Contaminated dic/pads

Hi All...
Just wondering if my pads firstly are ruined.
I cleaned my bike the other day and I think I had some spray go on my disc(household cleaner pledge)
so I rode yesterday and my both brakes howled all day and to make matters worse they hardly had any stopping power.
I tried running them "on" on a few of the downhill road section to try wear it off but it didn't work.
so now I'm wondering if a disc clean or both a disc clean and a pad replacement is needed.
Just wondering if my pads firstly are ruined.
I cleaned my bike the other day and I think I had some spray go on my disc(household cleaner pledge)
so I rode yesterday and my both brakes howled all day and to make matters worse they hardly had any stopping power.
I tried running them "on" on a few of the downhill road section to try wear it off but it didn't work.
so now I'm wondering if a disc clean or both a disc clean and a pad replacement is needed.
Regards Bazza
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I usually clean the disks and replace the pads, I have some success cleaning pads too but if they are used then I replace them. And the easiest method I have tried to clean the disks is the dish washer, tried manually cleaning and it took a lot of effort, I got the same result from the dish washer, just put them in by themselves though, but not I dont use salt or rinse aid, not sure if that stuff will cause a problem.
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also, Stop using sprays on bikes!!! showed a lad at the lbs who was on work experience how far spray travels by sprayign a tiny amount up in view of a window and watching itfloat across the room!! bl##dt stuff gets everywere!!
After all, I am Cornish!
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-Remove pads and leave them to soak them in disc brake cleaner/IPA.
-Spray a decent amount of the same stuff on your discs and wipe them clean.
-Then use a fine wet and dry paper and sand both your discs in the forward direction.
-Then clean them again with cleaner.
-After that take the pads out of the cleaner and wipe them down.
-Then use some more coarse paper on the pads until the become shiny.
-Finally clean the calipers and install pads
If the noise is still happening and it's not due to wet weather, then you will need some new pads. Oh yea and never ever ever use pledge on your bike again...
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