I use Dawn and clean them in the laundry sink using very warm water. Wring them out well, lean them against the wall in my shop/garage overnight. Voila,,,, the next morning they are dry. Been doing that for 5 years. Seems to work for me
@@MirandaDetailing but,,,, I can totally see how in a shop environment they would speed things up. One of the things I hate doing at the end of a job is to spend a bunch of time stooped over the sink cleaning a bunch of pads. Thanks for showing us this video
Seriously dawn is amazing. If it cleans an oil soaked duck. I use it a lot for degreasing. if you're creative with application saying a little goes a long way.
I hesitated forever on using the system 4000. But once I use it I tell you I still to this day. Cannot believe how easy it is, how simple it is and how fast it is. Nothing like it. And even on that last pad you clean, if you'd put that down for another four pushes on the water and try it again. I bet it even a lot of those things would have come out. I am a huge believer and will never be without one. Thank you guys for a fantastic show
Phil, Great to see you and your bride again at the SDC. As always great content, thank you for sharing. Did you eat at the Sway restaurant? They had some fine food and a great selection. Have an excellent week. Kev
So over the weekend I used chemical guys micro fiber towel wash and pad cleaner.. with there grit guard universal pad washer... So so so lovely! Investment well worth it!! I like this spray as well I may buy some of this... As well impressive... The pads were very very damp.. close to dry to the touch!
Hello phil. My favorite way to clean on the fly, and with a pad washer!. After one or two panels, I like to brush the pad to remove as much as possible before passing it through the pad washer (with lake country snappy clean boost powder), then spin the pad empty to eject as much as possible of water inside the pad washer, then I like to finish by rotating the pad and a final drying with a microfiber (rotate with the polisher, then with a microfiber dab the pads, spring practically dry!) . And the pad comes out Nikel and ready to go back to the paint Priming with meguiar's M34 where last touch, is here we go again, I change pads about 4 times like this, no need for more pads this way I think!! No need for 12 to 24 pads for a vehicle as some say!. I spray a little product on the pad before passing it through the pad washer, a product that works perfectly for cleaning the pads and the meguiar's dyna cone foam pad cleaner G19410. Originally made to remove polishing dirt from metals in Foam pads, it works wonders for compounds, polish, wax!. Much better than apc or super degreaser, too bad meguiar's doesn't come out with a 16 or 24oz for that!
After use I leave them on a bucket with water an dawn dish soap Nothing else, I don’t scrub them or else 30 minutes to an hour later I take them out and let them air dry Good as new
That’s a nice looking pad cleaner. I would be willing to bet that if you used distilled water instead of tap water it would perform even better. Distilled water is $1.00 per gallon at any dollar store. I use distilled water when diluting all purpose cleaners,foam cannon,tornador gun,etc.I think they perform better that way.
Cleaing on the fly for me usually entails knocking the gunk off after almost every section, with the pad brush. If that method starts to not work, I'm then spraying ONR (256:1) a dedicated microfiber towel and wiping of the foam. If it's a fiber pad, I'll knock the gunk off with my pad brush and spray the ONR. I also use the system 4000 pad washer when I have to Porter Cable 7424xp. My Rupes Duetto and 21 have the anti-spin engaged, and they don't spin dry all that well. After rhat I'll toss them in the washer, which gets them dust free on next use.
Great video. All of these McKee’s products work very well. The powder rejuvenator is the one I use the most. Soaking the pads for a few minutes and rinse them out after a job. A pad washer will pay for itself if someone is using a non-primer polish. I would y use it with the Dr. b’s surface primers.
@@MirandaDetailing Thanks Phil. I saw the pad cleaning spray. That is how I used Snappy years ago so it would make sense this would work the same way. Keep up the great work!
Rupes Uno Advanced doesn’t come out at all no matter what pad washing solution there is. I polished red single stage and it’s totally red. It’s probably just staining, but since it was a white pad it is unrecognizable.
I get a bucket filled half full with cold water+a few drops of Dawn dish soap first then car wash hoping to neutralize it 2nd wash. Remove shoes especially if it's hot outside, stack them like flapjacks, then stomp on them like grapes. I squeeze water out by standing on them on a clean towel. It's faster to just drive over them. Good to go. 😅
@@MirandaDetailing video all the ways the idiots out here do it. 😁🚗varoom varoom I just ran over a stack. oh and old ones are good to hand out for Xmas cookies 😁
16:33 Hey guys.. Nick mentioned using the powdered pad cleaner on driveways. Mine has really been stained with soaps and cleaners over the years. How would you recommend using this product on a black sealed driveway?
