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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by DetailZeus View Post
    Usually Wash/Rinse/Wheels for me but I`ve been playing around washing with a bucket of microfibers. Then the rinse bucket becomes the "discard" bucket. Not sure if I`m sold, the shampoo-soaked microfiber is a little clumsy, more so than than in a rinseless wash. I think I would like it better using multiple mitts.

    Truthfully though I try to do such a thorough job pressure washing the car before I touch it that my rinse bucket has very little dirt and my shampoo bucket is essentially clean. Ironically my wheel bucket always gets filthy yet I just use one bucket, go figure.
    I`ve been doing multiple mitts for a while but decided to try using the rag I use for rinseless, the Eagle Edgeless 350. Couldn`t use them folded in any way without the towel slipping all over itself. Unfolded worked fine but then I didn`t get what I was after as in more than two sides that a mitt already has.

    As for a premium bucket, I picked one of these up in Lowes one day: Retail link has been removed. Sorry, PBMG sells buckets, competing retail products not allowed. Griots sells a similar bucket here at the Autopia store.

    Works great for MANY mitts which I use when I wash 2 vehicles. I have no need for grit guard but I think the original grit guard would work with the way the feet are designed on them. The impressions for the castors are in the bottom of the bucket so it`s not completely flat on the bottom. Has gallon and liter markings on the inside as well and is very stout, you`d have to work at it to crack it.

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by DetailZeus View Post
    Usually Wash/Rinse/Wheels for me but I`ve been playing around washing with a bucket of microfibers...
    Yeah, I have separate buckets set up for a few things I do with my RW too.

    Truthfully though I try to do such a thorough job pressure washing the car before I touch it that my rinse bucket has very little dirt and my shampoo bucket is essentially clean...
    That`s good news IMO! I gauge my Wash Technique in part by whether there`s any dirt in the Rinse (let alone the Wash) buckets. Total FAIL if there is, except for....

    Ironically my wheel bucket always gets filthy yet I just use one bucket, go figure.
    The Rinse buckest for the Wheels does alway get dirty as all get-out! That`s even though I pressure wash them first and hose off my Wheel/etc. wash media when I see it`s really dirty. I often end up dumping/refilling those buckets even though each one only gets used for two wheels (now that I have my redundant systems in place).

    Quote Originally Posted by Swanicyouth
    But, some people just like fancy stuff - and I get that appeal as well.


    I don`t think of mine as "fancy", but I do like everything in my life to basically reflect my Values. Using "the right stuff", as I define that, helps immeasurably when it comes to maintaining the right mindset. Heh heh, though I bet a lot of Autopians would consider some of my "right stuff" as being "[crappy] old junk"!

    I see it as one of those "whatever works for ya" topics...if using a Yeti bucket makes somebody happier when doing this stuff, that sounds swell to me. Though I do wonder why *that particular bucket* would appeal....eh, different strokes, etc. etc.

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Casters...the ones on my newer Griot`s Wash buckets (the rectangular ones) are simply *AWFUL* they don`t roll, let alone swivel, worth a [crap]. Don`t always even stay in place if I pick the bucket up. Total FAIL with regard to maintaining the expected quality. Can you tell it [ticks] me off every time I use the [freakin`] things?!?

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Casters: Ebay sellers have "roller blade" casters, soft, quiet and larger diameter.... I resisted getting one of the mag wheel models.

    I used office chair parts and built them to suit me ( I was in the business for 30 yrs). You need a shorter cylinder to get the seat lower.
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    Re: The missing piece?

    I did spend a tiny bit more on a Chemical Guys branded set of buckets to ensure all of the grit guards ( I combine cyclone and standard) fitted really snugly - these Yeti`s look cool but unlikely to have any other advantages over a regular bucket... it`d be a no from me

    You`ll need at least 3 buckets unless you plan on refilling and rinsing the wheel one before you lay a mitt on the paint.

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    Re: The missing piece?

    I had to cut off the outer rig off one of my Grit guards to fit a favorite bucket that is narrower in diameter.

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    Re: The missing piece?

    John U- Good job fabbing the rolling seat

    I`d want casters on all the buckets too.

    atbalfour- Yeah, I too use various combos of Cyclone/GritGuard/WashBoard inserts, and I modified something similar for the rectangular Rinse buckets too. (No, I don`t have them in my rectangular/regular Wash buckets as those just don`t get contaminated.)

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Baldone View Post
    I have 3 buckets from Menard`s that were $15.00 total
    1.Soap and 10 wash mitts
    2. Empty for used wash mitts
    3.Wheels/tires
    No need to over do it on buckets
    ^^^^^this

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    Re: The missing piece?

    I use one bucket with 10 mitts to wash. One or two per panel. They go into laundry basket once done to be washed.

    I use one 3.5 gallon for wheels and a little 2 gallon for tires.

    If someone needs the whole set up..... Eve’s Husband sells two (2) 5 or 3.5 gallon buckets with grit gaurds and gamma seal lids for 39.99 right now it’s $34 dollars.

    At $17 per bucket (it’s a quality bucket) grit guard, and gamma seal lid that’s a steal.

    Im guessing Autopia will price match and they have quality buckets too so buy here but jump on that deal.


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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by Coatings=crack View Post
    I use one bucket with 10 mitts to wash. One or two per panel. They go into laundry basket once done to be washed.

    I use one 3.5 gallon for wheels and a little 2 gallon for tires.

    If someone needs the whole set up..... Eve’s Husband sells two (2) 5 or 3.5 gallon buckets with grit gaurds and gamma seal lids for 39.99 right now it’s $34 dollars.

    At $17 per bucket (it’s a quality bucket) grit guard, and gamma seal lid that’s a steal.

    Im guessing Autopia will price match and they have quality buckets too so buy here but jump on that deal.


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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by briarpatch View Post
    Took me a minute to get this
    That "Eve`s Husband..." *was* a good one
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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    That "Eve`s Husband..." *was* a good one
    funny thing is...it is a slamming good deal on buckets

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by briarpatch View Post
    funny thing is...it is a slamming good deal on buckets
    Yeah.... you’ll need a grit gaurd for every bucket and the gamma lids are the best.... can’t beat that combo deal


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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by Coatings=crack View Post
    I use one bucket with 10 mitts to wash. One or two per panel. They go into laundry basket once done to be washed.

    I use one 3.5 gallon for wheels and a little 2 gallon for tires.

    If someone needs the whole set up..... Eve’s Husband sells two (2) 5 or 3.5 gallon buckets with grit gaurds and gamma seal lids for 39.99 right now it’s $34 dollars.

    At $17 per bucket (it’s a quality bucket) grit guard, and gamma seal lid that’s a steal.

    Im guessing Autopia will price match and they have quality buckets too so buy here but jump on that deal.


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    Interested in your reasoning for the gallon for just tires.

    What is different about your wheel bucket / shampoo to you tire bucket / shampoo?

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    Re: The missing piece?

    Quote Originally Posted by Astouffer512 View Post
    Interested in your reasoning for the gallon for just tires.

    What is different about your wheel bucket / shampoo to you tire bucket / shampoo?

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    Stuff use to clean tires is a harsher chemical. Also the brush i use gets really dirty and don’t want to introduce it to the wheels. I use to just spray the brush as it’s only one but found the 2 gallon bucket more convenient.


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