My shmitts are doing it again!

Brandon1

Brandon1

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I bought a new white/yellow shmitt, and a wheel shmitt about 2 months ago. I bought them for the purpose of using them on my truck. Now they have probably been used around 15-20 times. BOTH of them are starting to de-laminate from the backing. I thought this was a problem that got fixed??? It's kinda rediculous. I could be buying just some cheap-o mitt that will last as long, instead of paying almost $20 for 2 mitts.

Anyone else having this problem?
 
sorry to hear that. The three that I have useed have never separated.(2 wht/yw-1blk)
The first one had over a hundred washes on it, had some war wounds on it. Then gave it to one of my customers to have. Now on my second wht/yw shmitt, with around a hundred washes going strong. Do you put it in the water, before you stick your hand it it?
 
When the one that I'm using now had 60+ washes on it the same thing happened. The backing had a smooth band of hardened glue and the white part a little trench. I put a bead of "Gorilla" glue around the inside of the old glue band, and sit my buffer bag on it overnight. It has held like a champ for another half dozen washes so far.
 
I have a white/yellow ShMItt that I bought when they were originally released at least a year ago. It has close to 100 washes under its belt and looks and performs like new except for a couple of gashes in the face.
 
wierd.


Mine has been through hundreds of washes now and its still there. :) I usually stick my hand in it first and suck the water in.
 
Yeah, i'm sure they are :)

sparkie, i just noticed, you are from Gaffney! Me and my best friend drove from Raleigh, NC to Gaffney at 10:00pm for Krystal Burger. We got back to Raleigh at 6:00am!!! Had to wake up for class at 8:00am.
 
Shmitt is an excellent wash tool. I never had any problems with it, bo backing separating, nothing. My brother however had an issue with backing separated, well that mitt did have over 200 washes, plus he has big hands...
 
Just buy a SuperiorBilt Grout Sponge and be done with it. $2/sponge and can be picked up at your local Home Depot. I just LOVE them!
 
My first Shmitt is still working like a charm for me :) this was bought in January..
 
Brandon1 said:
Yeah, i'm sure they are :)

sparkie, i just noticed, you are from Gaffney! Me and my best friend drove from Raleigh, NC to Gaffney at 10:00pm for Krystal Burger. We got back to Raleigh at 6:00am!!! Had to wake up for class at 8:00am.
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I'm really not that far from you. Did you see the big peach water tank?
We need to hook up and go to the Duragloss factory up your way. Love to see that place...
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I too have large hands, but I find it more convient to just put my hand on the outside of the schmitt. It seems quicker too?
 
sparkie said:
I'm really not that far from you. Did you see the big peach water tank?
We need to hook up and go to the Duragloss factory up your way. Love to see that place...
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Nah, we just came in on 85 for the burgers. Also, I organize a detail meet up here in Raleigh once a year, we tried to get Duragloss to let us tour, they were really rude and basically said "hell no"
 
Brandon,
Do the new ShMiTTs in question you purchased have a soft wrist string on them? I ask because on that version we know they have the stronger adhesive, larger hand opening, and wrist string which would allow you to use the ShMiTT without even putting your hand inside. We also recommend as others have mentioned to get the ShMiTT wet with soap and water before trying to force your hand inside. The size of the opening was designed to hold onto your hand and wrist while the mitt was wet, and heavy full of soap and water but when its dry, because it is soft foam it will grab your hand on the way in and could possilby start a tear of the foam not the glue, where you put in your hand. Even so, I am sure that if you contact AG they will take care of this for you.
 
Yeah, they have the string. I do wet the mitt before using, and I dont have gorilla hands ;)

Jason took care of me. AG ROCKS!!!!!!
 
Thanks Brandon, Glad that AG took good care of you. If possible could you please send back the ones you are having trouble with for evaluation here at the factory. This will help us improve the product and identify the cause of the failures. Below is our address.

Thanks,



Aaron Krause (President & CEO)
Dedication To Detail, Inc.
777 Henderson Blvd.
Suites # 1 & 2
Folcroft, PA 19032---------------------------------------
( Phone: (610) 583-4883
2 Fax: (610) 583-4885
* Email: [email protected]
Website:www.edgepads.com

 
The Edge said:
Thanks Brandon, Glad that AG took good care of you. If possible could you please send back the ones you are having trouble with for evaluation here at the factory. This will help us improve the product and identify the cause of the failures. Below is our address.

Thanks,



Aaron Krause (President & CEO)
Dedication To Detail, Inc.
777 Henderson Blvd.
Suites # 1 & 2
Folcroft, PA 19032---------------------------------------
( Phone: (610) 583-4883
2 Fax: (610) 583-4885
* Email: [email protected]
Website:www.edgepads.com
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Aaron,

I never realized you guys were in Folcroft, Pa. I drive by it all the time. I would will have to stop in and say hi sometime :)
 
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