Where has all of the sheepskin gone?

[Maxima Lover]

I haven`t had to buy any for a long time, and now I go to pick some up, and I can`t find them anywhere locally. I ask at my local O`reillys and they called to see what was the deal since they hadn`t gotten any in for a few months. Their offices told them they stopped carrying them because of some animal rights crap.

I also checked Auto Zone, Advanced Auto Parts, Wal-Mart, and Target. No one has sheepskin anymore.

Maybe I missed a thread about this, but are stores around you not carrying these anymore? I might have to go make my own. :wink:

[joe.p]

http://www.sheepskin.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=AA000003&UnitCde=1&Desc=Wash%20and%20Polish%20Mitt&VendorDesc=&Search=N

[joshcaro]

FYI: I have found another brand of sheepskin mitts over in the boating supplies. They are hit and miss. There are 2 rather local Wal-marts to me and one of them keep them in stock and the other doesnt. The brand is not Eurow, however i forgot what they were. They were very nice though and were a lot like the Eurow ones. A little over 5 bucks each.

[Maxima Lover]

http://www.sheepskin.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=AA000003&UnitCde=1&Desc=Wash%20and%20Polish%20Mitt&VendorDesc=&Search=N

Those are probably where I will end up getting them, but I was really hoping to pick them up locally and avoid high shipping costs for just a couple of items.

[Maxima Lover]

FYI: I have found another brand of sheepskin mitts over in the boating supplies. They are hit and miss. There are 2 rather local Wal-marts to me and one of them keep them in stock and the other doesnt. The brand is not Eurow, however i forgot what they were. They were very nice though and were a lot like the Eurow ones. A little over 5 bucks each.

I`ll have to check that out. Why would they be in the boating section and not automotive?

[budman3]

Yeah, I noticed that lately too... I wonder... All that they are carrying now are from a very course cotton? material, which`ll never be any good to a car. I have also been in the martket for some yellow foam applicatiors and also striking out. Whats with that?

[belcherm58]

Here is another on line store that offers an excellent mitt. They have 4
different weights. I like the Ultra Heavy. I bought 1 and have used it for 3
months. I just ordered 2 more.

http://www.prestostore.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?ref=exceldetail&ct=30057&pd=214791

[SNike05]

The walmart ones are great. They sell for about $7CAD here.

[ZaneO]

Yep, I can still find the Eurow sheepskin mitts at Wal-Mart.

[Maxima Lover]

Well I went to Wal-Mart at like 2AM to find them. I looked everywhere and couldn`t find them. I can`t find them on their website either

[Maxima Lover]

I have also been in the martket for some yellow foam applicatiors and also striking out. Whats with that?

I agree. All I see anymore is the white terry and blue MF applicators. It looks like I`ll have to start ordering everything online.

[Deanski]

One thing you want to do to maintain the mitt, after washing it and it`s dry, use a wire slicker brush (found in pets asile) to brush-up and de-mat the sheepskin fur. Works like magic! Make it better than new! Fluffs the fur up and makes it very soft.

A good quality mitt will last a long time. Always have several for different parts of the finish (one for top/sides other for lower sides).

I`ve seen the MF wash mitts that look like a mop, usually blue. So far, I`ve bought one and gave it a try just on my wheels. So far, so good. I`ll have to get another one to try on the lower half of my Porsche before I use it any higher-up on the finish.

Regards,
Deanski

[mrecktid]

I used to use sheepskin all the time, but now found that they`re too gentle sometimes. Been using regular MF`s for ONRS ever since.

[Shaun Carollo]

http://www.autodetailingsolutions.com/wash_mitts.htm I bought these to try and can`t find anything wrong with them yet, certainly not the price.

[norahcrv]

http://www.autodetailingsolutions.com/wash_mitts.htm I bought these to try and can`t find anything wrong with them yet, certainly not the price.
Are those synthetic or sheepskin??