when I wash my pads, I put them in a bucket with APC and warm water, scrub them out, put them in cold water and rinse, then let them sit out on a towel on a lounge chair so air passes on both sides and they are dry the next day....I am not going to use them overnight anyway....that is why I have about 30 pads lying around...never have to worry about running out of one...
Yup, Crank up to 6 on the pc, but watch out the pad will fly off. With rotary I crank up to 3000k or so and usually dont have pads fly off. BTW I only do this when its necessary, usually my pads sit for a week before use.
This may be obvious, but I find standing them up on their side rather than flat after wringing most of the water out of them by hand helps them dry much faster.
PC speed 1 working your way up to 6 very quicly. Speed 1 gets ride of the big water, speed 6 will leave a huge mist. 5 seconds from start to finish and that all it takes. Let air dry to completely get dry. Normally you can use a pad right after thhe spin dry with PC.