Restoring PC pads

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imported_DetailGirl1

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Hi everyone!

I was going through all the detailing stuff this weekend and when I got to my pads I realized that there was still some polish and other checmicals deep in the fibers. Is there a way to get that out after its been in there since October with anything that I can get locally, meaning I dont want to pay $10 for a bottle of cleaner and then another $8 to ship it.



Thanks in advance!
 
Use some snappy clean powder from Classic or Autogeek. Empty the pouch in your sink and fill with warm to hot water. Soak pads in solution for about 10 min, then squeeze pads so solution can break down compounds still trapped in pads. then rinse with cold water, squeeze excess out, and let dry.
 
Hi DetailGirl

I was going to suggest Dish soap as it is what always seems to work for me. Now you have me thinking about wax deep in the cellulose. How can you tell it's there?

Thanks
 
I think if there was a good way to do it with available stuff, he might have mentioned it.



Im not trying to be a jerk, just a thought :)
 
I have used Era solution and soak for 10 minutes and squeeze it in and out of the pad to get it out. After I then wash it in a light solution of dishwashing soap to remove laudry soap residue. Then rinse 3 times. I only do this for really stuck on stuff that don't come out.
 
I leave my pads to soak in warm/hot water with a good deal of Dawn. I try to rub/squeeze out as much product as I can out of the pads, and then leave them to soak (saturated in Dawn solution) for about 30 minutes.

Then I come back and squeeze them out a few more times, then rinse with cold water. My pads come out great every time.
 
White95Max said:
I leave my pads to soak in warm/hot water with a good deal of Dawn. I try to rub/squeeze out as much product as I can out of the pads, and then leave them to soak (saturated in Dawn solution) for about 30 minutes.

Then I come back and squeeze them out a few more times, then rinse with cold water. My pads come out great every time.
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Like White95Max Said, its best to get a bucket, fill it with warm->hot water and dawn or some other dish soap Throw all of your pads in and let them soak for a while then come back and you really have to work the pad and massage it all out.



You might need to keep dipping the pad in the water and massage and squeeze it different ways to get deep stuff out.



After that just rinse them off with cold water then let them dry out or speed dry by attaching to your PC(CRITICAL THAT IT IS CENTERED!) and put the pad in a bucket with the PC still out of it so the pad is Paralell with the bottom fo the bucket and just in past the edges. Then you can slowly speed up your PC and let it spin all of the water out without it spraying everywhere. If your pad is not centered properly and you have not wrung out as much water as possible you risk chance of the Velcro coming off the pad. It would be better for you to let the pad dry out by air at least for the most part before spin drying.



In the future, when you are detailing have a bucket of at least water and some soap inside of it. As soon as you finish using a pad toss it in that bucket then at the end of the day wring them out and set them out to dry for the next day. If you don't have enough backup pads to get through the day then after each car wring them out and dry them. When you put them in the water fresh off the car the compounds will break down much easier and quicker and it will take much less time to wring out.



Bryan
 
^ I would NOT recommend spin drying pads on the PC. I have seen several pads delaminate that way. The jiggling of the PC is not good for the velcro. It is also not recommended to operate the PC unless it is under load.



Spin drying pads with the rotary works great. I do it into a spare bucket, then allow them to air dry.



FWIW, murphy's oil soap is the most effective pad cleaner that I have used. Makes dawn seem weak by comparison.
 
ebpcivicsi said:
^ I would NOT recommend spin drying pads on the PC. I have seen several pads delaminate that way. The jiggling of the PC is not good for the velcro. It is also not recommended to operate the PC unless it is under load.



Spin drying pads with the rotary works great. I do it into a spare bucket, then allow them to air dry.



FWIW, murphy's oil soap is the most effective pad cleaner that I have used. Makes dawn seem weak by comparison.
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I did mention the Delamination that can occur from spin drying above, that it why it is Crucial that the pad is perfectly centered and you have hand wrung most of the water out.



In reality it would be better to have enough pads that you can let yours dry out enough that when you put them on the PC there is so little water on them that they will not create an inbalance and you can spin them freely as they are no heavier than they would be with the compound your about to apply.



Anyhow, only spin dry with the PC when you have no other choice but to reuse that pad before it is completely dry.
 
My pads were almost to the point where I needed to buy new ones... I didn't think there was any chance for them. Just tried letting them soak in dawn, and now they're just like new again! Helpful post!
 
a.k.a. Patrick said:
Why dont you try some diluted APC ?
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:xyxthumbs Bingo



I actually throw my pads in the wash on a delicate cysle with a few ounces of Castrol APC or Purple Power APC that I bought locally.



Warm wash with a cold rinse and they come out perfectly clean and smell free.



I know that you arent supposed to wash pads in the machine, but it works for me :D
 
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