Hon great question. I don’t clean after every polishing section. More like every other. But it depends on what your doing. For AIO polishes I only use air, for heavy cutting I will use the pad washer.
well I used to dunk them in a small bucket and have them soak over night in a dilluted apc but hearing now its hurting the pads, brings me to having no reliable way again dang it ...
I used to wash my foam pads but I stopped as they start crumbling. I just brush them and blow them with compressed air. Even washing them, the dust from certain compounds, still remain inside of them. This is my personal experience and opinion.
Hit the nail on the head - WAY too much splatter with fibre pads being nuts, and also your point with regards to spinning them. I find spinning wet pads destroys the inner foam structure faster. Spraying a pad with N914 or similar for example, and then hitting it with the tornador seems to be the go.
Pleasure working with you! - Nick
Same here guys!! Can’t wait to do it again!
I use Dawn and clean them in the laundry sink using very warm water. Wring them out well, lean them against the wall in my shop/garage overnight. Voila,,,, the next morning they are dry. Been doing that for 5 years. Seems to work for me
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@@MirandaDetailing but,,,, I can totally see how in a shop environment they would speed things up. One of the things I hate doing at the end of a job is to spend a bunch of time stooped over the sink cleaning a bunch of pads. Thanks for showing us this video
Seriously dawn is amazing. If it cleans an oil soaked duck. I use it a lot for degreasing. if you're creative with application saying a little goes a long way.
Great video, Phil. Nice to see you partnered with Nick Rutter. Very informative, giving us multiple techniques.
Thanks! It was great meeting him and doing this video together!
Phil, Manny thanks to you and the McKee's guys for an excellent video.
A great video with some excellent ideas. Thanks all!! 👍🇨🇦
Thanks! 😎👍🏼
I hesitated forever on using the system 4000. But once I use it I tell you I still to this day. Cannot believe how easy it is, how simple it is and how fast it is. Nothing like it. And even on that last pad you clean, if you'd put that down for another four pushes on the water and try it again. I bet it even a lot of those things would have come out. I am a huge believer and will never be without one. Thank you guys for a fantastic show
Thanks for sharing man!
Phil,
Great to see you and your bride again at the SDC. As always great content, thank you for sharing.
Did you eat at the Sway restaurant? They had some fine food and a great selection.
Have an excellent week.
Kev
Same here man. Actually we went to a Brazilian steakhouse that night. It was awesome.
@@MirandaDetailing Excellent choice,
Stay safe Phil and Jess. We will grab a coffee next time.
Totally!
So over the weekend I used chemical guys micro fiber towel wash and pad cleaner.. with there grit guard universal pad washer... So so so lovely! Investment well worth it!! I like this spray as well I may buy some of this... As well impressive... The pads were very very damp.. close to dry to the touch!
Thanks for sharing
I always liked their pad cleaner. I still have a gallon from back when they still made it available in that size.
Great advice for we beginers.
I clean using APC and rinse with hose. I spin it in a modified pail with a cutout on the side so I spin it level down in the bucket.
Nice. Thanks for sharing!
Hello phil. My favorite way to clean on the fly, and with a pad washer!. After one or two panels, I like to brush the pad to remove as much as possible before passing it through the pad washer (with lake country snappy clean boost powder), then spin the pad empty to eject as much as possible of water inside the pad washer, then I like to finish by rotating the pad and a final drying with a microfiber (rotate with the polisher, then with a microfiber dab the pads, spring practically dry!) . And the pad comes out Nikel and ready to go back to the paint Priming with meguiar's M34 where last touch, is here we go again, I change pads about 4 times like this, no need for more pads this way I think!! No need for 12 to 24 pads for a vehicle as some say!.
I spray a little product on the pad before passing it through the pad washer, a product that works perfectly for cleaning the pads and the meguiar's dyna cone foam pad cleaner G19410. Originally made to remove polishing dirt from metals in Foam pads, it works wonders for compounds, polish, wax!. Much better than apc or super degreaser, too bad meguiar's doesn't come out with a 16 or 24oz for that!
Thanks for sharing! 😎👍🏼
Excellent video and topic for discussion Phil. You and Nick did a great job of explaining multiple cleaning techniques.
Thanks man!
