2 bucket...1 bucket too many

KillaCam said:
You're wasting just as much water washing all the mf after each wash than you would having a second bucket. Plus you have to wash and dry your towels all the time, no thanks.
Two bucket with one mitt has worked for me for years with no signs of swirling or marring on my daily driver.
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And 13 good MF towels aren't cheap, especially if you have more than one car to wash that day.
 
KillaCam said:
You're wasting just as much water washing all the mf after each wash than you would having a second bucket. Plus you have to wash and dry your towels all the time, no thanks.
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Huh? With all due respect...

2 bucket method:
- one bucket of water
- two buckets of water
- washing machine

1 bucket method:
- one bucket of water
- washing machine

Since the one bucket is never completely empty you can dunk all the dirties in the remaining water and get them quite a bit clean before putting them in the wash and dumping that remaining water.
 
Meh, to each their own. I actually like doing the 15 microfiber towel with one bucket.
 
aim4squirrels said:
You my friend, like I are in a drought, but it's not 100% mother nature's fault. You can point the finger at your state representatives who have not built enough water reservoirs to serve the demand of the population growth of Texas in the last 3 decades. Add to that the water restriction waivers for any company drilling for oil and natural gas, and you can see where we have a problem.

It's not sexy to invest in infrastructure, so politicians don't vote for measures like this when those dollars can be better used to appease certain factions of their lobbying constituents with tax reduced projects to benefit their own back yard.

I'm not a huge believer in karma, but I do find it amusing that the driest part of the state is right around the Capitol. That's probably the only reason water table management and expansion is getting any lip service these days.
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Reservoirs aren't always the answer when the sun evaporates most of it. SA's water is an underground aquifer which produces very hard water but what's insane is we're growing faster than we than we can capture water; and we want a Tesla plant down here and we still plant St. Augustine yards. Sometimes you can't fix stupid.
 
Just an observation: It's somewhat amusing that only on a detailer's forum will folks argue about washing cars.
 
I haven't bothered to use any of these so aptly called: bucket-methods...to "wash" any of my vehicles...
since late 2005.

No biggie-do...AFAIC!!

Bob
 
Gokite said:
Huh? With all due respect...

2 bucket method:
- one bucket of water
- two buckets of water
- washing machine

1 bucket method:
- one bucket of water
- washing machine

Since the one bucket is never completely empty you can dunk all the dirties in the remaining water and get them quite a bit clean before putting them in the wash and dumping that remaining water.
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I never wash my meguiars microfiber wash mitt so I never have to waste time, money, and water putting it in the wash machine. Rinse it well and hang up to dry.

I also like doing this because I HATE washing towels.
 
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Don't you all at least wash your waffle weaves after each car wash? If so, throwing 6-8 more rinseless towels in the wash isn't going to hurt anything is it? Besides, I feel stupid throwing 2 waffle weaves & a couple cleaning towels alone in the washer...wasting water for me.

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This stuff is amazing to me. When I was a kid, my dad washed his car with Tide Powder and any rag he could find in the kitchen, and never dried the car. Seems like back then, in my middle-class North Carolina neighborhood, no one dried their car. The absence of dirt and mud was the only criteria for a successful wash. Later in life, I worked at a car wash - back when the automated car washes were attended. Big rollers with what felt like fishing line, getting dirtier with every car. A bicycle tire drove over the top of the car to keep the sprayers at the optimal distance. The car that came out of the opposite side was, no doubt, clean, with the absence of dirt and mud. I was one of the "snobs" that would not allow my car through the bay. I also dried my car with a perfectly good bath towel. Radical!
 
Gokite said:
I get the idea behind the two bucket, but as an engineer who is always looking for a better way, i have what i think is a better method...the one bucket.

1) fill a bucket 2/3 with water
2) add some soap, just a little bit
3) dunk 13 small MF towels folded up
4) use a MF towel for each panel
5) once panel is done, take new MF
6) discard used MF in a used pile for laundering

Each panel is: hood, roof, trunk, four quarterpanels, front doors, rear doors, front grill and bumper, rear bumper.

For each area a new MF is used. No dirt is being reintroduced to the car. Washing one panel per MF ensures enough MF coverage to be safe.

At the end I take the MFs and put them back in the bucket and slosh them around to get most of the dirt off them, squeeze dry, and throw in the wash.

I just did two cars this way, worked great. Yes, you need a bunch of MFs, but i think most people here have a bunch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evFTeRxtEEo

Garry already had this idea (the video is exactly what you describe but does not take 13 MFs).
 
The water used in the rinse bucket is a drop in the bucket (pun obviously intended) used for rinsing the car before, during, and after. Then you have the water used to wash all those microfiber towels so is may not be so clear cut as one would think.

If you want an effective (for paint in any soil condition) and more water efficient water use method, get an electric pressure washer.
 
Gokite said:
The good ol' days...!



Someone mentioned this before...It wasn't about planting flags. I thought it was a better method so I shared. kudos to Gary.
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Someone before said it was like the garry dean wash method but that video I linked to was the garry dean wash method modified in the same way yours is, not the rinseless method he is popular for. It's worth watching as it lowers the amount of towels used allowing this to actually be practical for those detailing others cars. He also talks about using the low GPM pressure washer. I was just posting it because it is good info and closely related.
 
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