2 Bucket huh????

I don't use the 2 bucket method either. I rinse off my mitt after each panel. I think the 2 bucket theory is the same thinking as the bath to shower argument. Not trying to argue with anyone, just pointing out my thinking into this. If you rinse in a ashower the dirt/grime is off and down the drain. If you bathe, then some of the particles can go to the bottom and depending on how fast you get up from the water you can grab a bunch of the particles you were trying to wash off. So rinsing after each panel, while wasting a lil more soap, will kepp you from having more chances of scratching/marring of your surfaces.



Just my $0.02



Jim
 
I really liked that video, now I have some new ideas for washing, but he totally forgot about the wheel wells. That MINI was pretty clean to begin with. My products should hopefully come in today so I will detail my BMW 528i tomorrow and hopefully post pics.



BTW: I love not having school.



Wade
 
W.S. said:
I really liked that video, now I have some new ideas for washing, but he totally forgot about the wheel wells. That MINI was pretty clean to begin with. My products should hopefully come in today so I will detail my BMW 528i tomorrow and hopefully post pics.



BTW: I love not having school.



Wade
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I believe the showcargarage video was to demonstrate how to wash exterior panels and glass only. Washing the wheels and wheel wells requires another wash mitt/brush and often times require a different cleaning solution (ie. dedicated wheel cleaner) depending on how anal you are. :)
 
I can see more buckets on a motorcycle because they have more 'extremes' i.e. the motor, forks, gas tank, vinyl, etc. Does anyone else save their shampoo water when using the two bucket method? I use it on a dd that is already in need of a deep polishing, so I don't think I'm doing any harm. I change it out whenever it gets gritty/dirty.
 
On my personal car, I can get by with 1 gal. On a bigger car like an SUV, I just mix up a 2 gallon batch. By the time I'm done, there's not enough solution left that is worth saving.
 
On thing that I did not hear Mike mention in the video is to always use straight line motions when washing and drying the paint. This will cut down on the number of swirls that you have to remove later on. As for myself, I go to the coin op and wash my vehicles. I have done this for several years now and so far have not had a problem with scratching or marring the surface and yes I drive a swirl free dd that has only been polished/glazed once since I bought it new 2 years ago. The reason I had to polish it then was to remove dealer installed marring and swirls from the delivery wash.
 
big3etr said:
I don't use the 2 bucket method either. I rinse off my mitt after each panel. I think the 2 bucket theory is the same thinking as the bath to shower argument. Not trying to argue with anyone, just pointing out my thinking into this. If you rinse in a ashower the dirt/grime is off and down the drain. If you bathe, then some of the particles can go to the bottom and depending on how fast you get up from the water you can grab a bunch of the particles you were trying to wash off. So rinsing after each panel, while wasting a lil more soap, will kepp you from having more chances of scratching/marring of your surfaces.



Just my $0.02



Jim
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So, when you shower you don't use soap? :laugh:
 
docker said:
On one of the boards last summer I posted a thread about this subject... here is a pic of the 2 buckets after the suds died down...



The wash bucket remained clean. Without the rinse bucket you'd be recycling the dirty water back onto the car.



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Very well said.
 
93AccordLXwhite said:
Does anyone else save their shampoo water when using the two bucket method? I use it on a dd that is already in need of a deep polishing, so I don't think I'm doing any harm. I change it out whenever it gets gritty/dirty.
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If it looks *very* clean, I'll use it through the siphon-feed sprayer for the beater's prewash. I can't say I've *never* kept using it when doing a few vehicles in one session, but I sure don't make a habit of it. But then I don't make a habit of doing more than one vehicle per session either :D



extremeclean said:
...always use straight line motions when washing and drying the paint. This will cut down on the number of swirls that you have to remove later on..
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Well, I'll modify the above just a little bit: it won't reduce the amount of marring, but the straight scratches won't be as noticeable. Marring comes from abrasive action- applied pressure and hardness relative to the paint, independent of direction.



Hope that didn't sound too pedantic, but I don't want somebody to think that going in straight lines will solve a wash-induced marring problem (I know somebody who constantly inflicts straight-line marring when they wash).



But hey...OTOH, straight line marring isn't the same thing as a "swirl", huh? So maybe we're both right :D
 
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