LOL, JP I was thinking the same thing! LOL. Ive been washing my pads with dawn dish soap and a hose that comes off a Y to my washing machines hot water line. Been doing it this way for over a decade, and my pads look brand new NEARLY every time. The only time they dont look brand new is what I have been working on single stage. Heres my method: Put a Y on your hot water line and get a 4 foot hose from any hardware store. Make sure after you hook up the Y you reconnect the hot water for your washing machine. LOL The Y I use is the type that you can shut off and turn on to control the water. On the other end of the hose I have a multi option garden sprayer. The kind that you can switch to SHOWER, FLAT, STREAM. FULL, etc. I set it to flat If you have a laundry sink GREAT. Put a 5 gallon bucket in it to catch the water when cleaneing. If you dont have a laundry sink, thats fine. Get a 5 gallon bucket and clean your pads right in that. If not, use a 5 gallon bucket. Wet you pad down and squeeze a good amount of Dawn on the pad. I do one circle on the outside of the pad, and another on the inside. Using your hand you spread the soap around as much as possible, even spraying the pad with a QUICK spray of water just to get bubbles to spread. Work the soap into the pad with your thumbs for at least a minute. I even use my fingernails to scratch at microfiber pads and agitate the soap in more. Then take the hose with the adjustment on FLAT, and spray full strength into the center of the pad, slowly working your way to the outside, keeping the nozzle about 2 inches from the pad. You want it nice and close to that it works like a pressure washer. Then continue around the entire pad. I then dunk the pad in the bucket and squeeze the pad to get the hot water going in and out of the pad. Then dump the dirty water and continue the process until the pad is clean and all soap is OUT. Pay close attention to the very edges of the pads. Since you are spraying towards the edge, and ultimately OFF the pad, residue does tend to collect right on the edge. Just spray that edges the same exact way and its gone. Once you are dunking your CLEAN pad into CLEAN water and squeezing it with any soap coming out, your pad is done and looking fresh. Once you have set up your area, and leave it set up permanently, you will probably spend 3 minutes cleaning your average foam pad. Then squeeze all the water out, put the pad SECURELY on my buffer, and spin it at full speed while holing it over the top of a 5 gallon bucket. (Obviously the pad has to be somewhat IN the bucket in order for the bucket to catch all the water flying off. I have pieces of velcro stuck on the inside of my towel cabinet door. I simply stick my DAMP pads to the velcro and by morning they are completely dry. 5 gallon bucket was about $5 The Y i use is about $7 Dawn dish soap is anywhere from $3-$7 depending on the size. Velcro is MAYBE $4 So for around $20 you can have your pads FAR CLEANER, MUCH FASTER, and with WAY LESS water flying all over you. Or you could spend $200 on a 5 gallon bucket with and upside down fruitbowl in the middle, and wonder why you're soaked, and your pads are still filthy. LOL
Man, 200 bucks for a pad washer, 25 bucks for a jar of pad rejuvenator. Might be a good combo for a pro that will get a return on the investment but the pricing kinda screws the driveway warrior.
For the driveway warrior, just stick to soaking your pad in bucket of all purpose cleaner and water. When you are ready throw pads in washer and then air dry. I use micro restore as my laundry detergent ...
@@HawkProDetailing thankfully, after watching this video, I found DP Detailing Products pad rejuvenator for $18 and a 20% coupon code. I figured for $14.40 it was worth a try. I'll have a small dedicated bucket with this solution to soak them in until I can wash them.
