ONR Grout Sponge How Saturated?

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shadow85

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How saturated with ONR do you soak your Grout Spounge when washing? Do you take it out dripping wet with ONR and head to the paint?



Also how many gallons of water you use to clean a full car?
 
i used to do it dripping wet and i would use like maybe a half of my 5 gallon bucket, now ive been doin it like pretty damp basically just not dripping all over the place. doing it that way i use maybe a few cups of water, the level of water in the bucket only goes down a few inches.

ive been using it for like 4 months now. maybe some more experienced users can chime in soon
 
Yea I am noticing I transfer alot of wash water to the rinse water so thought maybe I am over saturating it. And I am using a mix of 5gal onr wash.
 
This is what I do and it works for me.



Lowe’s, ProLine, Professional, Tile & Grout Sponge 7″ x 4.5″ x 2.25″, $1.98 each for ONR usage.



Sponge is too big for my hand to squeeze out all the water when rinsing out so I modified the sponge to fit my hand and the amount of ONR I use after pre-spraying the panel. What a convenience and time saver for me.



Using one 3 gallon pail, modified grit guard [cut to fit pail bottom] 2 gallons of ONR mixture. Using a quart or so of mixture per car



I do a one hand dip, release, smoosh the grit guard, suck up good water as we pull away, squeeze out excess [not too drippy] and off to the next area.



Modified my sponge slicing in half height wise to make two 7″ x 4.5″ x 1.125″ sponges.



I cut 1″ off the length of the sponges leaving me with two hand fitting 6″ x 4.5″ x 1.125″ wash media.



The two end piece cutoffs are just great for nooks, crannies, door jambs, emblems, blah, blah, blah....



Being safety aware when cutting the sponge I do use a leather glove on the hand holding the sponge because the sponge is flexible and I like having 5 fingers on each hand.



A bread knife with that serrated edge worked well for me.



I just purchased 3 sponges to make 3 car washing kits. These 3 car washing kits [grout sponge, 3 gallon pail, small ONR 8 oz. and two micro fiber towels] door prizes will be my donations for drawings this coming Tuesday at a local company [2,000] employee environmental awareness day. One on my clients has agreed to let me bring her eco Honda Fit [Bright Blue] as a show car. She is so excited she is taking the day off work to come along with me to the event.



Tomorrow I will bring this Fit "Little Blue" to Show Car Shine something I don’t get to do as often as I would like. I am hoping to outshine the Tesla Motors red roadster on display [all electric and this baby goes!] and yes I have requested a ride along if possible.



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So 2 Gallons of ONR mix is sufficient to clean a whole car with the 2 bucket method? The dirtiness of the ONR mix starts to intimidate me after 3 panels.
 
shadow85 said:
So 2 Gallons of ONR mix is sufficient to clean a whole car with the 2 bucket method?
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Not in my experience. In fact, I have found that the two-bucket method for an ONR wash requires one to use more wash, precisely because I am dunking the sponge into the rinse bucket and then squeezing the water out of it; consequently, when I dip it back into the ONR rinse, it draws out more solution than would be the case if I were just using one bucket. Does that make sense? I have found that I eventually have to dump the ONR bucket and make a fresh batch. Since I usually start with three gallons, that means that I usually use 6 gallons of ONR-water solution.
 
I do not have the above problem. I may have to start over with a new rinse bucket but one ONR 2 gallon bucket is sufficient for an SUV wash for me.
 
akimel said:
Not in my experience. In fact, I have found that the two-bucket method for an ONR wash requires one to use more wash, precisely because I am dunking the sponge into the rinse bucket and then squeezing the water out of it; consequently, when I dip it back into the ONR rinse, it draws out more solution than would be the case if I were just using one bucket. Does that make sense? I have found that I eventually have to dump the ONR bucket and make a fresh batch. Since I usually start with three gallons, that means that I usually use 6 gallons of ONR-water solution.
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Exactly my point for the thread. All the ONR water gets into the rinse water very quickly so I think I might be over saturating the sponge. But then again, if I dont saturate the sponge enough, I am afraid I do damage.



I do not have the above problem. I may have to start over with a new rinse bucket but one ONR 2 gallon bucket is sufficient for an SUV wash for me.
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So you must wring out the GS pretty well before wiping on paint.
 
I guess it's only fair to say that I pre-spray each panel before using the GS. I wouldn't say I wring the sponge. It's still dripping when applied to the paint.



I use about 1 gallon in yard sprayer and about 1 gallon in the bucket.



JJ
 
I use 2 to 2.5 gallons depending on car dirtiness. I use the 2 bucket method and rinse the dirty sponge in the rinse bucket, wring it out completely and then it goes back in the ONR bucket. I give it about a 1/2 squeeze so I don't waste ONR on the floor before I clean the car. I use 2 sponges to spread the dirt out among wash media and I never run out of solution. Typically my ONR bucket is spotless by the time I'm done and go on to the wheels. From there I just rinse in the remaining ONR solution (for the winter wheels).
 
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