- What's up, everybody?
Welcome to another episode of Nooners With Nick,
and today I have a quick tip on how
to maintain your pads because a lot
of you guys have been asking,
how long do pads last or how often should you clean them?
So today we're gonna take a little bit
of time to show you just the ins and outs
of what pad maintenance is all about.
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So here I have two pads.
One is for your cutting and you can see
it's got caked-up polish on there
and this is after a long polishing job
where it gets hot, and now the polish
has gotten embedded in the fibers
of the microfiber.
This happens after the pad gets hot
and then the spent polish gets embedded
in the foam and then this can, over time,
start to harden in the foam and it
also starts deteriorating so it's important
to clean this at least once during your job
or after the job so that it doesn't stay
like this and stain it permanently.
And then over here we also have
a finishing pad which is just for applying
your favorite glaze, sealant, or waxes,
and also you can see that it's got
a little bit of probably glaze
that's stuck on the foam here.
But using one product, which is your pad cleaner,
it's a citrus base, this will remove
anything that's on the surface.
Doesn't matter if you're using a compound,
a polish, or your favorite glaze, sealant, or wax,
you simply spray it on the surface.
We'll give it a moment to kinda penetrate it,
but this is just a quick way to show you guys
how to properly clean your pads
because a lot of people have their own ideas
or their own techniques to clean their pads,
which is fine, but this is going to be
the safest way and the easiest way
to remove it without using expensive equipment
or having your own special detailing tools.
This is the gentlest way to remove
any spent polish or any spent product in general
with just using one product
and this is a very fine brush
so you don't need a universal pad washer.
You just need a brush.
Can also use your dirt trap and run it
against that but this brush will help you
thoroughly get out any spent product.
And you can see here that it's a definitive line
where there's spent product
and also a clean foam pad.
Again, you can use this on your foam
or microfiber pads.
Some people still use wool.
This is safe for that as well.
Can see there it just removes it
and then to finish off the job
you wanna spray it or rinse it off
using a hose or you can run it
under the sink using warm water.
Same process for your finishing
or applicating pads.
Spray it on the surface here,
give it a moment so that it kinda helps
to lift and suspend any of the spent product.
This is also great if you're working
in between jobs where you don't wanna
cross-contaminate between compounds
or polishes or any kinda wax and sealants.
Can clean it halfway during the job.
That's a question we also get,
is how many pads do we use during a typical polishing job?
Usually it's one or two.
We'll clean it halfway through
if it starts to get dirty or if it starts
to get filled up with spent product,
but usually you don't need a whole set
of polishing pads to do one vehicle,
unless it's really bad.
But you can see here you got a nice clean side
on one end and then the spent product
on one end.
This is all just with one product
using the pad cleaner.
Again, spray it on the surface
and then brush it out and then
to thoroughly clean it off you want to rinse
underneath the running water or a hose.
And then to make sure that you don't get
any water stuck inside of the foam,
put it back on your machine and then turn it
on its highest speed setting to spin out
any of the spent water.
That way you put it away dry
and it's not gonna create any kinda mildew
or mold which will deteriorate even faster
and it'll be less effective or you'll have to replace it.
So this is just the basic way
to keep your pads looking and working
as best as possible.
This is something you guys can pick up
on our website chemicalguys.com
or at your local detail garage.
So again, guys, thanks so much for tuning in
for another episode of Nooners With Nick.
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Just keep dropping your comments down below
and we'll keep answering your questions.
And as always, we'll see you guys next time
right here in the detail garage.
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