McKee's products are on the expensive side, but their Rejuvenator line is no joke. Both the Floor Mat and the Rubber Rejuvenator are absolutely incredible one of a kind products. Use them almost daily. Personally, I tried it but pad washers and water flooding just wasn't for me.. I clean my pads after every pass with a designated cleaner and brush and blow them out with compressed air and that's as wet as they get. I find I get the longest life and consistent performance sticking with that method, but to each their own, use what works for you. But I also dont use a lot of foam, I stick mostly with wool, urofiber, etc. and usually only use foam for finishing soft paint. Thanks for the video! 👍👌✌
I hear ya! Their rejuvenator for rubber floor mats is revolutionary in the industry. I personally like the pad washer...but find compressed air does the job really well in the trenches
I use a version of Snappy Clean. Small bucket of water with it, stick my pads in there for about 15 minutes. Agitate them as I'm pulling them out. Then off to the washer. Seems okay so far. Only done that like 3 times
@@HawkProDetailing The old reliable: washing in sink. - I did try once: a grit guard in a bucket, with a big hole cut at the bottom. lay the pads flat, high pressure water after spraying them with some cleaner Didn't care for this method. Not effective as sink washing, plus tons more water wasted
Wow, what a great way of cleaning pads. I wish the pad washer was cheaper because it is really effective with the McKeys powder to wash them. I have used the method most do on washing with APC and liquid soap thoroughly, then air dry and check if it really got cleaned, else repeat the process. Lots of respect to Mr. Yvan Lacroix who has a vast knowledge on organization use of machines and how he educates so easily, and you for your insightful knowledge on carpet cleaning. Love when detailers share knowledge since not a single person has all the answers because there are different approches to solve problems. Just detailing for 6 years and every time learning something new. Eager to learn everyday. Xoxo from Puerto Rico 👍🖖🇵🇷
What about for me, just a driveway one car detailer, I only have 6 pads to clean, can those cleaning brushes with a small bit of detailer misted on it and spun on the polisher still an effective way to go? Thx
The only reason I might shy away from detail spray is that it has polymers/chemicals that will likely stay in your pad and change how the compound or polish is supposed to work. I would just soak them in a bucket of water and some all purpose cleaner if you have some, then when you are ready you can throw pads in the washer on low heat and air dry. Budget option that will work...
I detail and paint correct Porsche’s at my Porsche dealership. When I am done for the day I usually just use dawn dish soap to clean the microfiber and foam pads. I need something a little stronger
The PH of Snappy Clean shows as 11.9. Isn't this just a powdered version of an APC? McKee's seems like the complete opposite of Optimum in that they have a million different specialist products. I don't have access to them in Australia so my opinion doesn't really matter, but it's a complete turn around for Yvan in terms of being efficient it seems.
Dang I didn't realize it was so high. Well optimum has been going through a lot of changes lately...I find that I especially love the pad washer on mobile jobs when compressed air isnt an option. I am curious to see how this works because with ONR/power clean/pad washer the pad would eventually "gunk up"
@@HawkProDetailing oh I have no doubt it works and is great, but is it needed? I do love your videos and respect Yvan a lot, but I'm not sure about some of the recent McKee's stuff. As for optimum - don't their products still work? Why does it matter if people leave?
Nicholas Blanch when using Optimum No Rinse(ONR) in the pad washer, you need to occasionally add an APC to the pad to break down the Clear Coat residue. Using this saves time.
Lake County has a new pad washer the lake country 3000 I believe? But it's been so popular it sold out and covid supply chain issues have apparently made it hard to keep up. I use that one now
Protip: Use lemon juice reduced 25 to one, spray liberally onto ANY pad, spin (in a 5 gallon bucked do i spin) whilst agitating w a nylon or boars har brush...repeat until clean...save money.
bad washer not safety for you and for your electric polisher a lot of water will go inside the machine as we see in this video for me this is not the safety way there is a lot of another easy and fast ways else thanks for sharing
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"Things evolve and you have a better system" just simply means Yvan is now taking money from Mckee and not Optimum.
My "pad washer" is the same one Rupes uses: the common washing machine and tumble dryer.
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Lol my man🤙
Thank you
I like that you asked questions about alternative methods with the product or others at the end and he answered them honestly.
I put pads straight into washer along with my detail rags. Works perfect everytime
Pad cleaning is a lot of work for sure...if that works for you that's amazing. We do it sometimes
I bought this stuff awhile ago but I haven't used it yet. Looks like it works amazingly well.
Let me know what you think...did you buy the snappy or the mckees?
@@HawkProDetailing the Mckees. I got it on sale and figured I'd give it a shot
Yvan’s face at 3:40 🤣🤣🤣 “wtf did this shit even work” lmfao
LOL, JP I was thinking the same thing! LOL. Ive been washing my pads with dawn dish soap and a hose that comes off a Y to my washing machines hot water line. Been doing it this way for over a decade, and my pads look brand new NEARLY every time. The only time they dont look brand new is what I have been working on single stage. Heres my method:
Put a Y on your hot water line and get a 4 foot hose from any hardware store.
Make sure after you hook up the Y you reconnect the hot water for your washing machine. LOL
The Y I use is the type that you can shut off and turn on to control the water.
On the other end of the hose I have a multi option garden sprayer. The kind that you can switch to SHOWER, FLAT, STREAM. FULL, etc.
