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General => Detailing => Topic started by: herbie911 on 08 December 2009, 12:12
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Sea sponge vs microfibre sponge vs Lambswool mitt
I am currently using a lambswool mitt from Meguiar. I just can't get used to using it. Maybe I got small hands!
Bought some microfibre sponge yesterday. Just waiting for it to be delivered. Just wonder whether anyone here had tried the sponges before?
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The reason why mitts are better is because the grit gets pushed to the middle of it so you don't rub it around the car, every sponge I have seen will rub it around the paintwork and cause mini-scratches.
Not really used the microfibre sponges but I am guessing they aren't too dissimilar to normal sponges. Maybe try a different smaller wash mitt :smiley:
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Thanks for the quick reply. Just wonder why they cannot do a 'lambs wool' sponge?
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the microfibre ones might be ok but not sure how they compare to a wash mitt could be and more than likely will be worse, they will be better than a normal sponge though and if you use grit guards in the buckets it will lessen the damage that they will cause.
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I ordered those sponges yesterday. Will try it out this weekend and let everyone know!
PS. I use 3 bucket. Hopefully this will minimise damage!
One for bodywork
One for wheels
One with water only
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waxamomo stock them :wink:
http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=321&idcategory=3 (http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=321&idcategory=3)
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one bucket with a grit guard for me, lambs wool wash mitt will always win hands down. I've tried sea sponge and grout sponge and always gone back to the mitt.
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Having used a mitt for a long time I tried a natural sponge at the weekend. I was impressed with the washing and results. Still seems to be a divide between mitts and natural sponges.
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you need to WASH after snowfoam :shocked: i must be doing summat wrong :lipsrsealed:
Jetwash - snowfoam - jetwash - once round the block to dry off then into the garage to finish off the drying.
Must be the TOP JOB done by www.tonavaleting.com :cool:
all this on a car which hadnt been wax for many a year .
Still beads to the MAX and the dirt just runs off after the snowfoam :cool:
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From personal experience, snow foam can only manage to remove 50% of grit on my daily driver. Its like prewash in a washing cycle. You still need to do the main wash! :wink:
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You really do need to wash after snow foam, the snow foam is just a pre-wash aid, it get's rid of the main loose dirt so you are not dragging this across the car when you actually wash it and cause more swirl marks. I'll admit, sometimes throughout the winter if I don't have time I will just snow foam and rinse, however this just gets the main of the dirt off.
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I washed mine in the dark last night - Guy, no taking the p!55 tonight - and felt the need to snowfoam, dwell, then snowfoam again and wash at the SAME TIME! Then rinse. The car was so dirty I couldn't bring myself to put a mitt anywhere near it without a double layer of foam.
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I washed mine in the dark last night - Guy, no taking the p!55 tonight - and felt the need to snowfoam, dwell, then snowfoam again and wash at the SAME TIME! Then rinse. The car was so dirty I couldn't bring myself to put a mitt anywhere near it without a double layer of foam.
no taking the piss.. just about to do the same to mine! :laugh:
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I use the wookie mit, its soooperb. :smiley: