Zap Cloth

[Setec Astronomy]

I didn't want to threadjack another thread where Bill D and Eldorado 2K were discussing the Zap Cloth. Bill said:

The Zap cloth has got to be the most counterintuitive detailing product out there but it certainly addresses a problem. Thanks again,Eldo

I went to the website and this just seems to be a suede microfiber cloth? Am I missing something? Discuss.

 

[Bill D]

It seems to me to be a suedeish.paperish cloth. It is a unique material

 

[DanaDetailingPros]

I was curious to. I buy the Absorber in bulk since there by far the safest and easiest Chamois I've ever used. I don't use them on finished corrections and is when I use the big guns. But the chamois get tons of use.

 

[Bill D]

I disposed of my Absorbers ages ago but to each his own

 

[John U]

Zap's are stiff when new, they soften up with use!

 

[chefwong]

I was curious to. I buy the Absorber in bulk since there by far the safest and easiest Chamois I've ever used. I don't use them on finished corrections and is when I use the big guns. But the chamois get tons of use.

DDP. Please don't read this the wrong way but it's 2024......tons of products out there that trump a Chamois.....

 

[Bill D]

My trust Griot's PFM

 

[Setec Astronomy]

DDP. Please don't read this the wrong way but it's 2024......tons of products out there that trump a Chamois.....

You realize Dana is a pro detailer and he's not working on well maintained cars? That's why he doesn't care about Tornador overspray, or using a chamois.

 

[chefwong]

Don't poke the bear ----> I don't know sch1tz from a supplier level but there has to be better, equivalent price options from a wholesale, shop level on mf towels that rival a chamois.....
And re: overspray.....I'm still in the camp I prefer suck vs blow...

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I don't use a Tornador, but I can see on some of these miserable interiors that you would be wiping down the whole interior anyway, so whipping a tornado through the interior of overspray doesn't seem like a problem if you're blasting out gunky cupholders. I dunno. I don't know what to say about the chamois...maybe Dana has a ton of them from years ago. I still have new MF's from when I joined Autopia in 2004...now that I'm thinking about it somewhere I have an unopened pack of 20 of those Meguiar's edgeless towels back when they used to sell them...I wonder where those got to?

Anyway, let's get back to Zap Cloths--who else has used them?

 

[Eldorado2k]

Don't poke the bear ----> I don't know sch1tz from a supplier level but there has to be better, equivalent price options from a wholesale, shop level on mf towels that rival a chamois.....

The reason a professional detailer likes an Absorber/chamois type towel isn’t because it dries superior to a microfiber, it’s because it’s instantly reusable over and over again…

That’s not necessarily possible with the typical great microfiber drying towels because you’ll wind up with a pile of wet heavy towels and likely little space to put them.

With a “chamois” type towel you can literally dry 15 cars back to back with the same towel.

 

[Bill D]

The thought of that makes me queasy. I could never be a high volume detailer as a result

 

[Eldorado2k]

Has anyone ever used Zap Cloth with glass cleaner or rinseless wash?

I’ve always wondered how it would do with something besides plain water but I don’t want to ruin it even though it probably wouldn’t since you can simply wash it.

 

[Eldorado2k]

The thought of that makes me queasy. I could never be a high volume detailer as a result

15 cars back to back would take place in an office building parking lot. Maintenance washes on swirled up vehicles. No harm no foul. Soccer moms and average Joes who simply want their daily drivers washed real quick.

 

[Bill D]

Next time I use it I'll try using the zap cloth and cleaner

 

[Eldorado2k]

Next time I use it I'll try using the zap cloth and cleaner

How do you like it using it as directed? Do you use it much?

 

[Bill D]

I need to use it again,especially on my dad's car. It works well, better than the average MF

 

[Eldorado2k]

I need to use it again,especially on my dad's car. It works well, better than the average MF

I don’t use them nearly as much as I should. Stubborn mentality in me.

 

[Bill D]

So far this year with detailing,I've been not so much stubborn as I have been lazy. I have some tasks I have to do especially concerning the Caddy.

 

[PA DETAILER]

Been using one for years. The only thing I have found to get spotless glass without the use of glass cleaners. Just dampen with warm water and you are good to go.