After use I leave them on a bucket with water an dawn dish soap
Nothing else, I don’t scrub them or else
30 minutes to an hour later I take them out and let them air dry
Good as new
Thanks for sharing!!😎👍🏼
That’s a nice looking pad cleaner.
I would be willing to bet that if you used distilled water instead of tap water it would perform even better.
Distilled water is $1.00 per gallon at any dollar store.
I use distilled water when diluting all purpose cleaners,foam cannon,tornador gun,etc.I think they perform better that way.
Hi. Thanks. That’s a great tip! Thanks for sharing! 😎👍🏼
Cleaing on the fly for me usually entails knocking the gunk off after almost every section, with the pad brush. If that method starts to not work, I'm then spraying ONR (256:1) a dedicated microfiber towel and wiping of the foam. If it's a fiber pad, I'll knock the gunk off with my pad brush and spray the ONR.
I also use the system 4000 pad washer when I have to Porter Cable 7424xp. My Rupes Duetto and 21 have the anti-spin engaged, and they don't spin dry all that well.
After rhat I'll toss them in the washer, which gets them dust free on next use.
Thanks for sharing! 😎👍🏼
Great video. All of these McKee’s products work very well. The powder rejuvenator is the one I use the most. Soaking the pads for a few minutes and rinse them out after a job.
A pad washer will pay for itself if someone is using a non-primer polish. I would y use it with the Dr. b’s surface primers.
Exactly! Thanks for sharing! 😎👍🏼
That’s some nice products.
14:10 can we wash the pad, put it on max speed to drain and go back to work? So as not to buy multiple pads?
Hi. Sure can. In fact we use the pad washer while polishing and will clean the pad on every other panel or so.
Phil. If you don't have a pad washer could you use the powder just to soak the pads and clean them afterwards? Love these videos.
Hi. Oh yeah totally. Just like Nick demonstrated the n the video you can soak them in the powdered solution and hand clean them.
@@MirandaDetailing Thanks Phil. I saw the pad cleaning spray. That is how I used Snappy years ago so it would make sense this would work the same way. Keep up the great work!
Rupes Uno Advanced doesn’t come out at all no matter what pad washing solution there is. I polished red single stage and it’s totally red. It’s probably just staining, but since it was a white pad it is unrecognizable.
I get a bucket filled half full with cold water+a few drops of Dawn dish soap first then car wash hoping to neutralize it 2nd wash. Remove shoes especially if it's hot outside, stack them like flapjacks, then stomp on them like grapes. I squeeze water out by standing on them on a clean towel. It's faster to just drive over them. Good to go. 😅
I’ll definitely try that next time!🤣
@@MirandaDetailing video all the ways the idiots out here do it. 😁🚗varoom varoom I just ran over a stack. oh and old ones are good to hand out for Xmas cookies 😁
Or gift them as face exfoliators 😜
16:33 Hey guys.. Nick mentioned using the powdered pad cleaner on driveways. Mine has really been stained with soaps and cleaners over the years. How would you recommend using this product on a black sealed driveway?
Yes I wish I talked about that more.
I’ll have him comment on this and he can explain it better.
Great question. Wet the area, apply the powder to the area, scrub, and rinse well. - Nick
@@McKees37 Thanks so much!! Will be giving this a try.
Should you clean your pads after every panel? How often?
Hon great question. I don’t clean after every polishing section. More like every other. But it depends on what your doing. For AIO polishes I only use air, for heavy cutting I will use the pad washer.
I blow them out after each use, then wash them once after a panel.
well I used to dunk them in a small bucket and have them soak over night in a dilluted apc but hearing now its hurting the pads, brings me to having no reliable way again dang it ...
Hi. It’s ok…I used to do that for years. Just rinse them out well and you will be fine
I used to wash my foam pads but I stopped as they start crumbling. I just brush them and blow them with compressed air. Even washing them, the dust from certain compounds, still remain inside of them.
This is my personal experience and opinion.
Thanks for sharing.
@@MirandaDetailing You are welcome my friend.
I put my microfiber pads in the washing machine :p
I also have a very stiff brush to clean between panels/every other panel 👌
Hit the nail on the head - WAY too much splatter with fibre pads being nuts, and also your point with regards to spinning them. I find spinning wet pads destroys the inner foam structure faster.
Spraying a pad with N914 or similar for example, and then hitting it with the tornador seems to be the go.
First!!