swanicyouth
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So, ever since I first saw a Grit Guard (GG) used, I haven't done a 2BM wash without one. When I'm done, I always look in the "rinse bucket" and see how much dirt is is there. That dirt would have been in my wash bucket if a second bucket with a GG wasn't used.
Recently, I started doing a Gary Dean Wash Method (GDWM) type wash using high quality microfiber towels and conventional soap. The idea is, you will never let a dirty (used) portion of a towel touch your paint once your done with it. This works great for rinseless washes.
The problem I found while doing this with conventional soap is by the time your on the 3rd or 4th side of the towel, much of the soap has ran/dripped out of the towel. Your no longer using that foamy soapy towel you began with. The towel is still wet, but the "glide factor" seems gone from the towel. A towel doesn't hold as much soap as a mit. Not to mention, if you want to use something like a Wookie's Fist or a Chenille Wash mit, you would need to buy a dozen or so of them.
So, I went back to the conventional 2BM. To me, the one short coming of the 2BM has always been after you start, your essentially rinsing your mit in dirty water. A GG helps separate your mit from the dirt at the bottom of the bucket. But, there is still some dirt floating in that bucket.
I always wanted to come up with a way to constantly rinse my mit with clean water. So, my mit is as clean on the last panel is it was when I started the first. One way is just to keep changing the water in your rinse bucket during the wash, or using many rinse buckets. But, that's time consuming and a little
impractical.
I've been thinking of this for a while. I even thought of a crazy idea to have a rinse bucket with some type of filtration system built into it. Almost like a fish tank, where your rinse bucket water is constantly getting filtered. That wasn't going to happen.
So, I came up with a pretty simple idea that I think will work great. Basically, it's a bottomless rinse bucket. The idea is, to blast your mit clean with your hose or pressure washer after each use - using a never ending stream / supply of CLEAN water. It's awkward to do this with a hose, as you have to sit the mit down to do it, the surface has to be perfectly clean, and the mit always wants to fly away. Do it in the rinse bucket, and your just stirring up dirt and swishing around dirty water. Try and hold the mit in your hand, you get soaked and full of soap.
I thought of the easiest way to do it. Basically, I "lined" the outside of a regular GG with 3/8" fuel line hose so it sits up higher in a 5 gallon bucket. Then, I cut about 2/3 of the bucket away below the level of the GG so the "dirty" rinse water I'm blasting the mit with just flows away. I'm using it with a bucket caddy, so its nowhere near the ground. It looks like this.
This is the GG line with hose to make it "wider" so it sits higher up in the bucket:
This is the "cut away" bucket:
The bucket has 3 large cut always down to the bottom of the bucket. The bottom is still in place.
This is the "system" put together:
Upside down. The fuel line wedges the GG in place tightly.
This is how you would use it. Your mit is on the GG, and you just blast it clean with your hose (I would use a pressure washer) and unlimited clean water. All the dirt / dirty water runs out of the cut-outs of the bucket, away from your mit:
You can also use it to blast pads / applicators clean with a pressure washer, and they won't go flying across the floor.
I'm testing the idea now to see how it works in real world washing. The only detriment I could see is that if your using it on the ground, you could get some splash back on the mit. I'm using it on a homemade bucket caddy that has a platform. It may use more water, but your not filling up a second bucket to begin with.
We'll see how it goes.
Recently, I started doing a Gary Dean Wash Method (GDWM) type wash using high quality microfiber towels and conventional soap. The idea is, you will never let a dirty (used) portion of a towel touch your paint once your done with it. This works great for rinseless washes.
The problem I found while doing this with conventional soap is by the time your on the 3rd or 4th side of the towel, much of the soap has ran/dripped out of the towel. Your no longer using that foamy soapy towel you began with. The towel is still wet, but the "glide factor" seems gone from the towel. A towel doesn't hold as much soap as a mit. Not to mention, if you want to use something like a Wookie's Fist or a Chenille Wash mit, you would need to buy a dozen or so of them.
So, I went back to the conventional 2BM. To me, the one short coming of the 2BM has always been after you start, your essentially rinsing your mit in dirty water. A GG helps separate your mit from the dirt at the bottom of the bucket. But, there is still some dirt floating in that bucket.
I always wanted to come up with a way to constantly rinse my mit with clean water. So, my mit is as clean on the last panel is it was when I started the first. One way is just to keep changing the water in your rinse bucket during the wash, or using many rinse buckets. But, that's time consuming and a little
impractical.
I've been thinking of this for a while. I even thought of a crazy idea to have a rinse bucket with some type of filtration system built into it. Almost like a fish tank, where your rinse bucket water is constantly getting filtered. That wasn't going to happen.
So, I came up with a pretty simple idea that I think will work great. Basically, it's a bottomless rinse bucket. The idea is, to blast your mit clean with your hose or pressure washer after each use - using a never ending stream / supply of CLEAN water. It's awkward to do this with a hose, as you have to sit the mit down to do it, the surface has to be perfectly clean, and the mit always wants to fly away. Do it in the rinse bucket, and your just stirring up dirt and swishing around dirty water. Try and hold the mit in your hand, you get soaked and full of soap.
I thought of the easiest way to do it. Basically, I "lined" the outside of a regular GG with 3/8" fuel line hose so it sits up higher in a 5 gallon bucket. Then, I cut about 2/3 of the bucket away below the level of the GG so the "dirty" rinse water I'm blasting the mit with just flows away. I'm using it with a bucket caddy, so its nowhere near the ground. It looks like this.
This is the GG line with hose to make it "wider" so it sits higher up in the bucket:
This is the "cut away" bucket:
The bucket has 3 large cut always down to the bottom of the bucket. The bottom is still in place.
This is the "system" put together:
Upside down. The fuel line wedges the GG in place tightly.
This is how you would use it. Your mit is on the GG, and you just blast it clean with your hose (I would use a pressure washer) and unlimited clean water. All the dirt / dirty water runs out of the cut-outs of the bucket, away from your mit:
You can also use it to blast pads / applicators clean with a pressure washer, and they won't go flying across the floor.
I'm testing the idea now to see how it works in real world washing. The only detriment I could see is that if your using it on the ground, you could get some splash back on the mit. I'm using it on a homemade bucket caddy that has a platform. It may use more water, but your not filling up a second bucket to begin with.
We'll see how it goes.