I set it to flat
If you have a laundry sink GREAT. Put a 5 gallon bucket in it to catch the water when cleaneing. If you dont have a laundry sink, thats fine. Get a 5 gallon bucket and clean your pads right in that. If not, use a 5 gallon bucket.
Wet you pad down and squeeze a good amount of Dawn on the pad. I do one circle on the outside of the pad, and another on the inside.
Using your hand you spread the soap around as much as possible, even spraying the pad with a QUICK spray of water just to get bubbles to spread.
Work the soap into the pad with your thumbs for at least a minute. I even use my fingernails to scratch at microfiber pads and agitate the soap in more.
Then take the hose with the adjustment on FLAT, and spray full strength into the center of the pad, slowly working your way to the outside, keeping the nozzle about 2 inches from the pad. You want it nice and close to that it works like a pressure washer. Then continue around the entire pad. I then dunk the pad in the bucket and squeeze the pad to get the hot water going in and out of the pad.
Then dump the dirty water and continue the process until the pad is clean and all soap is OUT. Pay close attention to the very edges of the pads. Since you are spraying towards the edge, and ultimately OFF the pad, residue does tend to collect right on the edge. Just spray that edges the same exact way and its gone.
Once you are dunking your CLEAN pad into CLEAN water and squeezing it with any soap coming out, your pad is done and looking fresh. Once you have set up your area, and leave it set up permanently, you will probably spend 3 minutes cleaning your average foam pad.
Then squeeze all the water out, put the pad SECURELY on my buffer, and spin it at full speed while holing it over the top of a 5 gallon bucket. (Obviously the pad has to be somewhat IN the bucket in order for the bucket to catch all the water flying off.
I have pieces of velcro stuck on the inside of my towel cabinet door. I simply stick my DAMP pads to the velcro and by morning they are completely dry.
5 gallon bucket was about $5
The Y i use is about $7
Dawn dish soap is anywhere from $3-$7 depending on the size.
Velcro is MAYBE $4
So for around $20 you can have your pads FAR CLEANER, MUCH FASTER, and with WAY LESS water flying all over you. Or you could spend $200 on a 5 gallon bucket with and upside down fruitbowl in the middle, and wonder why you're soaked, and your pads are still filthy. LOL
Man, 200 bucks for a pad washer, 25 bucks for a jar of pad rejuvenator. Might be a good combo for a pro that will get a return on the investment but the pricing kinda screws the driveway warrior.
For the driveway warrior, just stick to soaking your pad in bucket of all purpose cleaner and water. When you are ready throw pads in washer and then air dry. I use micro restore as my laundry detergent ...
@@HawkProDetailing thankfully, after watching this video, I found DP Detailing Products pad rejuvenator for $18 and a 20% coupon code. I figured for $14.40 it was worth a try. I'll have a small dedicated bucket with this solution to soak them in until I can wash them.
Take a bucket, drill some holes to the bottomm, place grit guard, soak pad with your favorite cleaner and place it on bucket then hose down
McKee's products are on the expensive side, but their Rejuvenator line is no joke. Both the Floor Mat and the Rubber Rejuvenator are absolutely incredible one of a kind products. Use them almost daily.
Personally, I tried it but pad washers and water flooding just wasn't for me.. I clean my pads after every pass with a designated cleaner and brush and blow them out with compressed air and that's as wet as they get. I find I get the longest life and consistent performance sticking with that method, but to each their own, use what works for you. But I also dont use a lot of foam, I stick mostly with wool, urofiber, etc. and usually only use foam for finishing soft paint.
Thanks for the video! 👍👌✌
I hear ya! Their rejuvenator for rubber floor mats is revolutionary in the industry. I personally like the pad washer...but find compressed air does the job really well in the trenches
I use a version of Snappy Clean. Small bucket of water with it, stick my pads in there for about 15 minutes. Agitate them as I'm pulling them out. Then off to the washer. Seems okay so far. Only done that like 3 times
Cool man. What methods have you used other than that?
@@HawkProDetailing The old reliable: washing in sink. - I did try once: a grit guard in a bucket, with a big hole cut at the bottom. lay the pads flat, high pressure water after spraying them with some cleaner Didn't care for this method. Not effective as sink washing, plus tons more water wasted
Cool man. What methods have you used other than that?
Real world life detailer...Sometimes theres not enought time to prepare,clean e etc for shooting the vídeos...Thks for the info.Reguards from portugal
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You should get a DNA test from Jerry Seinfeld. You might have some dough coming your way. Lol
Wow, what a great way of cleaning pads. I wish the pad washer was cheaper because it is really effective with the McKeys powder to wash them. I have used the method most do on washing with APC and liquid soap thoroughly, then air dry and check if it really got cleaned, else repeat the process.
