Reset Dilution Ratio?

D

dalemccl

New member
Jun 30, 2022
15
0
I just bought some CarPro Reset. The bottle instructions say to dilute 500:1 and gives an example of 1.35 ounces per 5 gallons. If I use it in a handheld pump foam sprayer with 1/2 gallon or less of water, that ratio works out to something like 1/10 of an ounce or less of Reset. It would be almost impossible to measure that small an amount. Am I missing something?
 
dalemccl said:
I just bought some CarPro Reset. The bottle instructions say to dilute 500:1 and gives an example of 1.35 ounces per 5 gallons. If I use it in a handheld pump sprayer with 1/2 gallon or less of water, that ratio works out to something like 1/10 of an ounce or less of Reset. It would be almost impossible to measure that small an amount. Am I missing something?
Click to expand...

That dilution ratio is for a bucket wash. I've never used it out of a pump sprayer/foamer.....but I'm guessing maybe two or three ounces for 64 oz of water in a pump sprayer?
 
dalemccl said:
I just bought some CarPro Reset. The bottle instructions say to dilute 500:1 and gives an example of 1.35 ounces per 5 gallons. If I use it in a handheld pump foam sprayer with 1/2 gallon or less of water, that ratio works out to something like 1/10 of an ounce or less of Reset. It would be almost impossible to measure that small an amount. Am I missing something?
Click to expand...

Mix in a 5 gallon bucket and use as needed or use Echo2 as a waterless wash.
 
briarpatch said:
That dilution ratio is for a bucket wash. I've never used it out of a pump sprayer/foamer.....but I'm guessing maybe two or three ounces for 64 oz of water in a pump sprayer?
Click to expand...

At that ratio it will strip his paint. LOL:D
 
Find an online dilution calculator. Enter the amount of the water. Enter the dilution ratio. Hit enter.

Then convert the ounces (oz) to milliliter (ml) using another online converter. 0.1 oz is about 3 ml.

Use those little measuring cups that come with your cold/flu/cough medicines. That is what I use.
 
You are going to have to experiment to figure out what you like. Start with the recommended dilution and adjust from there.
 
Thanks for all the good info in your replies.

I am starting to wonder if I should return the unopened Reset and get something else that doesn't have such high water to product ratios. Is Reset even appropriate for use in a handheld pump foam sprayer?
 
dalemccl said:
Thanks for all the good info in your replies.

I am starting to wonder if I should return the unopened Reset and get something else that doesn't have such high water to product ratios. Is Reset even appropriate for use in a handheld pump foam sprayer?
Click to expand...

Before you return the Reset.....take look at this video from Brian at Apex Detail....using Reset in and IK pump foamer......might be helpful to you

CarPro RESET!! The Car Shampoo Series...Continues!! - YouTube
 
dalemccl said:
Thanks for all the good info in your replies.

I am starting to wonder if I should return the unopened Reset and get something else that doesn't have such high water to product ratios. Is Reset even appropriate for use in a handheld pump foam sprayer?
Click to expand...

Before you return the Reset.....take look at this video from Brian at Apex Detail....using Reset in and IK pump foamer......might be helpful to you

CarPro RESET!! The Car Shampoo Series...Continues!! - YouTube
 
dalemccl said:
Thanks for all the good info in your replies.

I am starting to wonder if I should return the unopened Reset and get something else that doesn't have such high water to product ratios. Is Reset even appropriate for use in a handheld pump foam sprayer?
Click to expand...

I use Reset in an IK Foam Pro 12, I think I used 2 or 3 ounces but I regret not paying more attention. Foams really well and is my primary wash style now other than when I use a rinseless. Meaning I like Reset foamed instead of Reset in a bucket.
 
dgage said:
I use Reset in an IK Foam Pro 12, I think I used 2 or 3 ounces but I regret not paying more attention. Foams really well and is my primary wash style now other than when I use a rinseless. Meaning I like Reset foamed instead of Reset in a bucket.
Click to expand...

How many gallons of water in the foamer? No matter what, 2 to 3 ounces in that is going to be about 10x more concentrated than is recommended for a bucket wash. Seems high.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
 
briarpatch, I watched Brian's video. He said he added 1 ounce to the IK Foam 9, but didn't say how much water was in it. I think it holds 1.3 gallons, but it looked like it was less than half full when he started. That wouldn't be close to the 500:1 recommended ratio. A much stronger solution.

dgage, how much water do you typically have in the IK Foam Pro 12 when you add 2 or 3 ounces of Reset? Edit - I see that BlackCarBlues just posted the same question.
 
I use Reset for foaming often, but I'm using way, way more than the recommended 500:1 dilution ratio.



I guess I need to trial it at that rate and see what it does.
 
dalemccl said:
briarpatch, I watched Brian's video. He said he added 1 ounce to the IK Foam 9, but didn't say how much water was in it. I think it holds 1.3 gallons, but it looked like it was less than half full when he started. That wouldn't be close to the 500:1 recommended ratio. A much stronger solution.
Click to expand...

I'm sure that ratio is stronger than 500:1. I noticed he did not say how much water was in the foamer, and I watched the video a few times to try and see about how much he had in there. According to IK's website, both the Pro Foam 9 and the Pro Foam 12 have an effective capacity of 1.58 gallons......so maybe that's what he had in there?
 
briarpatch said:
I'm sure that ratio is stronger than 500:1. I noticed he did not say how much water was in the foamer, and I watched the video a few times to try and see about how much he had in there. According to IK's website, both the Pro Foam 9 and the Pro Foam 12 have an effective capacity of 1.58 gallons......so maybe that's what he had in there?
Click to expand...


A ratio of 0.255 fl oz (7.54125 ml) per gallon is equal to 500:1. So in a foam sprayer that holds 1.5 gallons, the ratio should have been 0.51 fl oz (15.0825 ml) so if he put in an ounce of Reset into the foam sprayer, he would be mixing it at (roughly) 250:1

That’s not accounting for if he filled it up to the full 1.58 gallon capacity and rounding the Reset product to more manageable ounces (0.5 instead of 0.51)

I’m not really sure what the *long* term effect (or even a multi-wash short term effect) would be on using (roughly) “double” the recommended amount of Reset… since it’s listed as pH Neutral (7) you would assume it would be okay for ease of use to just put 1 fl oz minimum into the containers, but we all know what happens when we assume.
 
IK Foam Pro 12 was full to the line so a little over 6L/1.6 gal. I’d say I added 2 oz of Reset. I’ll pay more attention. I didn’t pay attention that Reset is a 500:1 product so I’ll try next time with just 1 oz to see the difference.
 
As an update to this thread:
I e-mailed CarPro support asking about the Reset dilution ratio for a iK hand-held pump sprayer. A rep replied back that a 1:9 ratio should be used, and therefore I should put 3.2 ounces of Reset in my foam cannon. I responded to clarify that I was not asking about a foam cannon, I was asking about a stand-alone sprayer to which no additional water would be added during spraying like happens with a foam cannon attached to a pressure washer. Following is the reply I got back from a different rep:

"I think the 3.2 ounces will be fine, but it wouldn’t hurt to start with an ounce and just work your way up. You can always add more to the mixture if need be. We don’t have a specific ratio measured for the IK sprayers for Reset. You just have to play around with it."
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top