How do dilute a product exactly?

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When you guys say 3:1 is it 3 part water 1 part product?

If I'm using a 10oz bottle for instant and I want to dilute it 3:1.How would that be?

Thanks for answering.:xyxthumbs:
 
easiest measurement for such a bottle is

2oz of product, 6 oz of water for a total of 8 ounces...
 
With most detailing products, you can shoot for "close enough." If you want 10 full ounces, then take 10 / 4 = 2.5. 2.5 x 3 = 7.5. So you'll have 7.5oz. of water and 2.5oz of your chemical. Don't bust out the medicine dropper and make this any more difficult than it has to be. You could even eyeball most things, as long as you know that going overboard with that chemical won't have any adverse affects on what you're working on.
 
Y2KSVT said:
With most detailing products, you can shoot for "close enough." If you want 10 full ounces, then take 10 / 4 = 2.5. 2.5 x 3 = 7.5. So you'll have 7.5oz. of water and 2.5oz of your chemical. Don't bust out the medicine dropper and make this any more difficult than it has to be. You could even eyeball most things, as long as you know that going overboard with that chemical won't have any adverse affects on what you're working on.
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Give this man a Cigar!! :props:
 
You can buy spray bottles that have dilution marks on the side.
 
Acer9103 said:
When you guys say 3:1 is it 3 part water 1 part product?

If I'm using a 10oz bottle for instant and I want to dilute it 3:1.How would that be?

Thanks for answering.:xyxthumbs:
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The calculation is rather easy once you get your mind wrapped around the method. 3:1 = 4 parts. 10oz div. 4 = 2.5oz of the product you are going to dilute. Then add water for the remaining 7.5 oz. I have a spreadsheet with a number of bottle sizes and dilution ratios so I don't screw up the math.
 
mwoolfso said:
The calculation is rather easy once you get your mind wrapped around the method. 3:1 = 4 parts. 10oz div. 4 = 2.5oz of the product you are going to dilute. Then add water for the remaining 7.5 oz. I have a spreadsheet with a number of bottle sizes and dilution ratios so I don't screw up the math.
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Do you mind sharing it?Pm me
 
timaishu said:
You can buy spray bottles that have dilution marks on the side.
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The trouble I have with the Megs 32-oz sprayers is that while they have a "water" mark for the expected dilution ratio, there is no line above that to show how much "product" to add. Up to the top of the label? The top of the bend? Or the top of the neck?
 
SameGuy said:
The trouble I have with the Megs 32-oz sprayers is that while they have a "water" mark for the expected dilution ratio, there is no line above that to show how much "product" to add. Up to the top of the label? The top of the bend? Or the top of the neck?
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Use a measuring cup and put in 32oz of water and mark the bottle with a sharpie. Then you can mark all your bottles
 
dougaross said:
Use a measuring cup and put in 32oz of water and mark the bottle with a sharpie. Then you can mark all your bottles
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LOL I did it the other way around. I measured how much water to the respective "water" lines for each bottle, then I knew how much product to add. :)
 
Someone had a really good excel spreadsheet picture of dilution ratios and the amount needed for amount diluted... I know I downloaded & saved it to my old computer so I'll have to see if I can find it and repost it for you.

It's come in very handy many many times.
 
SameGuy said:
The trouble I have with the Megs 32-oz sprayers is that while they have a "water" mark for the expected dilution ratio, there is no line above that to show how much "product" to add. Up to the top of the label? The top of the bend? Or the top of the neck?
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I wondered that too so I measured out everything and its where the bottle starts to bend upward
 
SameGuy said:
The trouble I have with the Megs 32-oz sprayers is that while they have a "water" mark for the expected dilution ratio, there is no line above that to show how much "product" to add. Up to the top of the label? The top of the bend? Or the top of the neck?
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Hi Francesco,

It's the ridge on the top of the bottle. Simply fill the bottle with water to the 4:1 or 10: 1 mark and fill to the ridge with your product.

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Photo courtesy Mike Phillips via Meguiars website.
Link here: How to properly dilute Meguiar's Detailer Line products
 
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I don't think so. I believe 32 ounces takes you almost to the top of the bottle. I may be mistaken, but I just recently measured 32 ounces of water and filled a Meguiar's APC+ bottle and it was to the top of the neck. If you look at the distance between the 10:1 line and that ridge line, I don't believe that's only 1/11th of the height between the bottom of the bottle and the ridge line.
 
Right on Jim!

I know (from measuring) that it's not 32 oz. But I'm more concerned with getting the ratios right. Yes, it's a 32 oz. bottle, but I don't mind mixing up 27.5 oz. or whatever if it's correct.

Thanks for the MoL link; I hadn't actually searched for the info there.
 
SameGuy said:
LOL I did it the other way around. I measured how much water to the respective "water" lines for each bottle, then I knew how much product to add. :)
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I did recently learn that if you add the water first, then the product it won't bubble over. Just saying. :buffing:
 
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