POLL: What's everyone favorite wash media these days?

[David Fermani]

Things come and go, just wanted to know what people prefer and why? I used to love Grout Sponges and still keep a few fresh ones in my arsenal for certain occasions. I find myself liking just a plain ole plush microfiber towel most times. Not the best at shedding dirt, but they certainly get into tight cracks/crevices extremely well.`

[Scottwax]

Microfiber covered foam pads.`

[Woob]

Eurofoam, the foam Zymol uses. Sheepskin, Grout sponges are great as well.

[vtextc]

A good sheepskin for me. Have been using them for the last 20 years or so, and grout sponges before that. Anything but chenille!


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[Jean-Claude]

Microfiber covered foam pads.`

This or merino wool mitt.

[dfoxengr]

boars hair for me 90% of the time. plush chenille otherwise.


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vtextc, why are you anti-chenille?

[shortspark]

CarPro Merino wool mitt for weekly maintenance wash or when car is only slightly dirty. `Meguiars microfiber mitt when car is truly dirty. `If doing rinseless wash, I use the Gary Dean method and instead of a mitt I use about eight Meguiar`s Supreme Shine Microfiber towels.

[Alfisti]

Fluffy MF towel works best for me. No marring.

[Accumulator]

BHBs for the initial pass(es), sheepskin or MF mitts for the subsequent ones.


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Smaller BHBs followed by MFs and foam or cotton swabs for the jambs/etc.


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Either BHBs or (flagged bristle) synthetic-bristle brushes for wheelwells and undercarriages, the choice based on whether it`s a "good" vehicle or a beater.


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BHBs followed by swabs and`sheepskin mitts or sponges (choice again based on...) and now Wheel Woolies for the wheels.


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Plastic-bristle brushes or sponges for the tires (choice based on softness of sidewalls).

[RaskyR1]

Aren`t sheepskin and lambs wool the same? I use sheepskin but often refere to it as lambs wool.

[imported_admin]

Brick

[imported_ww2717]

Car-pro wool wash mitts.`

[vtextc]

Probably more of a preference thing, but I find that when working quickly, they hold far much more water than I prefer. It makes the mitt so much heavier, harder to work with, notwithstanding, draining my wash bucket quicker when I am away from a water source i.e car wash during the winter months....


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[JoeyV]

On a car that`s being degreased for polishing or new wax, I`ll use sheepskin/lambswool. But for maintenance washes on properly prepped cars, a good sponge is my tool of choice...so I voted sponge.

[Accumulator]

I`m hard-pressed to actually vote because while my wash regimen is *very* BHB-centric, I`d hate to get by with *only* BHBs because IME (when used properly)`they`re too gentle to remove tenacious "road grime"-type contamination so the mitt/etc. followup is pretty much mandatory.