Drywash - A day in the life of B & B Tennessee

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Alright everyone..... I have made it a goal to bring my camera to EVERY job this year. I have so little pics compared to 99% of people on here mainly because I just never brought a camera.... never really worried about it, just wanted to do a great job and go home. BUT, this year will finally be pic heavy for me! So these pics are all from today.

I also wanted to show you guys my system..... a waterless system! I have been doing it this way for many many years and works great for me - All of the first pics are from one of my fleets - they were all completely caked with 2 months of winter weather on them as well as thick salt. The cars are in and out, so there may not be too many cars in the photos, but I did a total of 12 this morning...... then the decal removal pics were from a bus that I am prepping to polish for thursday..... and the last 2 cars were a couple of quick in/out details picked up at the end of the day. This is a photo-gallery of my 9 to 4 job today!!!

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Oh Yeah - forgot that I picked up this side job .... an in and out detail (no polish) DryWash.......
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These were the last 2 cars picked up........... Yes these headlights were done by hand without a "special lense kit" lol!

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See - I finally brought my camera!!!! Very similar day lined up for tomorrow - I will take tons of pics, but will not bore you guys again.... suppose I wanted to show off the Drywash system and was just super happy that I actually remembered the camera for once lol!
 
Noticed the pics were small - here they are larger for a better idea....... sorry guys.

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Nice work. I'm completely compelled by the drywash thing your using here. Can you elaborate on exactly what you do? Or is it your little secret? If so completely understand. But I've never seen anyone use no buckets or anything. Usually, it's something like ONR. So I'm really curious on how you manage to do this without inducing more swirls or scratches into the paint.
 
Gettin it done Anthony.......that a boy.....its great your bringing your camera.I'm gladyour busy and things are working out! Keep up of the good work!
 
SeaJay's said:
Nice work. I'm completely compelled by the drywash thing your using here. Can you elaborate on exactly what you do? Or is it your little secret? If so completely understand. But I've never seen anyone use no buckets or anything. Usually, it's something like ONR. So I'm really curious on how you manage to do this without inducing more swirls or scratches into the paint.
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Never had an issue with creating swirls or scratching at all..... one I always shake the MF before using, two if it every touches the ground NEVER use it for that job (must wash), three the product I use has clay in it which lifts the dirt off of the paint..... and in situations like these being super filthy..... I saturate more than normal each panel and lightly do a once over (no scrubbing) just to remove the dirt then buff with a MF. NEVER had an issue doing it this way.... but I am careful.

dad07 said:
Gettin it done Anthony.......that a boy.....its great your bringing your camera.I'm gladyour busy and things are working out! Keep up of the good work!
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Thanks man :)
 
Are you using a CG product that contains kaolin clay? If so kaolin clay, while it does provide a light cleaning action, is also a filler.
 
Lasthope05 said:
Are you using a CG product that contains kaolin clay? If so kaolin clay, while it does provide a light cleaning action, is also a filler.
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Yeah, that is it. It has the clay/wax/cleaners in it - brightens paint and makes my clients very happy..... never had a complaint using it.
 
Great work Anthony. Our conversation recently about the dry wash has me thinking...glad to see your pumping out a good number of vehicles daily.

I see Joel in there working hard as well.
 
I also use one. It is the originator of that style of product and been around over 20 years. It has never failed me or marred the paint. It's not sold here so I'll keep it to myself as you are doing.
 
B&B Tennessee said:
Yeah, that is it. It has the clay/wax/cleaners in it - brightens paint and makes my clients very happy..... never had a complaint using it.
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May I ask what this product you're discussing is? Would you PM me too?
 
LuxuryMobile said:
Great work Anthony. Our conversation recently about the dry wash has me thinking...glad to see your pumping out a good number of vehicles daily.

I see Joel in there working hard as well.
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Oh yeah, forgot that's your boy lol! He's an awesome worker man!

RTexasF said:
I also use one. It is the originator of that style of product and been around over 20 years. It has never failed me or marred the paint. It's not sold here so I'll keep it to myself as you are doing.
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Yeah, I agree with you here..... won't go into detail until AG pics it up - sure they have something similar to offer though.
 
Send the info my way as well would you via PM. I am very interested in this.

Thanks man!
 
For those of you asking what product and to PM you, I mean no disrespect for not PMing you but the only reason I don't give out the product I use is out of respect for AG here. This forum is awesome and I have bought some items from here..... but this particular item is not offered at AG yet. They may have a similar system or product, but until they do offer it I will not go into detail within their forum. I hope you guys understand......
 
Dang Anthony! How many MFs you go through in a day of that many drywashes? Do you and your employees take turns doing laundry?lol Do you do the drywash regardless of if you know that has been waxed/sealed previously? I think I would want to do an initial traditional wash and wax before I started using that method on a vehicle. Great job and shinny results for one day's worth of work. :props:
 
ShaunD said:
Dang Anthony! How many MFs you go through in a day of that many drywashes? Do you and your employees take turns doing laundry?lol Do you do the drywash regardless of if you know that has been waxed/sealed previously? I think I would want to do an initial traditional wash and wax before I started using that method on a vehicle. Great job and shinny results for one day's worth of work. :props:
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I have about 300 MF's currently - and wash them every 4 to 7 days.... they tend to work better the more I wash them! I will do the dry wash everytime unless someone asks otherwise - but that has only happened once since last summer. Again, never had a complaint. :dblthumb2:
 
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