Do you change wash bucket after every car/wash?

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Do you make up a fresh bucket of soap for every car you wash? I always change my rinse bucket, sometimes multiple times on one car. I always change the wash bucket too but I was thinking, is that really necessary? Especially if the car is not very dirty. The mitt gets thoroughly rinsed so it should be pretty clean every time in the wash bucket.

For home detailers, do you change your wash bucket after each of your cars? Do you put a lid on the bucket and save it for next time?

For pros, do you change wash bucket after every car? I have seen hand car washes have 55 gallon drum of wash soap. I wouldn't do that.
 
I Just do my truck and wife's Jeep at home, but I will always change out both buckets for fresh wash/rinse between the two.
 
I use the GDWM whether I'm doing a traditional or rinseless wash, so I can usually get away with washing my car and one other at home with around a gallon and a half of mixed up water.

It'll sound funny but I hate having to deal with mitts, that's why the GDWM is pretty much my go to no matter what wash method.

edit: to answer question directly, no I don't.
 
I almost always use a fresh bucket for each car. Just speaking as a hobbyist.
 
I don't change the suds in the bucket after just 1 car. I either wash at least 2 cars back to back, or I leave my clean rinsed mitts inside the bucket and put a lid on it to use next time [as long as it's within a few days]

If it's been sitting for 7 or more days I dump out, rinse my mitts, and make fresh suds.

This process has become standard procedure now that I'm using a more expensive car wash [Carpro Reload] but I still do it no matter which soap I decide to use.
 
Like GSKR said, I use a foam gun and it's a moot question for me.

I will mix up some ONR and a rinse bucket if I'm expecting to get some compounding dust on a job. I'll use that to wipe away any dusting and will cover it and save it for no more than a week. I'll use it for 2 cars max.
 
GSKR said:
Alot of pros use a foam Cannon.
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For those you that have seen the movie "Slingblade":

I reckon I ain't got me one a dem fancy guns, Mmmm hmmmm....

I just warsh it with the 2 bucket method... Mmmm.
 
I definitely change the wash bucket for every car including the separate bucket I use for tires and wheel wells. The wash water also gets changed for every car with a rinseless wash.
 
UncleDavy said:
I definitely change the wash bucket for every car including the separate bucket I use for tires and wheel wells. The wash water also gets changed for every car with a rinseless wash.
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Why do you change out unused rinseless wash?

I definitely save rinseless juice. I put a lid on it and even leave towels in the bucket. I always have 5 gallons ready for mobile detailing.


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Absolutely.

I used to keep the soap bucket for the next wash and would use it on my wheels but I don't do that anymore.
 
I change out both the rinse bucket and the soap bucket after each vehice. I also rinse out the wash mitt. I like starting each vehicle with clean product.
 
I have 2 dedicated buckets for wash/rinse and a separate bucket for wheels. I typically change out the rinse bucket and wheel bucket when doing multiple cars. If the suds are good in my wash bucket I will use it on multiple cars. I figure that this water is clean since my mitt is always rinsed prior to re-inserting it into the wash bucket.

For rinseless washes I use the GDWM. Any left over solution is kept in the bucket with a gamma seal lid.
 
KirkH said:
Why do you change out unused rinseless wash?

I definitely save rinseless juice. I put a lid on it and even leave towels in the bucket. I always have 5 gallons ready for mobile detailing.
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Just to clarify- when doing a rinseless, are you returning towels back into the bucket after wiping the car, or just doing single use/discard to the laundry pile? I could see dumping the rinseless mix if not doing GDWM.
 
ChrisT said:
What the hell is GDMW? Lol
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Like Pats300zx said - Garry Dean Wash Method. I'd call it something else if there was a faster way to say "Method involving multiple towels or other wash media submerged in a container of user's cleaning solution of choice where once removed from the cleaning solution the wash media does not return to the clean container."

I kinda hate calling it the Garry Dean method as I've seen comments that people did it that way long before Garry brought it mainstream, but it's just faster to abbreviate it to GDWM or Garry Dean Wash Method. My last post was from my phone. Was being lazy.

You had me worried for a second because I thought I had transposed the W and M (as quoted), which would have made it confusing. :laughing:
 
when I did use the 2BM I had a grit guard in both, I would use the seal to keep the wash water good until the next wash but if I saw dirt collecting on the bottom of the wash bucket id change it. since I use my "wash rig" now I don't have to worry about any of that.
 
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