Best Mitt or Brush for QEW?

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bileduct

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I just started using QEW last month, and I think its great stuff. I have a 100% cotton chenille wash mitt from Viking. Its a fairly large mitt. I have noticed it is not really practical to stuff my hand in the mitt, wash a small section, then drop the mitt in the bucket and dry with my blue WW towel, then put hand back in mitt, etc. It's clumsy and slow. I tried turning the mitt into a pad by stuffing a sponge inside. This works well, but the mitt-pad is so large I feel like it's going to suck up all the water in the bucket, plus it won't fit horizontally into the bucket without distorting it a bit. I use a single bucket, 1 gallon water, 1 oz QEW per the instructions on the bottle.



How about the OXO car wash brush (or a horsehair brush)? It claims it won't mar the clearcoat, at least not any more than chenille, and it looks like it would be easier to use than the mitt, which I find rather clumsy. If I was washing the tradional way, this question would not come up, but QEW seems to require different skills and maybe different tools in order to be "Quick" and "Easy".
 
I use a 2 bucket method with 2 Cotton Chenille Mitts.

Followed by a WW, then a softer MF for each panel.



No problems here :D.
 
2 bucket method, chenille mitt and a terry wax applicator for wheels. I dry with 100% cotton towels.

I have the oxo brush, but have't used it because it seems too "stiff" for my taste. Only brush I use is Griot's boar's hair. I use that on my rims when doing a conventional wash. I believe there are a few people here who use the boar's hair brush on their paint.
 
DefBringer said:
If it isn't microfiber, you risk scratching your paint...so I'd stick with microfiber towels.
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I respectfully disagree. MF can cause micro marring as easy as cotton. High quality cotton, such as fieldcrest won't scratch the paint. Most scratching is caused by using to much pressure while removing product.
 
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