Pad Cleaner you use?

trashmanssd

trashmanssd

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Wanted to see what pad Cleaner everyone was using. What chemical product, Where or how you do it?

For me right now as weekend warrior I use meguiars apc to treat them toss them in 5 gallon bucket with warm water to soak for bit. As I only have 3-5 pads for each step in 3"4"5"6" sizes i have to re use some so before I use the last of a size I will take them in and clean them in the sink with apc or XMT pad cleaner.

I am sooner or later going to get a grit guard pad cleaner, and I want to get a concentrate pad cleaner chemical to add to the grit guard and also to make a spray bottle of it to treat pads before and during the cleaning. Looking for suggestions???
 
Use 2, Megs Super degraser for direct pad spray an snappy clean for the bucket/pad washer. For really tough stuff, PRS aka Pad Renewing Solution is the ish..
 
trashmanssd said:
Wanted to see what pad Cleaner everyone was using. What chemical product, Where or how you do it?

For me right now as weekend warrior I use meguiars apc to treat them toss them in 5 gallon bucket with warm water to soak for bit. As I only have 3-5 pads for each step in 3"4"5"6" sizes i have to re use some so before I use the last of a size I will take them in and clean them in the sink with apc or XMT pad cleaner.

I am sooner or later going to get a grit guard pad cleaner, and I want to get a concentrate pad cleaner chemical to add to the grit guard and also to make a spray bottle of it to treat pads before and during the cleaning. Looking for suggestions???
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I use DP Polishing Pad Rejuvenator:



Awesome stuff - makes cleaning pads a breeze. No need to pretreat your pads either. Just toss a spent pad into the solution, let it soak as you work on a new panel, once that panel is done drop in the newly spent pad and rinse out the now clean pad/ give it a quick spin on your DA and you're ready to get back to work. Easy peasy.

As a fellow weekend warrior, I'd also suggest saving your $ on a grit guard pad cleaner - once you see how well DP PPR works all by itself you'll be glad you saved the $135!!
 
I don't wash pads as I go. When I'm done I wet pads, massage some dawn into them and squeeze and rinse. Max repeat 2x. Not the most efficient system but I don't generate more that 8 pads per detail max.

I am going to try the getto pad washer idea posted next time and see how that works for me.
 
The Driver said:
Use 2, Megs Super degraser for direct pad spray an snappy clean for the bucket/pad washer. For really tough stuff, PRS aka Pad Renewing Solution is the ish..
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Never thought about using Megs SD for a pad cleaner. I am guessing it works pretty well? I have a gallon I got for a really good deal a while back that I don't use often. Definitely gonna try this on my next pad cleaning.

I typically use Megs APC+. I spray the face and let it soak for a few minutes then run it under warm water and rub with my hand.
 
Throw pads into a bucket of CG's Fast Pad Cleaner solution, agitate with my fingertips, and let soak overnight. Next day, brush with a small, stiff nylon bristle brush--then rinse. For good measure I will throw in regular wash with MF towels if need-be.
 
XxBoostinxX said:
Never thought about using Megs SD for a pad cleaner. I am guessing it works pretty well? I have a gallon I got for a really good deal a while back that I don't use often. Definitely gonna try this on my next pad cleaning.

I typically use Megs APC+. I spray the face and let it soak for a few minutes then run it under warm water and rub with my hand.
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Yea, it's very economical. It works great on very oily polishes like sonax, compounds like FG it's works well as long as they are fresh and not clean it a month later haha.
 
XxBoostinxX said:
Never thought about using Megs SD for a pad cleaner. I am guessing it works pretty well? I have a gallon I got for a really good deal a while back that I don't use often. Definitely gonna try this on my next pad cleaning.

I typically use Megs APC+. I spray the face and let it soak for a few minutes then run it under warm water and rub with my hand.
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Thats about what i am doing now spray with megs apc let soak till i have a few to do the wash them in sink spin dry and put them behind a fan to dry them completely.
 
The pre-soak is definitely key with warm water. I'll post a pic of my best ways to clean pads, one is PW for heavy duty, the other is a warm rinse/pad washer (Note: you need a slop sink).
 
