brush to aggitate then rinse out. let soak in warm water once again. rinse. Air dry then spin dry on pc. takes about 2 hours to clean. Never had a problem and my pads still look knew after 3 years.
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Yep. Thats almost exactly what I do too.
 
yea i'm almost positive i didn't get all the soap out.. i couldn't.. it just kept foaming... i rinsed sooo many times.. so i let them dry then tried using them and that was what happened. Lesson learnt by me... the hard way but at least i learnt :nomore: Chris just made my learning experience less harsh :goodjob
 
Pats300zx said:
I have never had any issues with washing my pads with Dawn (blue) or Dawn Power Dissolver...:nixweiss
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Me either, but I have seen a caution on properautocare or AG (can't remember off the top of my head at the moment) about using dish washing soap to clean pads.
 
I've noticed this same problem despite washing ONLY with Snappy. The edges of my pads started to crumble on the 2nd use. Is this a pad defect? I use the pads via PC.
 
I have always washed my pads with blue Dawn .. never a porblem .. if you have trouble wringing out the soap put a pail in the laundry tub and fill with water .. squeeze the pad underwater a few times and it will rinse clear.



I have an o;d backing plate I put on my cordless drill and spin them to dry .. then lay on a clothes rack .. in the basement .. usually 100 % dry by morning.
 
I wash/soap my pads in soap (HE soap or, murphy's oil soap) for about 4 hours then off to the front loader with Charlies soap/ Been doing that for over 1 year. No issues and they are rinsed at 1,200 rpm! :)
 
Never had any problems using dish wash soap on my LC pads. It depends the method you get the soap out of the pad. I use the chest compression method to get all the soap out and it drys completely within 24 hours.
 
hmmm...I do a very quick wash of them with dawn to get the bulk of the product off/out of them, then I just toss them in with my MF's when I wash them in the machine with Woolite. Some of the pads are kind of dyed from some of the colored polishes (I have a white pad that's pink from SSR1) but other than that they seem to come out nice and clean, soft and flexible.



Oh..and with the dawn, I never use anything but the teal colored original. Never any of the fancier versions with any kind of added smells, bleach, degreasers, moisturizers, etc...
 
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