Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

[AquaBlue]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

can you also do this to wool pad? or does wool pad need to be cleaned on the fly?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

A wool pad should be cleaned on the fly regularly, using a pad spur like this:



If you have access to compressed air, it does a fantastic job of cleaning a wool pad on the fly.

When finished with the project, a wool pad can simply be placed on a shelf where it will be free from dust and allowed to just dry out. Before next use, simply clean it with the spur or compressed air while spinning it on the rotary buffer and you're good to go.

[Alexandre]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Ok, now you finished working but you do not want to toss the pad on the wash machine, since uh, you can' t right now or you are not home, how do you clean your pad?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Ok, now you finished working but you do not want to toss the pad on the wash machine, since uh, you can' t right now or you are not home, how do you clean your pad?

Place it on a reasonably dust free shelf in a cabinet, or in a plastic storage box or large plastic bag (but don't seal the box or bag) so the pad can dry out. When you next use it start by knocking off any loose, dried product and then spin it on the D/A at a slow speed and use a nylon brush to remove more dried product. You should be ready to go after that.

[Bill Davidson]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

It was asked earlier but I never noticed an answer.

Can you use microfiber towels instead of terry cloth towels to clean the pad on the fly?

[xantonin]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

It was asked earlier but I never noticed an answer.

Can you use microfiber towels instead of terry cloth towels to clean the pad on the fly?

No, a microfiber will stick to the pad and it is less absorbent than a terry towel.

[l SIC l]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Thread revival!

Say I were to completely detail a rather large vehicle like an H2 Hummer (including the use of a paint cleaner, final polish and wax - using the red, black and yellow 6.5"-7" 2.0 Meguiar's foam pads), how many of each pad should I be using for the entire process?

Also, would it be a better idea to buy say, 4 x yellow, 4 x red and 4 x black buffing pads and label them in separate plastic containers as to which product goes with each pad - as I am still not 100% sure to completely clean these pads (is the only real way, seeming as these can't be washed in a machine, to just 'pump/soak' the pad into terry cloth towels until they have been dried out and follow it with a soft bristle brush whilst the D/A is on to remove any remaining product?)

Thanks!!

[l SIC l]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Don't worry, I found all the information I needed in this thread : http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...?t=3598&page=2

[KiwiKev]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Hi Michael, you are dead right, i couldn't believe how far my g220v2 threw a foam pad.

[FRS]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Is cleaning a pad on the fly applicable with Flex 3401?!?!?!?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Absolutely. Cleaning the pad on the fly should be done regardless of the tool used, or the type of pad used. You want your pads as clean as possible all the time. On the Flex 3401, due to the forced rotation action, you may find that a pad brush is more effective and safer than compressing the pad against a towel.

[FRS]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

I remember reading here as to how to clean a pad with a brush, but looks lie the I can't find it anymore.

[FRS]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Anyone to help with the link?!

Ta

[FRS]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Anyone to help with the link?!

Ta

Bump..

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Cleaning Your Pad On The Fly

Not sure about a full write up on using a brush to clean a pad, FRS, but this picture is from one of our Advanced Classes:



Now, this is on a rotary and not a DA, but the Flex forced rotation tool is probably closer to rotary use than DA use anyway so this will still work for you. Similar to the action used when moving a spur over a wool pad, you want to run the tool at a low to medium speed and apply light to moderate pressure on the face of the pad to brush off excess product. The brush is then moved slowly back and forth from pad edge to pad center, always staying on the same side of the pad. As viewed from this angle the pad is rotating counter clockwise so the brush is, if anything, being pulled toward the floor and away from the operator. We actually had someone using a spur on a wool pad, but working on the "3 o'clock" position from this perspective - the spur got away from him and was thrown into the air by the spinning pad, narrowly missing his face. Cleaning a pad in the orientation shown in this image, in the event the brush or spur gets away from you, it will be thrown to the ground and away from you rather than back up at you. But keeping the tool speed reasonable and a good hold on the brush or spur should make that very easy to prevent!!