Rinseless wash media: Sponge vs. Mitt

I use the Gary Dean method and I’ve tried towels and mitts. I usually go with the towels because the mitts are heavy when you pull them out of the bucket, even if you wring them out. Plus with the towel you technically have four sides to use if you are diligent with keeping them folded.
 
evo77 said:
I can't do it man. I just can't.

I tried years ago with a sponge and I hated the experience. And I really don't get how those special detail sponges with the spliced centers, do what they claim to do. Supposedly "trap" dirt inside of it. Psshh, whatever, lol. You have to apply pressure on the sponge so that those splices open up. And we know the more pressure applied to a panel the more potential chance for marring.

For many years I used those MF chenille noodle thingy mitts from CG. Worked just fine. Then I decided to try out the Gyeon MF Smoothie Mitt. Been using that now for a while and its fine too. I really have no preference between them though I think the Gyeon and its MF fibers cover more surface area and grabs more dirt then the noodle one.
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I used a chenille for a long time and still use it for dirty areas. I’ve been using the Trac mf jumbo pad ( don’t remember the name) for a couple of years and it’s been great.
 
hooked said:
I usually go with the towels because the mitts are heavy when you pull them out of the bucket, even if you wring them out.
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HUH? A wrung out wash mitt is not heavy at all. And why would that matter? Just gently glide the mitt (with no pressure) along the surface. No harm.

Personally, I remove (cut out) the foam inside of wash mitts. I just don't like how stiff it makes it feel. The plush MF fibers are more than adequate at holding sufficient wash solution alone, when carried from panel to panel.
 
Bill D said:
I wish I still had a link to an old video that tested many kinds of wash media under a microscope IIRC a sponge was downright scary and a mitt was the preferred. It was enough convincing to me to only use a sponge for household chores.
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Id like to see that video.

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Ive never tried a sponge or wash mitts for rinseless. I dont "trust the science"

Ive only ever tried towels..and i love that method.

1 towel per panel(12 towels).

I also do not believe in pre treating panels b4 rinseless.

I prefer to always foam cannon and then pw off before doing a rinseless. Its gets all the contaminants off leaving only a faint road film. I have been doing this strickly for over a year now on 2 black vehicles and one silver. That coupled with 1 towel per panel I have not noticed any micro marring or anything at all.

Its the process that works for me and i enjoy it. Ymmv

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Klasse Act said:
I'm talking your standard standing dirt from driving in the rain, nothing more, nothing less

I'm taking advantage of the science by pre-treating, even when it's "average dirty", works for me and I get why the rest of you guys do what you do, it's what your comfortable with, like me

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I actually do pre spray the panels with rinseless since I always keep a pump sprayer full of it, but I don’t feel like it’s an absolute must do unless the vehicle is full on dirty.

I watched a video yesterday on YT where the guy was testing several rinseless washes and following the directions and he was making a real big deal about how uncomfortable he felt not being able to pre spray. I think he was overreacting a bit. Lol.
 
evo77 said:
HUH? A wrung out wash mitt is not heavy at all. And why would that matter? Just gently glide the mitt (with no pressure) along the surface. No harm.

Personally, I remove (cut out) the foam inside of wash mitts. I just don't like how stiff it makes it feel. The plush MF fibers are more than adequate at holding sufficient wash solution alone, when carried from panel to panel.
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You cut the cuffs off too, right?
 
I’ve been known to cut off cuffs but what I always do is label the inside of the mitt with what section of the car it goes with with a Sharpie.
 
Bill D said:
I’ve been known to cut off cuffs but what I always do is label the inside of the mitt with what section of the car it goes with with a Sharpie.
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That’s over the top. I couldn’t do all that. Lol.

Stop and look inside each mitt before using it? Dude.
 
There’s a variety in the texture of the mitts I use to designate which panels I use them on. Labeling the mitts is the quicker way to pick them up to use.
 
Bill D said:
There’s a variety in the texture of the mitts I use to designate which panels I use them on. Labeling the mitts is the quicker way to pick them up to use.
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Yea I know what you mean. My mitts are of 2-3 varieties but even the ones that are the same I can easily tell them apart. I reach for the nicest ones for certain panels.
 
evo77 said:
HUH? A wrung out wash mitt is not heavy at all. And why would that matter? Just gently glide the mitt (with no pressure) along the surface. No harm..
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I guess I have noodle arms. Lol. I don’t put my hand in the mitt so it’s also harder to hold on to the mitt vs the towel. But that’s just because I have tiny hands too. 👐
 
Eldorado2k said:
You cut the cuffs off too, right?
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Nah. Tuck the cuff in usually. There are times where the cuff is useful when I need to shove my hand inside for certain vertical areas with nooks and crannies (ie plastic front grilles).

Also, I like to pull on the cuff with my finger tips to glide the mitt with no pressure on horizontal flat areas for the first pass.
 
Odrapnew said:
I know this wasn't an option, but I do the 5 towel method. Each towel gets used 1 time for a section and placed in discard bucket.
Only need 1-1.5 gallon of wash mix since dirty towels do not go back in.

Roof+windows
Hood+front fenders
1 each for 2 sides
Back
Total of 5.
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I'm about the same. 5 towels. I usually have ~0.5 gallon in my electric sprayer and 1 gallon in the bucket. I use the sprayer just to get some liquid on the panels so I'm not relying on how much is in the towel. Not really viewing that as pretreating as it beads up anyway. If there's leftover RW in the bucket when i'm done, that goes in the sprayer for next time.
 
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