Ulti-mit is great!

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Happy 4th of July everyone. I took advantage of the AG 4th sale and included the new Lake Country Ulti-Mit with my order. I found it to have conflicting reviews so the only way to form my opinion on it was to use it :D.

Out came the buckets, Meg's Gold Class and the new mitt. I actually tried the Mike Phillips washing technique (found on google video) which is now my new washing technique. Anyways, back to the wash mitt.

The mitt is made of red, open cell foam, which is very soft on the front and the back is black which is also soft. There are a few hundred cubes which extend off of the pad which allows the dirt to be removed from the surface of the vehicle and out of the way to decrease marring. The cubes also make the mitt very flexible and durable. I can wash over emblems and headlights without getting snagged up or tearing it. The cubes also hold a ton of soap and water solution. I saturated the mitt and then squeezed it into a bucket and then transferred into a milk jug and it held about 1/5 of a gallon of water. Quite impressive. It is soft, safe, flexible, cleans well, holds a lot of soap and durable. What more can you ask????

Since this product is in direct competition with the Edge Shmitt, I will add my opinions on this subject... the shmitt is going in the closet :righton:. It is a great mitt all in all but it has its downfalls... like tearing, being bulky, not cleaning well with light pressure, no where for the dirt to go, and hard to rinse free. With the LC mitt all I have to do is dunk it into a bucket and rub it on a grit guard to release the dirt. The shmitt I needed to hose down to remove everything. I don't like having my hand in the shmitt but with the LC mitt that is the only way I used it. The shmitt is round ... how many round body panels are there in a car? The most I've seen are straight which makes washing a little tricky. The LC mitt is both curved at the top and straight on the edges, effective everywhere on a vehicle.

Take this review for what it is worth, I have used the shmitt about 100 times and the LC mitt is simply a step above, in my book. Everyone has their own opinions and hopefully this review will help you form your opinions if you are interested in this product or not. I know I should have bought 2!! One for wach hand :p.
 
Nice review Budman...My Idea of how it worked was just like you described.....I have seen about 6 reviews so far and most are just like yours....I have a schmitt and like it..but I get areas I can not get to like under door handles...honey comb grills...so this mitts seems to fit the bill at getting into certain areas..and also looks flexible....and the grit not laying on the face is nice also....

Thanks for the review....nicely done

Al
 
Very nice review. I'll be looking forward to trying one in the future.
 
Nice review and nice to hear some different opinions on the LC Mitt. I like the ShMitt but like you I would also like to try the LC Mitt and form my own opinion.
 
Good review budman, I enjoyed it. I'll be picking up one of these mitt's soon. I don't mind the shmitt and I'm quite pleased with it but I too would like to try the LC Mitt..besides you it's always good to have a back up ;)
 
Nice review...I tried finding the mike phillips video and couldn't..could you provide a link? thanks!
 
Wow. I did not expect to read that! Hmmmmfff. I will have to put one on my list when I hap to order again!!
Thank you!
 
Al-53 said:
Nice review Budman...My Idea of how it worked was just like you described.....I have seen about 6 reviews so far and most are just like yours....I have a schmitt and like it..but I get areas I can not get to like under door handles...honey comb grills...so this mitts seems to fit the bill at getting into certain areas..and also looks flexible....and the grit not laying on the face is nice also....

Thanks for the review....nicely done

Al
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These are my exact thoughts. The shmitt was my washing tool for the past few months but I don't think that is going to be the case anymore. I went and checked out the mitt again and the foam doesn't have big pores like I thought originally... similar to the shmitt.

Here is the link to the wash ... it's 28 minutes long but is very good. It is from Mike Philips at Show Car Garage: How to Wash Your Car (Showcar style!)

Glad the review was helpful ;)
 
NIce review. I just got one of these Ulti-Mitts and I've only used it twice so far. Up to this point I've been using the ShMitt, a few more washes with the Mitt and I'll see how they compare.
 
used my Ulti-Mitt again last night, I just love this thing!

I will be ordering the mitt for wheels soon
 
Thanks for the review my friend, it's appreciated. I guess it all just comes down to personal preference.
 
Nice review Budman. Based on earlier input the LC mitt never made it to the order list, and probably wasn't. After your review it gets a try. Thanks.
 
Kinda off topic here, but a few things I dont like about that vid.

I dont really see a need to use 4-5 gallons of water in the soap bucket on any car. 1- 3 is plenty, maybe theres a reason he uses so much that he didnt mention, I dont know? But pouring the soap in, then filling with 1 -3 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket wont over flow, so that eliminates the problem he mentions about over flowing.

I also dont like the idea of using the same brush on wheels, tires, and plastic. I use something different for all three, and I use the 2 bucket method for wheels too. I have a total of 4 buckets, two only for paint, two only for wheels. They are marked so I dont get them mixed up.

For drying my car I always use the flooding method, then pull the car into the garage and blow most of the water off using my wet/ dry vac. I only take about 5 minutes to do this. Then use my Guzzler to dry. After that I use Pinn. Souveran Spray to bring back the shine, dress the tires, etc.

For customer cars I do the same thing. Except I dont blow dry the car at all. I just use the guzzler to dry then its ready for polish, wax, etc. The results vary greatly from doing the flooding method and using a blower on a car that has a wax or sealant compared to a car that has neither.
 
D&D Auto Detailing said:
Kinda off topic here, but a few things I dont like about that vid.

I dont really see a need to use 4-5 gallons of water in the soap bucket on any car. 1- 3 is plenty, maybe theres a reason he uses so much that he didnt mention, I dont know? But pouring the soap in, then filling with 1 -3 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket wont over flow, so that eliminates the problem he mentions about over flowing.

For drying my car I always use the flooding method, then pull the car into the garage and blow most of the water off using my wet/ dry vac. I only take about 5 minutes to do this. Then use my Guzzler to dry. After that I use Pinn. Souveran Spray to bring back the shine, dress the tires, etc.
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The video is great for someone who is looking for a detailed step by step process of washing a car. I guess I should have been more specific saying that I tried his technique... what I did differently was I took a milk jug and marked lines on my bucket up to 3 gallons. I then took a 3 oz bottle and put the Gold Class soap in after the water was full (3 gallons). Another thing that I did was cut my grit guard down to about 1/2 its height. I felt like I was wasting too much water with the grit guard that high so chop chop :).

Jimmie- glad I could help ... I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
I agree its a great step up for your average Joe. But you can/ should take it even a step further, which I believe most have done using 4 buckets, pre soak, etc., etc.
 
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