imported_WCD
New member
For 100 cars, it's 50 cents per car and I can't get 100 cars with 2 bars of clay so it's less per car vs. clay- and a lot easier to use. However, it's a tool like anything else- not the final answer.
Rob
Rob
NanoSkin towel
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imported_ww2717
New member
I got my autoscrub pad and Glide lube from John at metropolitan detail. Great customer service. John are you going to carrying that nanoskin towel? Will Glide work with it or do you need to use that shine product only.
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CosminTX
ProReflection
wonder how it does on soft paints like black porsche , bentley , infiniti etc if marr the finish.
also how it handles bugs, tar and other heavy contaminants.
as working time clay works for me , and as results/price i am happy , if the towel handle the above better than clay i may go for it.
also how it handles bugs, tar and other heavy contaminants.
as working time clay works for me , and as results/price i am happy , if the towel handle the above better than clay i may go for it.
Envious Eric
New member
towel works amazingly!
I used it on a black maserati the other day that I followed up with menzerna powerfinish. "toweling" the car, my helper was done in only 30 minutes. All the other cars he has done, its been over an hour of claying (some worse than others).
I tried it out and it cleaned up the windows and the paint in a snap, better than claying! I then moved onto the trunk lid of the maserati and while it did slightly scuff the paint, it was nothing worse than a claybar, and just as easy to remove the instilled defects. Lets be honest here, you are not going to be able to clay a softer black car without some sort of marring, (if you try to say you do it all the time, I lose all credibility for your honesty!) This towel will scuff, and instill some marring, but its easily removed.
I did use ONR as a lube, and my helper said the towel was getting a bit sticky towards the end. You are not supposed to use anything but QDs or their GLIDE, but I wanted to try ONR as its what I have been using for clay lube for the past couple of years. I will try GLIDE out once I go get some new bottles and do a comparison as far as marring goes.
Dave sold me on it when we did a quick demo on my own car. The car was hit with some light overspray at a clients house (his truck got it just after I was done working on it). This towel took it all off in a snap! Just a couple light pressure wipes and the paint was super smooth, just like claying, but faster
If you want to replace the clay bar in MOST situations, not have to worry about hand fatigue or cramping (pro detailers, this is where you will benefit the most), reduce costs, speed up detail times, then this is one product that you need to have in your arsenal!
I used it on a black maserati the other day that I followed up with menzerna powerfinish. "toweling" the car, my helper was done in only 30 minutes. All the other cars he has done, its been over an hour of claying (some worse than others).
I tried it out and it cleaned up the windows and the paint in a snap, better than claying! I then moved onto the trunk lid of the maserati and while it did slightly scuff the paint, it was nothing worse than a claybar, and just as easy to remove the instilled defects. Lets be honest here, you are not going to be able to clay a softer black car without some sort of marring, (if you try to say you do it all the time, I lose all credibility for your honesty!) This towel will scuff, and instill some marring, but its easily removed.
I did use ONR as a lube, and my helper said the towel was getting a bit sticky towards the end. You are not supposed to use anything but QDs or their GLIDE, but I wanted to try ONR as its what I have been using for clay lube for the past couple of years. I will try GLIDE out once I go get some new bottles and do a comparison as far as marring goes.
Dave sold me on it when we did a quick demo on my own car. The car was hit with some light overspray at a clients house (his truck got it just after I was done working on it). This towel took it all off in a snap! Just a couple light pressure wipes and the paint was super smooth, just like claying, but faster
If you want to replace the clay bar in MOST situations, not have to worry about hand fatigue or cramping (pro detailers, this is where you will benefit the most), reduce costs, speed up detail times, then this is one product that you need to have in your arsenal!
Innovative Detailing
New member
Eric I wasn't lying when I told you that you have to try this product out....I myself was completely blown away, and still am as of today!
I have been working with the Nanotowel for the last almost 60 days, on many different vehicles out in the field. From older neglected classics to newer 2012 Exotics with softer paint. At the begining I was a bit apprehensive to try it of course, since I have been using clay for so long. We tested it out on a 2011 BMW M3, the towel was brand new and never used. At the begining it felt a bit strange and I didnt understand the concept, I tried it out on the rear deck lid and rear bumper. Very minimal marring on the trunk , but on the bumper top it marred a bit more....not a problem anyway since this was to be a 2 step correction.
