Long Handle Brush or Wash Mitt?

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I am new here so be nice now.. hehe..

I am using a wash mitt now but a brush seems like it would be easier... but I am afraid it would scratch paint.. which do you guys recommend or use?

Thanks!
 
If you get a brush I would get a boar's hair brush, but they are expensive. I like the sheepskin wash pads :)
 
I would stay away from using a brush on the paint. I wouldn't risk my paint! lol. I will sometimes use one on my tonneau cover but that's all.
 
Ok.. what mitt do you guys recommend? I am just using what my local autozone had.. meh.
 
I use a microfiber wash mit. Does a good job and holds lots of water. Heard good things about the CarPro Wool Wash mit though!
 
I use a MF mitt as well and a ladder for the hard to reach areas...I wish I could afford a "boar's hair" brush :D
 
I use Eurow wash mitts more than any other. They aren't too expensive and they hold up well. I several brands like Dodo, CarPro, GTechniq and all are great but expensive
 
If i am working on bigger suvs and truck that i will be corectin, i use a brush. every thing else when i do not use a waterless wash i use a sheepskin mitt.
 
I think it would be better to know what you are washing...is it a car, truck, boat...

If its for an automobile, I wouldn't recommend using a brush at all. Cee Dog did an awesome review on the Carpro Wash Mitt. I was going to get it but the trade off with the Dodo Juice Wookies Mitt is that I can use both sides. I think I will eventually pick up the Carpro Mitt though. Here is Corey's review:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/38573-review-carpro-wool-wash-mitt.html
 
The big advantage of boars hair brushes is that they release dirt into the rinse bucket better than anything else and that is a major factor in avoiding scratching. Microfiber is the opposite. I'm not happy with the mf mitts I'm using and I want to get one of the Carpro merino mitts asap. I also want to get some of the grout sponges that people have got from Lowes - but I need to arrange some way of shipping them overseas that doesn't cost $150.

Someone once mentioned that it was important to use the brush vertically so that the fluffy tips of the hairs are drawn across the paint, not the sides of the hairs.

The softness of split-end boars hair varies. I suppose that the Montana ones that autogeek sells are better than anything else. I tried a roof paint boars hair brush and it seemed ok to me. Certainly, it was easier to use than anything else and there was no doubt about the rinsing. Some time later, I tried to see if there was any fine scratching on my light silver car, with halogen work lights and my reading glasses. I couldn't make up my mind about it, I wasn't sure what I was seeing. What I thought might be microfine scratches...it was only possible to see them by turning my head to different angles. I didn't go as far as using a magnifying glass. That was a smaller brush that I already had (unused). The big one I'd bought for the car washing, I'd covered the metal part with rubber and the adhesive wasn't ready when I wanted it. When I looked at it later, It seemed that the hairs were not as soft was the other one, so I didn't use it.
 
one of our home depots was selling lambs wool wash mits in their paint dept for $3.95. i bought 5.

budinsc
 
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