How To Clean Foam Polishing Pads

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How to clean foam polishing pads. Let items continue to soak for 15-30 minutes. So cleaning them is one thing to avoid using 100 of them on a single car but washing pads is essential as well. How about the washing machine.

The soft finishing foam is fantastic when. Since you will be using several pads throughout the correction process actually taking time out from polishing to stop and clean a pad is a somewhat daunting taskso rather than cleaning them right away Id suggest filling a bucket of water mixed with some Lake Country Snappy Clean and simply tossing them in the bucket to soak while you work. View Profile View Forum Posts View Gallery Uploads Join Date Sep 2009 Posts 10520 Post Thanks Like Likes Given 0 Likes Received 1 Thanks Given 0 Thanks Received 0 Dislikes.

Luckily pad laundry doesnt have to feel like such a chore in this tutorial video we cover the machine washing process of pads the exact same process we use at the BigFoot. The white polishing foam pad is soft enough to be gentle on paintwork without the need of a buff machine Our Price. To do this youll simply need to purchase a small plastic brush with fairly stiff bristles.

One of the most effective ways to clean a basic foam pad is by using a microfiber terry cotton towel a 5-gallon pocket and a simple all-purpose cleaner. Work the foam a bit rinse in hot water press them dry never wring and let them air dry. By c5errr in forum Ask Mike Phillips your detailing questions.

Thanks Adam 04-20-2009 0328 PM 2. I dont mix pads that have been used with compound or polish and wax requires a different color pad anyways. The foam pad foam mop or polishing pad is an essential accessory for polishers to use for cleaning polishing metallic and lacquered surfaces.

As mentioned above cleaning pads during polishing is important in order to keep up the pads cutting ability and keep getting good results while correcting the paint. By Nick McKees37 in forum How to Articles Replies. Ive got some in my garage right now these.