working with sheepskin mits..

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jedovaty

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- Assume two bucket system, possibly with ONR



When pulling the sheepskin mitt out of the soap bucket, do you wring it first before touching car, or pull it quickly out onto the car's surface with all the water dripping from it? I tried wringing it once, and it looked like a dead bleached rat that wasn't very fuzzy :o When not wrung out.. is was kinda.. well.. sad looking...



I've used the HD grout sponges for a few months, maybe I'll just go back to those, although the sheepskin is so soft and fluffy when not wrung out (before discovering this forum, a friend recommended them to me, perhaps from here? *shrug* -- so I'm an honorary member :D)
 
jedovaty- Can't speak about ONR (haven't used it), but IMO you can't have the mitt too wet. The more liquid the better, it's your only protection against marring. That's why some of us spray more shampoo mix between the mitt and the panel with foamguns even though the mitt is already soaking wet with wash solution.



In fact, I always recommend that people not just dunk the mitt in the wash bucket, but also hold it under so it fills with solution. Then hold it shut at the cuff so the shampoo mix seeps out through the mitt while you move it across the panel, providing more lubrication and flushing.
 
I take the sheepskin out of the bucket and place it directly on the car. I may let it drip for a few second over the bucket but when it hits the paint, it send ONR soln' running down the panel.



JJ
 
I definitely don't wring my mitt out. It gets a quick dunk in the ONR bucket, then folded in half and onto the paint. That way, I have 4 surfaces to use on the panel that I'm working on.



Not sure how filling up the mitt with ONR solution and letting it seep out would work. I only use 1 gallon of ONR, and I think I'd run out of solution before I run out of car. But I may have to give it a try.
 
toml said:
Not sure how filling up the mitt with ONR solution and letting it seep out would work. I only use 1 gallon of ONR, and I think I'd run out of solution before I run out of car. But I may have to give it a try.
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I'm fairly certain that Accumulator was referring to regular bucket/car wash soap solution washes when he made that comment, not ONR.



If not, sorry :doh :o
 
Yeah, I dunno how one outghta do things with ONR-type products. My *very* limited experiences with them are on already-clean vehicles and I don't need the wash media too (soaking) wet for those jobs.



As I understand it, the idea with rinseless washes is to get the dirt stuck to the wash media, *not* to flush it away.
 
Hm.. I usually wring out the mitt a bit, but I'm lately been wondering whether I should stop doing that. It seems like I may be causing some more marring, but I'm not that sure. If I don't wring out the mitt though, I find it pretty much impossible to use just 1 gallon of ONR solution and have enough to do the entire car.



toml, do you do a 2-bucket or 1 bucket method? I'm curious how you have manage to use just 1 gallon. I generally do a 2 gallon wash bucket, and 2.5 gallon rinse bucket. I usually use about 1.5 gallons of wash solution, with wringing the mitt.
 
Just tried grout sponge with onr, no problems.. boy that was tough taking that very first step with the sponge to a dry car.. :eek: .. the sponge isn't the smoothest thing, but sure softens up when wet. After I saw results on the first panel, I kept going and the sheepskin met remained dry. It's too soft and fuzzy to get wet :dance
 
jedovaty, did you wring out the grout sponge when you took it to the paint surface? I find that the sponge absorbs SO much ONR solution, and I'm worried about unecessarily wasting too much ONR solution.
 
No, I let it drip a little over the bucket then move it to the car -- it's kind of a "do it enough times and you'll get a feel for it" -- I only wringed the sponge in the rinse bucket. 2 gallon solution is just right for my car, including wheels.



One thing I noticed, the onr didn't get off a lot of these "yellow spots" -- not sure what it is, whether tiny bird poop or bug splats (on top of the car as well) -- nearly perfectly circular drops about 1/4" diameter. Will take a pic next time I wash. I can only get them off if scrubbing with lots and lots of shampoo (tested on mom's car, hehe).
 
With bugs, bird poo, and "yellow spots", generally I pretreat it with a QD spray, go over with ONR, and let it dwell for a little while. This loosens whatever is on the surface, and works fairly well for most problems.



How large is your car? I'm trying to figure out how I can use 2 gallons and wash the entire car using a grout sponge...
 
Thanks, I'll get some qd spray then. Or maybe make up with the ONR.. ??



Mom's car is a volvo s40, relatively small -- I still had some solution left when done. My car is a jag xkr coupe -- longer and wider than the s40, but squatter so I'd say mid-sized, I had *just* enough solution for it. Probably would need 3 gallons for my other car, a mbz 300sd (400k+ miles and going strong, woohoo!)



EDIT: by the way, I am by no means an expert here. I've used ONR now twice :p more info here on the forum or maybe someone will chime in!
 
You can also mix up a stronger solution of ONR to pretreat the troubled areas. I personally haven't tried it, but I've heard that it's very effective.
 
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