do you have to clean your pads after every use?

You should clean them after the days is done but you absoultly MUST spur them between uses at the very very minimum. they will dry up and clog and like said basically turn into sandpaper. Why risk wrecked paint over something and basic as cleaning out a pad?
 
I use Danase Foam Pad Cleaner before I put the pads away. I don't store them in zip loc bags or anything, but I do clean them out. If you don't then it just dusts all over the place when you use them again. Ask yourself this.... Do you clean your microfibers even though they buff the same product off every time? You have to clean the pads or else they will cause you problems.
 
^^^ Those last two comments are sort of dangerous advice. If you spin a pad on a machine without it being pressed against the car then you are very likely going to damage your pad. Edge pads and velcro backed pads alike can be damaged that way. The loop part of the velcro can become unattached from the pad and basically destroy the pad. With Edge 2000 pads the disc inside can actually tear the foam. Spinning a wet pad at 6 on a PC is risking quite a bit. You can spin it at a much lower speed with less risk and still get all the water out. Shake them as much as you can first before you try that method.
 
WIll my MF be ruined permanently if I used AJT and let it sit on it for a few days? Would it be fine if I washed it?
 
I would still suggest soaking it first and spinning a bit of it out. Washing it can do some good, but I've found that it wears the pads out faster. Spraying them with a pad cleaner and washing them out with the hose, or just soaking them for awhile, seems to work better than the washing machine.
 
I spin mine at 4 in a pail ... learned the hard way .. one came off and you think a Frizzbie goes good .. thank gawd my helpers dog went and fetched it ..
 
Jngrbrdman said:
^^^ Those last two comments are sort of dangerous advice. If you spin a pad on a machine without it being pressed against the car then you are very likely going to damage your pad. Edge pads and velcro backed pads alike can be damaged that way. The loop part of the velcro can become unattached from the pad and basically destroy the pad.
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I kinda disagree. If this was the case the Lake Country pad washer would not have been created. It relies on you to free spin you pad inside their bucket to dry it. You'll create more damage to your pad by soaking it in water (especially APC) than you will spinning it.
 
David Fermani said:
I kinda disagree. If this was the case the Lake Country pad washer would not have been created. It relies on you to free spin you pad inside their bucket to dry it. You'll create more damage to your pad by soaking it in water (especially APC) than you will spinning it.
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Ugh... the LC pad cleaner machine thing has the wheels inside that the pad rests on so the pad doesn't spin free so there is resistance on the pad which seems similar to polishing to me... Holding the machine in the air there is no resistance thus what jngrbrdman is saying. I wouldn't spin dry with a PC or orbital but I have done it with a rotary and on low speeds I haven't had any problems.
 
budman3 said:
Ugh... the LC pad cleaner machine thing has the wheels inside that the pad rests on so the pad doesn't spin free so there is resistance on the pad which seems similar to polishing to me... Holding the machine in the air there is no resistance thus what jngrbrdman is saying. I wouldn't spin dry with a PC or orbital but I have done it with a rotary and on low speeds I haven't had any problems.
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It's designed to use the wheeled section for cleaning and then you raise your pad/buffer off the wheels and it spins free for drying.. There's nothing touching anything at that point.
 
YMMV but I spin dry my LC VC pads @ 3000 rpm for about 15-20 seconds after flushing them with water and a little APC. I haven't noticed any damage from doing it this way and i've been doing it for three years, every day, many times a day.
 
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