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Trying to give the V70R a full detail for the first time.
I tried cleaning the polishing pads as best as I could with water last time I used them (over a year ago). When they were wet they seemed clean. But when they dried they dried with a thin whitish film.
Are they clean enough to use again, or should hey be immaculate? If so, is there a safe way to use clothes detergent, or dish soap to help get this remaining stuff off?
Thanks!
John V
09-24-2009, 09:48 AM
Don't they supply a powdered cleaning agent that is to be used for cleaning them (add to water and soak)? My buddy has a set of polishing / waxing pads and it was supplied with them.
Nope. I didn't get that. And I bought a 3-pack of polishing and waxing pads.
You need one of these:
http://www.prevettes.com/uploads/200802091141320.Pad%20Cleaning%20Tool%20TB%20SP.jp g
http://www.automagic.biz/images/6-stages-manual/Compounding/spurCPad.jpg
Or maybe just turn it on really slowly and hold it against an edge on a workbench or something to rub off the crusty stuff.
John V
09-24-2009, 09:57 AM
http://www.superiorcarcare.net/how-to-clean-buffer-pads.html
just buy new ones (but don't waste your money on Griot pads)
Griot's polishing products are water soluble. (soluable? whatever.) Soak it and you will be fine. I have never done anything more than put them in water and squeeze them out until the water is clean. I do replace them every so often. When they start to get old enough to not come clean, they still work (but I only use them on other people's cars that aren't taken care of very well). I think the pads are not very expensive to replace though. $10 or so if I remember correctly.
Nick M3
09-24-2009, 11:58 AM
As long as you're consistent with the product you're using with them, a thing whitish film is no problem. If you're mixing compound with polishes, etc., then you need to keep them properly clean.
Turns out, one of my polishing pads was perfectly clean. Since I was only going to use machine polish 3, one was all I needed.
I did ruin a wax pad by being a moron and forgetting I had touched up a corner of the Volvo, consequently getting a small amount of silver pain on it. While faint, it is still contaminated enough fo rme to want to ditch it. I had two other new ones, so no big deal.
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