Location use of wash mitt?

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Malachi71

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When using a wash mitt, do any of you use it for the lower portion of the vehicle (let's say rocker panel area) or do you use another cloth?
 
I have a mitt dedicated for the upper portion of the car and one for the lower portion (rocker area). I use a boar's hair brush for the wheels.

Most people use 2 or 3 mitts per wash. Some extreme washers will use 6+ (I believe it was 6 :grinno: )
 
Oh yeah, it can take at least six mitts...and that's using BHBs for many areas.



I generally use a BHB for the rockers unless they're the same paint/finish/etc. as the rest of the car (most of mine have gravelguard/plastic/etc. for the rockers). In that case I use a mitt but I retire it after doing that presumably dirty area.



But once there's any chance that a mitt has become contaminated, I get out a fresh one. The nice thing about using BHBs for rockers/wheels/dirty areas is that BHBs rinse clean.
 
Well I hate to say it but I use the same mitt. I save the lower areas for the last bit of cleaning. I rinse the mitt real well, then proceed with the lower areas.
 
a.k.a. Patrick said:
Well I hate to say it but I use the same mitt. I save the lower areas for the last bit of cleaning. I rinse the mitt real well, then proceed with the lower areas.
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Yea me too I inspect the mitt real good before cleaning the lower areas but I have been thinking of using two mitts.
 
Yup, one mitt for me.



When my trucks are really covered in some dirt, i will goto the do-it-yourself place and power wash the vehivcls first.
 
Depending on the cleanliness of the vehicle, I will use 1-2 mitts.





On my car during most of the year, it rarely gets more dirty than a uniform layer of dust. I find it useless to switch mitts then. During the winter, different story...
 
I'm of the eccentric, neurotic school of thought ( certainly no offense to you, Accumulator :wavey :D )that multiple mitts, regardless of time of year, is always better. If I have a few more, I'd simply rather switch over to a fresh,clean one than worry about thoroughly rinsing the same out on several occassions during the wash. So, if you have a bunch, use them. ( I even designate which mitts are for which parts of that car by marking the insides with a Sharpie :o )
 
Seperate mitts here aswell, 2 for the top half of the vehicle, 1 for the lower half, 1 For the Wheels. 1 for the wheel wells and underside/undercarrige. Same here all year round and like others each mitt is only ever used for the one labelled task.
 
Bill D- Heh heh, no offense taken :D I only do what I've found I *have* to do to keep my vehicles the way I want them. No more, nothing unnecessary by any means- if I cut any corners I get marring. Not neurotic in my book, just taking proper care of my stuff.



If I could wash any easier without marring I'd sure be doing it ;) And then there's Accumulatorette's A8.....I wash it in a fairly normal way compared to some of the other vehicles. As a result it gets marred a bit, but only I see it. Other people say "you can't see that on silver" so, OK...
 
Accumulator said:
Oh yeah, it can take at least six mitts...and that's using BHBs for many areas.



I generally use a BHB for the rockers unless they're the same paint/finish/etc. as the rest of the car (most of mine have gravelguard/plastic/etc. for the rockers). In that case I use a mitt but I retire it after doing that presumably dirty area.



But once there's any chance that a mitt has become contaminated, I get out a fresh one. The nice thing about using BHBs for rockers/wheels/dirty areas is that BHBs rinse clean.
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What are BHB's?
 
Boar's hair brushes. Those round paint brush sized ones for lug nut holes look pretty appealing. :up
 
Just what everyone else said... I use 2-3 depending on how dirty she gets. I wouldn't call that extreme by any means so if you can do it, do it.
 
Bill D said:
Those round paint brush sized [BHBs] for lug nut holes look pretty appealing...
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That's one that gets used at *every* wash. Lug nuts/bolts, the recesses of some wheels' valvestem holes, up in the wheelwells, you name it. That 3-brush kit from Griot's (pn 15520 IIRC) is just wonderful for washing. Ask Santa for the kit and see what you think ;)
 
Otravez said:
Just what everyone else said... I use 2-3 depending on how dirty she gets. I wouldn't call that extreme by any means so if you can do it, do it.
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What he said that everyone else said. :hmph:
 
I usually just use one mitt for the whole car, unless the bottom is really dirty (like it is now :( ). But in the winter I use QEW, and go through 5-6 towels during a wash. Plus, I wash from top to bottom, so any towel that touches the rockers will not touch the rest of the car until it has been washed.
 
I usually wash the wheels and rocker panels with one mitt, and wheel wells with a second one. Then I do the upper parts of the car using a third mitt and fresh buckets of shampoo and water.
 
Wait I want to make sure nobody thinks I do the wheels/tires/wheelwells with the same mitt too. :eek:



I use:

One sheepskin mitt for the car (usually)

One chenille-loop mitt for the [summer] wheels

A tire brush to scrub the tires, and an old bath towel to dry them.

An old, disgusting mitt for wheelwells.



In the winter:

4-6 MF towels to wash the paint/glass with QEW, top to bottom.

The tires, wheel covers, and exhaust tip are usually just sprayed with warm/hot QEW/water and wiped clean with a terry cloth towel.
 
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