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Welcome back Mark!
If your kinda new to the site you may not be familiar with Mark. He made a whole series of videos for us last year. He gives a 100% unbiased opinion on all the tools we send to him. He actaully uses all the tools for at least a week before he reviews them and he really knows his stuff.
Great to have you back Mark!
Mark, it’s great to see you back! Killer video! I use scrim for detailing windows and synthetic chamois for pick-up towel. I agree with your statement that this combination is a powerhouse.
I’ve been using this combination for about a year and it has been a Godsend. As good as huck towels are it put an end to me using them. I no longer have to carry and/or keep up with so many fresh and wet hucks and I don’t have to waste time washing, drying, and folding them either.
Some of the synthetic chammy’s are too rubbery and when dry are hard as a rock. For example, the Absorber that Wal-Mart sells is like that and I can’t use it. The synthetic chamois I like are more like felt or leather as opposed to being rubbery like a sponge.
The Sham Wow appears to be similar to the synthetic chamois I use so I’ll have to try one.
Thanks!
Excellent video Mark!
Great to see you doing videos again. I just wish it came sooner. I went out and bought that junk myself. I hope to see more videos in the near future. 
Tool Talk will be coming back sporadically as I finish off the last of the residential rush before the winter comes. Thanks everyone for the interest and support!
The Shamwow is more ‘felt’ like. I was concerned seeing the product at first that it was going to be too stiff but it has been fine and the more you use it the more flexible it appears.
Mark,
I have a question. First, I have never used a pick up towel. So I am not sure how it is different from a detail towel. I am a sea sponge guy. Dr. Phill said he prefers the sham wow over a sea sponge and he switched to the combination you recommended on this video. The combination you recommend looks very interesting. I want to give it a try. My question is, after you wet down the window with your strip washer which towel do you use to cut in the edges before squeegeeing the scrim or the sham wow? Nice to see you back Mark!
Good to see you back in the saddle Mark - I know of another product that will soak up better than any shammy/sham wow - don’t know if they make them anymore though!
I would use the Shamwow to pre-cut. Sometimes I just use the tip of my squeegee blade to pre-cut. And sometimes I don’t pre-cut at all (commercial/storefront as an example)
Mike, I promise I’ll try the sea sponge method as I’m sure it’s quite good also. Stay tuned.
So Karl, are you gonna fill us in? The peeps gotsta know!
I’ll probably let my favourite supplier know - I’ll have a search for it first though. Most of the time (as you know) I just carry scrims - I like to keep it simple. But it is in my work van, I just keep forgetting it. I’m like most - I always keep a sea sponge in the bucket, it molds to the frame like nothing else & seems to defy gravity by picking stuff up due to its holes & crevices.
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I thought that’s what you would say. I’ve been using my scrim to pre-cut windows and it gets wet much faster than everybody says it should. I have been very disappointed with my scrim for that reason. I do a lot of cut ups here in New England. So I went back to using my huck towels on residential jobs. But I use the scrim on commercial work. The shamwow may replace my sea sponge.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]So the shamwow is used to pre-cut glass, wipe window ledges and the bottom window frames on cut ups, right? The scrim stays dry because it is only used on the glass to detail edges, and correct errors after squeegeeing. Is that correct?[/FONT][/COLOR]
You are correct sir, go to the head of the class. 
Thanks brother,
You might want to hold off on getting a sea sponge. 
I’ll be swinging by the auto parts store soon for a shamwow!
Some people say “If it aint broke don’t fix it!” Not me, I say “If it works fine try to improve it anyway.” There is always room for improvement.
I have used synthetic chamois before and they fell apart in a short time.
They dried out and fell apart.
Have you used it long enough to determine if it will last?
I have used it for about 3 weeks. I could see it falling apart if it got snagged on something or rubbed too vigorously on something rough like stone or brick.
I don’t think the shamwow will appeal to everyone’s way of doing things but it was something that I had wondered about for some time and tried it on a whim.
The one you used was no good. I get two or three months out of the synthetic shammy’s that I use. They usually end up getting torn on some protruding screw on commercial frames or maybe a nail on a resi frame. After that they will go down hill and start tearing apart.
Get the kind that is soft even when dry. Those are the ones that work well and last a long time. See if your Wal-Mart has a synth chammy called “Aquadry” Synthetic Drying Towel. I got 4 of them while on vacation down in FL back in early July and I’m still on the first one and it’s still goin’ strong and in one piece with no tears.
The Shamwow seems to be similar to the fake chammy I use.
Oh no you don’t Mike. You got me thinking about the sea sponge a while back and I’ve got to try it. I heard great things about that method as well from other window cleaners worldwide.