The next job I tackled was an older Mini OG RHD which had sat neglected in a garage for over 4.5 years and looked a big nasty. A simple thorough wash, dry then a complete pass with the Nanotowel and Shock...I was blown away! In just one hour I was able to provide an express service that made this little mini "Pop" and sealed it as well....
Garaged and neglected
Some Nanotowel and Glide (correction work to follow after Glide) action
Popping results, minimal effort..
2012 Aston Martin Virage New Car Prep
Easy enough and confident enough with the results of the nanotowel after it was broken in that my wife was able to prep this one for me! The marring on this new car from the dealer was ridiculous.....
Nanotowel prep
After photo of course corrected with a 3 step
2012 Jaguar XK Black Pack
You sure can cover a lot of area quicker and more efficiently than claying
After and no marring...of course again after a thorough break in, and this was my 10th vehicle with this towel!
Honestly lately my fingers and knuckles had really been bothering me from claying all these years. From them cramping up, feeling sore and sometimes even being close fisted when I woke up in the am then needing to be stretched out. I feel very relieved to have found a tool that performs like this for my line of work. Along with starting to take glucosamine for my joints recently, my hands have felt so much better.
It feels great to be clay free for almost 60 days and my hands and fingers are loving it!
I have been working with the Nanotowel for the last almost 60 days, on many different vehicles out in the field. From older neglected classics to newer 2012 Exotics with softer paint. At the begining I was a bit apprehensive to try it of course, since I have been using clay for so long. We tested it out on a 2011 BMW M3, the towel was brand new and never used. At the begining it felt a bit strange and I didnt understand the concept, I tried it out on the rear deck lid and rear bumper. Very minimal marring on the trunk , but on the bumper top it marred a bit more....not a problem anyway since this was to be a 2 step correction.
The next job I tackled was an older Mini OG RHD which had sat neglected in a garage for over 4.5 years and looked a big nasty. A simple thorough wash, dry then a complete pass with the Nanotowel and Shock...I was blown away! In just one hour I was able to provide an express service that made this little mini "Pop" and sealed it as well....
Garaged and neglected
Some Nanotowel and Glide (correction work to follow after Glide) action
Popping results, minimal effort..
2012 Aston Martin Virage New Car Prep
Easy enough and confident enough with the results of the nanotowel after it was broken in that my wife was able to prep this one for me! The marring on this new car from the dealer was ridiculous.....
Nanotowel prep
After photo of course corrected with a 3 step
2012 Jaguar XK Black Pack
You sure can cover a lot of area quicker and more efficiently than claying
After and no marring...of course again after a thorough break in, and this was my 10th vehicle with this towel!
Honestly lately my fingers and knuckles had really been bothering me from claying all these years. From them cramping up, feeling sore and sometimes even being close fisted when I woke up in the am then needing to be stretched out. I feel very relieved to have found a tool that performs like this for my line of work. Along with starting to take glucosamine for my joints recently, my hands have felt so much better.
It feels great to be clay free for almost 60 days and my hands and fingers are loving it!
white gecko
New member
I picked up one from detailing.com last week and will be using it on the next two cars coming in so I'll review it in the writeups. But from talking to several others about it with experience, its ideal for when you're doing a correction detail, but not if you won't be correcting the paint.
Envious Eric
New member
Jeff, I agree! kind of along the same lines of using a clay magic red bar when you are going to 105/surbuf the paint anyway...makes no sense to "try and not mar the finish with a fine grade bar."
however, if you are selling a wash, clay, sealant service on cars that already need correction, but dont want to pay for it (you know, the car wash detailed cars), then you can use SHOCK and this towel and be done in one hour after washing with a stripping dilution car wash soap. Wash, dry, spray sealant (wont dry right away), towel, MF towel dry, DONE! (for those with express businesses, not higher end correction businesses)
I will be using this towel for all my cars for both businesses since I only do corrections under ENVIOUS, and will focusing on volume work for the other business FINALLY about to launch in April (have had someone training for the last 4 weeks)
however, if you are selling a wash, clay, sealant service on cars that already need correction, but dont want to pay for it (you know, the car wash detailed cars), then you can use SHOCK and this towel and be done in one hour after washing with a stripping dilution car wash soap. Wash, dry, spray sealant (wont dry right away), towel, MF towel dry, DONE! (for those with express businesses, not higher end correction businesses)
I will be using this towel for all my cars for both businesses since I only do corrections under ENVIOUS, and will focusing on volume work for the other business FINALLY about to launch in April (have had someone training for the last 4 weeks)
What about using ONR diluted at QD ratio?toyotaguy said:
I still have some ONR v1 that I dedicated towards using as clay lube. I'm thinking about getting one of these towels, so if I could use ONR diluted at QD ratio to help minimize any marring induced by the towel, it would help me use it up faster.
