Carpro wool washmit problem!!

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Hey guys, i used my NEW carpro wool washmit for the first time with CG Glossworkz shampoo, washed it by hand with DP MF concentrate and air dry it....

Now my Carpro wash mit is all stuck together like crumbs.... Pretty much not soft and the way it used to be.... and i have no idea what i did wrong... unless im not suppose to use the MF concentrate to wash it....?
 
Go out and get you a metal pet hair brush and use a hair dryer.
 
is it stiff and hard after drying it or? is the hair just matted? if its hard and stiff its due to the oils inside the lambskin being leeched out so it hardens up, if its hairs matted just use a nice pet hair brush. to dry a wool mit i have a small dayton blower fan i put the cuff over and the air inflates it and drys it pretty fast, or a boot dryer might work for them....my guess is the microfiber wash removed all the oils from it. me with a wool mit(when i had one before it disenegrated) i just washed in same dilution of car wash soap and rinse it clean, i machine washed it once and was stiff ever since and my towels had a ton of wool hair on them. then again it was an advance auto wool mit, wasted 13$ on that mit lasted 2 times before it got a hole in it and fibers peeled off...id rather use turtle wax super hard shell wax before i use one of those wool mits again.
 
Is just all matted together....
So i have to brush this thing everytime i use it!?!?!?
Man another 20$ in the drain....
 
But i saw this thread where a AG Rep came in and said this is the best wash mit money can buy and what not... that's why i bought it and now is all messed up AFTER 1 USE!?!?!?
 
My skeep skin wash pad was soft when I first bought it. After the first wash, when it dries, it is very stiff.

No worries though, I let it pre-soak in the wash bucket for a few minutes before use. It softens up real nice and becomes just as easy to work with as the first use.
 
but mine is soft still but is all stuck together.... which cancel the purpose of having it...
Because when i first got it, the wool is long and now is all stuck together!!
 
Oh. So your saying its the hair thats stuck together? I thought you were referring to the sheep skin material itself.

I guess I am not quite familiar with that mit. Sorry.
 
Hopefully a AG rep will chime in tomorrow... because im upset about how i spent 20$ on a mit for just one use.....
 
once you brush it out its good as new...i love carpro mitt
 
I left the Mit inside a small bucket w/ 1oz of the MF concentrate for about a day, i left it in my bathroom until the next day when i take a shower, i cleaned out the bucket and wash the mit and found it all stuck together.

But let me take a quick look at that thread
 
Ivan...the high end wool wash mitts require a bit of maintenance. This is what I do to maintain my Dodo Juice Wookies Fist...

After I wash my car, I will rinse out the wash mitt really good. I will then hold the end of the was mitt and swing the wish mitt and let gravity pull the water out of the mitt. I will then let it dry out some on laying on a grit guard. I cut a large water bottle alittle past the neck and then insert it in the opening for my hand to allow for some air circulation. Later that evening I will take a hair dryer and dry the mitt and while doing so, take a metal pat hair brush and brush out the mitt.

If you're not happy with the mitt, you can send it to me...I'll be more than happy to take it off your hands.
 
I will put the mit in a bucket of hot water and get a brush to see if that fixes it.

Thank you for everyones input, especially alex and corey =]
 
alko said:
Ivan...the high end wool wash mitts require a bit of maintenance. This is what I do to maintain my Dodo Juice Wookies Fist...

After I wash my car, I will rinse out the wash mitt really good. I will then hold the end of the was mitt and swing the wish mitt and let gravity pull the water out of the mitt. I will then let it dry out some on laying on a grit guard. I cut a large water bottle alittle past the neck and then insert it in the opening for my hand to allow for some air circulation. Later that evening I will take a hair dryer and dry the mitt and while doing so, take a metal pat hair brush and brush out the mitt.

If you're not happy with the mitt, you can send it to me...I'll be more than happy to take it off your hands.
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Wow! That's alot of work.

With my sheep skin wash pad, I rub it against my grit guard before taking it out of the water. Rinse it in the sink and squeeze out as much water as I can, I then hang dry it. The fibers are strange as they fluff up themselves. Even if I press them flat, they will be fluffed by the time they dry.
 
follow corey's advice, i wish i would have even though the advance auto mits have bad reviews, but yes they need to be brushed out, its like a human with really curly hair if its not brushed it will get matted. and you need to brush it while dry, dry the fibers are less likely to pull out i do believe.
 
The best wash media I've ever owned is the $10 Adams pro synthetic wool wash pad. It's honestly an amazing thing. You literally only need to shake it about 10 times after you have thoroughly rinsed it out...and it's dry to the touch. Holds tons of soap and because its a pad you can easily flip it over and get twice the wash surface. There are two sizes. Second best ive used is the CG yellow synthetic wool pad. Very similar to Adams.

I've thrown out every sheepskin wool mitt I've ever owned. Rediculous maintenance routine. Simply rediculous and probably the most over hyped and over rated product on the market in my opinion. Save the sheep and a hell of a lot of time and headaches. Real wool is not safer. That's a myth.
 
Have you used the Carpro mitt? Try it... Not difficult to care for like the rest of them. It doesn't get crappy on the inside because the inside is open net backing so it dries without those issues. Just shake out the fur and let it dry. Brush it after it's dry....
 
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