nanoskin sponge: first time user. pictures and question

[friendly_jacek]

I bout the combo package here: red medium and blue fine. It's supposed to be better than clay:


Nanoskin Autoscrub Speedy Prep Sponge Fine Grade Review - YouTube

The project car is neglected and while washed regularly, never clayed in 10 years. Thus I started with red medium sponge.

The good news: It really cleans. Seams to remove dirt from low points of paint where the regular brushes and sponges fail. See the clean upper panel compared to lower one. The lower one is grayish/yellowish despite heavy duty wash with with Down soap.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/paint1.JPG


The bad news: the sponge looks very sorry after just one car!. I don't see how can it last 20-30 as advertised. Compare the used red one to new blue one.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/sponge1.JPG


One question for experts here. Should I follow up with fine sponge (blue) or jump straight to polishing?

Thanks!

[c5errr]

i received mine a week ago both of them but havent tried it yet

but that red sponge only after one car use ?

perhaps you went too agresive with it?

[BlackHawk]

You had to use that red one pretty rough to get it into that shape...

[Pureshine]

I have never used the sponge yet but the mitt is great save me lots of time.

[friendly_jacek]

Update: I went ahead and used blue too. But there was little resistance, so probably the red one did the job done. The red one is more sticky, the car was neglected, and maybe I put too much force.

I'm actually done with compounding and polishing already. Taking a brake before OC2. Wish me luck. The pictures are after wash, after compounding, and after polish.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/after_wash1.JPG

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/after_componding.JPG

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/after_polish.JPG

[Pureshine]

Did you break them in first and you really have to make sure you use enough detail spay. You should be pushing hard anyways.

[Wes Bremec]

I haven't used clay in 5 months after purchasing the nanoskin wash mitts

[friendly_jacek]

Did you break them in first and you really have to make sure you use enough detail spay. You should be pushing hard anyways.

Yap, I broke in per the instructions.

[ihaveacamaro]

I think that is normal as mine looks similar to that as well. I just chalk it up to the red being more abrasive than the blue so the facings aren't the same.

Yes, after red, go straight to polishing. In fact, I did just that yesterday!

P.S. Who is that sexy beast in that video? :D :laughing:

[friendly_jacek]

P.S. Who is that sexy beast in that video? :D :laughing:

Thanks for your youtube video. That convinced me to do nanoskin vs clay.

[Calendyr]

Waiting for mine... Man AG takes for ever to ship... I ordered last week and it's still not shipped... Why are there no Canadian store that carry everything like AG does? I ordered from Old Town Equipment and supply and received my order 2 days later. Only problem is that have about a fifth of what I need. Had to order the rest from AG who have excellent choice but it takes them 3 days just to acknoledge the order then you need to confirm it ...... arrrrgggg driving me nuts. I can't start doing paint repair until I get my order from them, sigh.

[ihaveacamaro]

Thanks for your youtube video. That convinced me to do nanoskin vs clay.

Some people will make the point that you may need both, but I haven't found that to be the case in my opinion of course.

I think you went with the right decision :props:

Thanks for watching :)