6 Methods For CLEANING Wool Buffing Pads!

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Wool pads are round buffing pads made from long fibers (typically lambswool) designed to remove deep scratches, heavy oxidation, severe water spots and sanding marks on automotive paints like single stage paints, basecoat/clearcoat paints and marine boat gelcoats.
While they’re great for quickly removing heavy paint defects, their long fibers easily trap spent product and removed paint material within the pad. All of that grime building up on the pad scours the paint as you compound, scratching the paint and forcing you to spend more time refining the finish during the polishing step.
That’s why it’s so essential to keep wool buffing pads clean. Watch my video and take an in-depth look at how wool buffing pads get dirty and the best practices for cleaning and maintaining your tools of the trade!
- Mike Phillips
Chief Education Officer, Dr. Beasley's
(760) 515-0444 | mike@drbeasleys.com
Written and Hosted by Mike Phillips
Shot by Yancy Martinez
Edited and Produced by Victor Espeland
00:00 Intro
00:22 Why You Need to Clean Wool Pads
01:39 Method #1: Metal Spur
03:42 Method #2: Compressed Air
04:09 Method #3: Utility Sink
06:11 Method #4: Grit Guard Pad Washer
09:14 Method #5: Lake Country System 4000 Pad Washer
11:35 Method #6: Pressure Washer
12:45 Single Stage vs. Clear Coat
13:30 Drying and Storage
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Комментарии : 28

@Imnottheone79 3 месяца назад

"... don't follow me for safety advice." 😅 Thank you for this video. It's great.

@DrBeasleys 2 месяца назад

LOL Thanks for watching. -Mike Phillips

@J1Z06 Месяц назад

I’m not a rotary user, but learning is learning. I agree, using a screwdriver is definitely not a good idea. A guy I used to work with used that method. Great video, Mike. Be well.

@dwaynecunningham3616 28 дней назад

Love this. Thank you

@rhsab1 4 месяца назад

All good points Mike! Glad to see you with DR B, best wishes.

@DrBeasleys 4 месяца назад

Thank you for watching! -Mike

@neilwalker5041 4 месяца назад

Another excellent video from Mike Phillips. At the end of the day it is easy to not clean the pads but it is a very important part of the process. Thank you for the video.

@DrBeasleys 4 месяца назад

Thanks for commenting Neil and I agree. At the end of the day, after you've been working all day on someone's car, you're tired and ready to call it a day. But the best time to clean any type of pad is when whatever the product you've been using is still in a wet form. It's always worth the time to do it right the first time, (clean pads while they are still wet with product), versus let it go. -Mike

@granthawtree4669 4 месяца назад

Thank you Mike

@1stfrompuertorico568 4 месяца назад

New into Detailing forget that the pads get gunked up because they can't see the pads have clear coat because it is clear, but it is there and with the air or spur they will see all coming off becauseof the mix of compound.

@DrBeasleys 4 месяца назад

Exactly my friend. This is why I used the red single stage paint on the wool pad to make the analogy that you have the same volume of paint building up on wool pads when buffing on clearcoat paints, you just don't see it. -Mike

@amounifnd 4 месяца назад

Great vid :) Handy to put the wool pad in a bucket with grit guard when pressure washing it.

@nathancurling8407 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video mike!

@DrBeasleys 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! -Mike

@roberthurtado7255 4 месяца назад

How often should you be wet washing the pad? At the end of the day or everyother?. Can you go over 2 different colors of gel coat with the same pad? Great video thanks for all the help.

@BurnyFehr 2 месяца назад

What size backing plate and wool pad are you using for the flex rotary?

@curtisholick3135 4 месяца назад

Great video mike. What’s your expected life of A wool pad? For gel coat I find about 2 whole boats in the 20 to 25ft length is about it. Then the cut is diminished, I am working harder, and leaving swirls. At $15 +/- a pad or $4 per side of a boat seems palatable.

@mathieuguill4945 4 месяца назад

Where to buy good double sided whoolpad in canada,québec?

@frankmarek9921 Месяц назад

Mike hot water and washing machine,tide

@frankmarek9921 Месяц назад

Frank in Oswego,ill

@frankmarek9921 Месяц назад

Put them in the dryer med or high

@mikephillipsrealworlddetailing Месяц назад

Yes, this is how I've always washed my pads. In FACT, in my classes I share that in every town, there's a business called, *A-Z Appliance Repair* Call these people and tell they you want to buy an old-school TOP LOADING washing machine with an AGITATOR that goes NUTS! This type of washing machine will get pads clean. All modern washing machines are worthless. But just to note Frank, while I wash and dry my wool and foam pads in a conventional washer and dryer - THIS VIDEO is for all the people that can't or won't use a traditional washer and dry. Thanks for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips

@Mopar6.2 4 месяца назад

Just worried about the pressure washing method. Small rocks and sand might get into the pad from the ground surface !!!

@1stfrompuertorico568 4 месяца назад

First!!!!

@bloodbushcraft2467 2 месяца назад

Golly, he forgot the warning about using your knee to hold your buffer. If your slip it'll take your leg off lol

@MikePhillips-Dr.Beasleys Месяц назад

You funny. But thanks for watching and commenting. -Mike Phillips

@daviddickinson6346 3 месяца назад

That last method is not a good idea at all. So now you have grit and dirt in your pad from the driveway and the wool pad is damaged. Great

@DrBeasleys 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching. I agree and personally, I never wash pads with a pressure washer. I included this technique because some people do use it and others will use it once they watch this video. To each their own. Me? I purposefully purchased and OLD SCHOOL top loading washing machine with an agitator that goes NUTS and I use this to wash all our foam and wool pads. They come out GREAT. And keep in mind, because I'm teaching classes - I have LOTS of pads to wash, so using a dedicated pad washer is a better option if you want to be as safe as possible with your pads - but the scale or volume of pads I have to wash - the old school washing machine is more practical. -Mike Phillips