Can you wash pads

Answer 1

no you cant. well i guess you could try, but cant you just get a new one?

Before the advent of modern day sanitary protection it was perfectly normal to wash 'pads'. These were often pieces of rag, hence one of the somewhat vulgar terms for menstruation.
It is unfortunate that westernised youngsters only comments are 'yuk' or 'eeewwww',
the practice of washing 'pads' is still in use in many parts of the world and will continue for many years to come.