I used the SM Arnold towel I just recieved last week and used it on a silver tarus that sits outside 24/7 and used Meguiars Final Inspection as my lube and I must say, it did exceed my expectations. With normal clay, it takes me on an average to clay the car, glass and wheels about an hour to do. I did the entire car in 30 minutes tops. No marring to speak of, but the paint was hard, silver and didn't show defects too well. It's a keeper in my book!
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
Tom Weed said:
I too am still waiting to get a car with "soft" paint in to use this on, so far on the hard clears I've encountered I love how well the towel works without leaving any noticeable marring.
C. Charles Hahn said:
It was your video that made me pull the trigger on one of these and your review. I must say, I wasn't going to drop 50 bucks on some fancy towel, but I was telling Paul S. at lunch, I really liked using this thing, it's very effective, doesn't drag bad and goes much faster! I just rinsed mine off in warm water when I was done and hung it up to dry...
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
Tom Weed said:
Awesome Tom, glad you liked the video, and even more glad you're happy with the towel!
imported_WCD
New member
Where is your video? Mine is under TowelPros on Youtube. Have 20 left!!! PM me if interested in trying. My FB page has more information and as soon as David F. sends me information on sponsorship, I can be more upfront! LOL
Rob
Rob
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
WCD said:
Hi Rob, I posted it in this thread:
http://www.autopia.org/forum/produc...detail-juice-sm-arnold-speedy-prep-towel.html
It's a multiple-product review, the section about the towel starts at 4:52
I ordered a towel from Innovative Detail on Monday and received it Tuesday. I didn't expect it so quickly, so that was an awesome surprise! Thanks Dave!
I recently purchased a new Acura MDX that I would like to get a layer of sealant on still, so I'm going to try this towel on a test panel to see how much marring it may cause. It surprisingly looks like the dealer didn't do too bad on the paint during their prep but I'll find out true condition once I get a chance to strip anything currently applied. Not sure if it will make a difference but I think I'm going to use it on my BMW first to sort of "break in" the towel (since it still needs paint correction; the BMW dealer wasn't very nice during their wash process).C. Charles Hahn said:
imported_WCD
New member
Nano Shock- although one customer told me his is called NanoShine, is the lube and sealant in one. Thus, as you use the towel, you also seal the paint.
I personally love this towel, but follow with a polish of some kind and then seal. For express situations, it is a good way to go, I just do not do express details, although, businesswise, it makes total sense and would generate about $100 per hour since you can wash, towelNanoShock, vac, glass, and so forth in about one hour.
We sold 5 kits this week and customers say that the main "excitement" is that it requires no pressure or effort.
Rob
I personally love this towel, but follow with a polish of some kind and then seal. For express situations, it is a good way to go, I just do not do express details, although, businesswise, it makes total sense and would generate about $100 per hour since you can wash, towelNanoShock, vac, glass, and so forth in about one hour.
We sold 5 kits this week and customers say that the main "excitement" is that it requires no pressure or effort.
Rob
Innovative Detailing
New member
alpha said:
Alpha, congrats on the purchase of your speedy surface prep detail towel promo kit....I generally ship these kits out the same day, everyone that has ordered got them immediately. Enjoy this very unique tool, the more you use it the better it will get. I have done over 35 vehicles with a towel that I use and "I love it" and so do my fingers and hands.....
Shock for those that have asked is part of the Autoscrub system, its a 1-step lubricant and sealant for vehicles that require no paint correction. It aides the Surface prep towel as a lubricant and it provides a hydrophobic polymer sealant in the same step that will last up to 6 months. Using it with the surface prep towel helps safely remove contaminants and light oxidation while giving a long lasting gloss. It also provides excellent protection with relentless water beading.
Any questions about this remarkable system, please do not hesitate to ask.......stay tuned for some really cool and exciting products to come from Nanoskin.....