Washing a wool polishing pad

[Rusty Heap]

standard 10" sheepskin style orbital buffing pad.


its getting loaded with burnished wax build up.


how to strip out all the old wax/polishing agents.?


Simple Green in a Sink?

Run it through the dishwasher? don't tell the wife, it works.

Laundry machine with some Denim Jeans?



or?

[speeder]

First, you should not let it get to the stage of loaded w burnt wax, (what are you using it for)?

They are for cutting only and the proper way to maintain one is to spin it slowly while putting the dull end of a tool up and down the pad, (think record player), and wash w water and mild soap when needed. I use an outdoor hose and some car wash soap, work it in w fingers and rinse completely. Then let it air dry, either outside if you’re in the warm SW or inside in a heated room if you’re in the miserable part of the country.

I assume that you’re joking about the DW or washing machine. No one is that dumb, right?

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by speeder

I assume that you’re joking about the DW or washing machine. No one is that dumb, right?

Guys put their AC evaporators in their dishwashers. Just sayin'

TSP solution maybe in a five gallon bucket like the product below? Never have done that though. Never had to. The record player cleaning trick and just water.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Guys put their AC evaporators in their dishwashers. Just sayin'

People do all kinds of things that you never would have known about before the internet.

[Eric Coffey]

Once clean, you can blow them out with compressed air periodically when using to keep them from loading up, and after use to clean/dry (same "record player" method). Of course, that requires an air compressor.

[slodave]

80 or 100 or 120 grit sand paper while it’s spinning. That’s how I clean my buffing wheels (cotton) that I use on the lathe.

[Geoz1]

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