InkMing Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 How long are you keeping your wash mitt/pad for? Washing it out after every use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pirahnah3 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I dont use the pads myself, but have at least 5 washes into a red wash mitt, I rinse it out very thoroughly after each wash, and quite often will do that twice while I am washing my large truck. I would think it is going to have some variability to service life of these based on your use, frequency, and how dirty your vehicles are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rich Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I use the wedges. They don't last real long, but you can tell when they need replaced. They'll start to stick together in spots, or pull apart in others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 davered00ss Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I go by looks, but they have a short life on the corvette, then they go to the daily driver bucket. Once they look like they have things stuck in them that wont come out its time to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spartansui Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) A microfiber chenille mitt lasts me a season. I use two of them, one for the upper parts of my car and one for the lower parts. Wheels get their own brushes and woolie. Once winter rolls around the mitt is usually falling apart. I just bought some nicer quality mitts. I wasn't a huge fan of the synthetic wool mitts, so my preference is chenille. This is washing my car 4-8 times a month for 6 months out of the year. Winter is a sad time. Edited May 10, 2018 by spartansui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PacificNWBuckeye Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 dailies that need corrected, using the same one since the end of last summer, will give it a brush out before using it this weekend, but will pull out new ones once I get them corrected later this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RacerX Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 2:55 PM, davered00ss said: I go by looks, but they have a short life on the corvette, then they go to the daily driver bucket. Once they look like they have things stuck in them that wont come out its time to go. Same here. I do not have one-size-fits-all tools for any of my detailing. Certain products are reserved for the really nice cars, some delegated to daily drivers, and some in-between. Really nice cars get the premium sponge or a Merino wool pad, others I use a "normal" wash pad on. I wash all of my stuff after every use. The price of replacing a worn out pad/towel is less than what damage contamination can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rrmccabe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I flip my wash bucket over and sit the grit guard on it and wash my pads from the center out with the nozzle rotating 90 degrees and repeating. Then flip it over and do the same.. Put on the hanger and dry. After dry before next use I often hit it with the master blaster. That is typically all I do. After a couple years it still looks like new so still using it. I have two more mitts in the packages but have not felt the need to open them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NM15 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 4:38 PM, rrmccabe said: I flip my wash bucket over and sit the grit guard on it and wash my pads from the center out with the nozzle rotating 90 degrees and repeating. Then flip it over and do the same.. Put on the hanger and dry. After dry before next use I often hit it with the master blaster. That is typically all I do. After a couple years it still looks like new so still using it. I have two more mitts in the packages but have not felt the need to open them yet. I need to give this a try. Seems like a great system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 falcaineer Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 14 hours ago, NM15 said: I need to give this a try. Seems like a great system Here's a great thread and video on cleaning accessories, and he specifically talks about the wash pad at the 7-minute point, using the method @rrmccabe mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rrmccabe Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Yea, wasn't my idea. I learned that from the University of Adams. falcaineer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 falcaineer Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, rrmccabe said: Yea, wasn't my idea. I learned that from the University of Adams. That's where I got my course credit, too! Once you see it, makes complete sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rrmccabe Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 The grit guard makes sense and I probably would have figured that out on my own, however washing from the center out escaped me. Its a no brainer once you try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Washing it out after every use?
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