Nanoskin sponge

SKorch630 said:
I had a vehicle the other day that had so much road tar on it that it cost me an hour and a half just removing that. I'd like to find a faster way to decon all of that crap. Maybe this will help!
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Stoners Tarminator makes quick work of tar (or CarPro Tar-X).
 
bry28956 said:
Looking at getting the nano skins clay sponge and some Optimum Rinseless to use as lube. Should I get the fine grade or medium grade sponge?
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I personally prefer the Fine grade in the form of a wash mitt for my baby. When doing corrections on other's cars I use medium grade wash mitt.

I use UWW+ as my clay lube for my personal car and when doing corrections on others cars I use the leftover soapy water (Meg's hyper wash at 1oz:2gal of water) as my clay lube.

I also have the clay towel that has a larger surface area, but I didn't like the edges of the towel so I rarely use this one. My friend has the sponge and swears by it but I find the surface area to be too small (better suited for wheels and exhaust IMHO).
 
I just used the fine grade sponge today with leftover car wash soap and am very happy. I did drop it a few times but just needed to hose it off and it's clean. If it was a little bigger it would've been easier to hold. I like how there is a straight edge I can use that to decontaminate very close to the edge of the door side skirts. I did notice that moving in same direction as the pattern had more friction but I didn't notice if that removed any easier than going the other direction.

My nanoskin mitt leaves black marks on raised edges. Is it time to be replaced? It's also a bit sticky. I do prefer the sponge over the mitt.
 
I prefer the Nanoskin Mitt in fine grade. One can cover more surface area in less time vs. sponge.
 
I have a fine grade sponge coming in this week. Plan to do the wife's car this weekend. Will report back with my impressions.
 
I just got my 3rd fine grade sponge. and the newest one I recieved is very flat and has no ridges on the rubber side. Have they changed anything?
 
BUMP on this semi old thread....I'm really wanting to try this to cut A LOT of time off my wash and wax jobs, which is the majority of jobs I get, but I don't want to be marring anyone's paint.

Everyone's car that I've worked on thus far, has never been clayed before coming to me....granted they haven't been in too bad shape, I don't know if a medium sponge would be quite necessary
 
I use the NanoSkin AutoScrub Fine Wash Mitt with NanoSkin Glide. LOVE IT. I put it up there with Rinseless Washes in the "why on God's green earth did I wait so long to buy this?" product category. I don't know that I'll ever buy a coarser one, as the Fine seems to do a good enough job on all the vehicles I've detailed with it thus far.
 
SKorch630 said:
I've never used one of these, and have been thinking about getting one, as I hate to use clay. My question is, is it the same as using lube for clay?
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I love the sponges. What I do is use the wash bucket solution as a lube. I fill the sponge with soapy water and squeeze a little bit of it on the paint then flip the sponge to the clay side and clean away. It's very efficient and it does a great job. Then I just rinse the whole panel when I am done with the hose. Takes about 30 mins to do the whole vehicle that way unless there is heavy contamination that requires repeat passes.

As for fine or medium, there is usually a dual pack available with both of them. That is what I purchase. I start with fine and if it's not enough I switch to medium. If that still won't remove the contaminant, then magic eraser will do it. Just have to be ready to do a quick polish if you use the magic eraser though.
 
Calendyr said:
I love the sponges. What I do is use the wash bucket solution as a lube. I fill the sponge with soapy water and squeeze a little bit of it on the paint then flip the sponge to the clay side and clean away. It's very efficient and it does a great job. Then I just rinse the whole panel when I am done with the hose. Takes about 30 mins to do the whole vehicle that way unless there is heavy contamination that requires repeat passes.

As for fine or medium, there is usually a dual pack available with both of them. That is what I purchase. I start with fine and if it's not enough I switch to medium. If that still won't remove the contaminant, then magic eraser will do it. Just have to be ready to do a quick polish if you use the magic eraser though.
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thank you for the info, I think I will pull the trigger and get the 2 pack :xyxthumbs:
 
I love my Nanoskin sponge. I have the blue fine grade. I've used it 3 times now. The first time I used their Glide lubricant, but I recommend using your wash bucket. The Glide lube is hard to wipe off. After you wash, you can throw the sponge in your wash bucket, soak up the soapy water, and squeeze it out on the panel you're working on. It makes life so much easier.
 
Souldetailer said:
Never used the disk. I would imagine it would work just a s well, if not better. Seems like it would be hard to get into the finer areas

Darrin
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Yes kinda pricey but there more efficient of removing bonded stuff in paint effortlessly.I don't care for the sponge they have the attendance of trapping grit and taking it for a ride all over the cars paint.The disc are softer and last pretty good.
 
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