Angus said:
I use DP Polishing Pad Rejuvenator:

Awesome stuff - makes cleaning pads a breeze. No need to pretreat your pads either. Just toss a spent pad into the solution, let it soak as you work on a new panel, once that panel is done drop in the newly spent pad and rinse out the now clean pad/ give it a quick spin on your DA and you're ready to get back to work. Easy peasy.

As a fellow weekend warrior, I'd also suggest saving your $ on a grit guard pad cleaner - once you see how well DP PPR works all by itself you'll be glad you saved the $135!!
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I think I will try this next as 135 is a lot for weekend warrior. How many scoops do you add to how much water in the bucket and about how many use do you get out one 16 Oz jar of it.
 
I use Dawn, or Dawn Power Dissolver, or some of my old EFHI APC. Wash them out by hand in the utility sink with hot water.

One of these days I'll get some real Pad Cleaner, but since I hardly ever LSP (let alone do correction) I do OK without it.
 
The Driver said:
Use 2, Megs Super degraser for direct pad spray an snappy clean for the bucket/pad washer. For really tough stuff, PRS aka Pad Renewing Solution is the ish..
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I think I will have to put in a request for Autotopia to carry that Snappy Clean try that also for the bucket looks buy my guess to be 40-60 percent cheaper then the the DP pad rejuvenator(same stuff seeming to be labeled under few different names). Not big money but also like the individual packet no measuring just open and dump.
 
I have only used Snappy Clean powder in the little envelopes, for 8+ years and it has always given me clean, soap free, no sudsy, foamy, annoying, stuff to rinse out, and they work just great after drying..
It doesnt remove the velcro backing material off the pads, cleans them really nice with no issues..

Its an orange based smelling cleaner, and I use nitrile gloves to clean because it will remove all oils out of your hands - which shows again, how well it works on pads..

I might use half an envelope with around 3 gallons hot water in a 5-gal bucket for pads that are pretty dirty and perhaps more if they are really dirty..
Let them soak -- push them under the water until they are filled, then you can get them out later, squeeze each one under the solution and you will see the stuff come out of them, no scrubbing usually needed..

If they dont sell it here, detailed image dot com has it, I believe..
Dan F
 
trashmanssd said:
I think I will try this next as 135 is a lot for weekend warrior. How many scoops do you add to how much water in the bucket and about how many use do you get out one 16 Oz jar of it.
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I was considering a pad washer for a while but came to the conclusion it would be a waste of $135. You'd never get the ROI out of it like a pro detailer would.

For DP PPR - the directions say to use 3 scoop for 3gallons of warm water. But I've been getting away with using 1 scoop per 3 gallons without issue since I'm not doing a huge volume of spent pads nor do I allowing my pads to get over saturated with product. And at this ratio a single 16oz jar will last a very long time - how long I don't know? I'm still on my original jar and it's been over a year.

Another advantage of products like DP PPR is your pads wash clean w/ little effort. I did the dawn route for a while and hated how time consuming rinsing out all of the soapy residue was. IMHO, the ROI you get back in terms of decreased cleaning time and water savings avoiding that sudsy headache is worth the $25 jar of DP PPR.
 
Thanks every one for all the responses, now I have a informed direction to try.

Angus thank you, DP intrigued me my concern was with the ratio they suggest of a scoop for every gallon and the scoop looked like a 1oz scoop which would mean only 5 uses till you ran out that seemed steep. But after your info I am guessing its maybe 1/2oz scoop and 1:1 with a gallon can be cut in half and be very effective that's a world of difference.

Looks like next time I order I will get DP pad recon and Snappy Clean and some Meg's Super De-greaser to use as a spray for real bad pads and bonus I have a dedicated de-greaser for those nasty greasy oily areas.
 
Always happy to help!

If you don't already own one, a foam pad conditioning brush is another item to consider. Using one during a polishing session helps keep your pads fresh and decreases the amount of spent product that needs to be removed later. :bigups

For $10 its a no-brainer: Foam Pad Conditioning Brush
 
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