Lots of respect to Mr. Yvan Lacroix who has a vast knowledge on organization use of machines and how he educates so easily, and you for your insightful knowledge on carpet cleaning. Love when detailers share knowledge since not a single person has all the answers because there are different approches to solve problems.
Just detailing for 6 years and every time learning something new. Eager to learn everyday.
Xoxo from Puerto Rico 👍🖖🇵🇷
Where do I find that pad washer?
Does it just clean the face or does it give it a deep clean. Would hate for the pad to release a ton of dust once it dries.
It does a good job..pad cleaning is the worst haha I'm thinking about buying the new lake country washer
Snappy clean packets are not convenient, glad to know of this option.
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Thanks!!
What about for me, just a driveway one car detailer, I only have 6 pads to clean, can those cleaning brushes with a small bit of detailer misted on it and spun on the polisher still an effective way to go? Thx
The only reason I might shy away from detail spray is that it has polymers/chemicals that will likely stay in your pad and change how the compound or polish is supposed to work. I would just soak them in a bucket of water and some all purpose cleaner if you have some, then when you are ready you can throw pads in the washer on low heat and air dry. Budget option that will work...
I detail and paint correct Porsche’s at my Porsche dealership. When I am done for the day I usually just use dawn dish soap to clean the microfiber and foam pads. I need something a little stronger
Worth a try!
Any citrus product will work and spin dry with the rotary !! Doing it for years before any of these gimmicks were on the market .
The PH of Snappy Clean shows as 11.9.
Isn't this just a powdered version of an APC? McKee's seems like the complete opposite of Optimum in that they have a million different specialist products. I don't have access to them in Australia so my opinion doesn't really matter, but it's a complete turn around for Yvan in terms of being efficient it seems.
Dang I didn't realize it was so high. Well optimum has been going through a lot of changes lately...I find that I especially love the pad washer on mobile jobs when compressed air isnt an option. I am curious to see how this works because with ONR/power clean/pad washer the pad would eventually "gunk up"
@@HawkProDetailing oh I have no doubt it works and is great, but is it needed? I do love your videos and respect Yvan a lot, but I'm not sure about some of the recent McKee's stuff.
As for optimum - don't their products still work? Why does it matter if people leave?
Nicholas Blanch when using Optimum No Rinse(ONR) in the pad washer, you need to occasionally add an APC to the pad to break down the Clear Coat residue. Using this saves time.
Do you still put onr? Or just water and the powder?
Thanks for this video...
Thank YOU for coming out and all your help:)
Great great video thank you both
Thanks for watching it👊
Profound.
Do you have a link to get that bucket set up? SUBSCRIBED
Lake County has a new pad washer the lake country 3000 I believe? But it's been so popular it sold out and covid supply chain issues have apparently made it hard to keep up. I use that one now
Respect
Can you mix this and then put into a spray bottle so we can spray and use a brush??
I image so. Try it:)
About how many gallons of water are mixed with the pad rejuvenator?
Put about a gallon in there. Any more and the pad washer won't fit. I tried 2 gallons and it was too much
My “clean” solution always gets a bit dirty, is that normal? I have the catch basin in with the screws and washers
Not sure...Yvan would know:)
Cleaning the pads and soaking your polisher. You better have a nice polisher for it to go through this water soak repeatedly.
What pad is that wool pad that was cleaned on the rotary polisher??
Low lint lambswool pad from Lake Country
@@HawkProDetailing HI. HOW LONG DO THESE LOW LINT PADS LAST? LIKE BIG WOOL PADS OR LESS?
Protip: Use lemon juice reduced 25 to one, spray liberally onto ANY pad, spin (in a 5 gallon bucked do i spin) whilst agitating w a nylon or boars har brush...repeat until clean...save money.
Say whaa never heard that tip before
I noticed that his shirt got wet, and that is why the host went away before the process started.
I’ll have to watch this again…the video was from a while ago!!
pads are less than 1 dollar each, why clean them?
bad washer not safety for you and for your electric polisher a lot of water will go inside the machine as we see in this video for me this is not the safety way there is a lot of another easy and fast ways else thanks for sharing
master Roshi has toes for fingers >O
Anything you can use that isn't a plug for sales
Compressed air is my go to, Yvan loves the pad washer
1000s of detailers use air and nothing’s happed to their pads
Unbelievable
How so
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