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View Poll Results: Is it pour shampoo then add water or pour water then add shampoo?
Shampoo + Water (more suds, less accurate mixture) 79 68.10%
Water + Shampoo (less suds, accurate mixture) 37 31.90%
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Old 06-10-04, 03:58   #1 (permalink)
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Is it shampoo then water or water then shampoo?

I used to pour the shampoo first then water. I would get lots of suds, but then it was hard to determine how much water I had really added in the bucket.

Then I began to fill up the bucket with water then add shampoo. Much less suds, I miss the suds.
 
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Old 06-10-04, 04:06   #2 (permalink)
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My recommendation is fill the bucket 3/4 full of fresh water, add your shampoo, then hit it with a final jet of water to activate suds.
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Old 06-10-04, 04:20   #3 (permalink)
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What I do is put shampoo in the bucket first, and fill the bucket with no nozzle. When it's 80% or more full, I then lift the hose out of the water to splash and activate the suds. Kind of like DavidB's method, I guess.
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Old 06-10-04, 05:14   #4 (permalink)
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I do shampooe first except for QEW.....when i do it while the water is running
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Old 06-11-04, 06:11   #5 (permalink)
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What DavidB said

I've decided that generally, I'd rather have (liquid) wash solution than (airy) suds.
 
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Old 06-11-04, 06:28   #6 (permalink)
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What DavidB said

I've decided that generally, I'd rather have (liquid) wash solution than (airy) suds.
Yea, that is kind of what I was thinking but I miss the suds.
 
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Old 06-11-04, 06:38   #7 (permalink)
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...but I miss the suds.
Heh heh, yeah, I know what you mean. It's sorta like *knowing* that sheeting has all those advantages over beading, but still wanting to see the beads, huh?
 
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I put the soap in after the bucket is completely filled. I hate suds because it's so hard to see how dirty the water is getting. I swish the water carefully around to disolve the soap. However, after a couple of dunks and swishes and squeezes of the wash mitt, it's sudsy enough I can't see in it anymore (and this is with #00!)...
 
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