Shampoo Dilution Ratios Table

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Here is my little contribution to the Autogeekonline forum.
I am car detailing supply junkie and always want to try sth new. I got so many shampoos I dont know if I can finish them all in my lifetime. Have been collecting data and come up with this spreadsheet table.
I will keep this table updated when I find a mistake or come across a new shampoo.
Hope this can help with some members who are in doubt about certain products :)

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Shampoo - name of shampoo, arranged in alphabetical order.
Cost - selling price in USD, note that some soaps may not be available in USA. If several size is available for that wash soap, I will use the largest one (most economical to buy bulk). Shipping cost is not included.
Volume/ml - Volume in milliliter. 1 US fl oz = 29.57ml.
Dil Ratio - Dilution ratio of shampoo either from the product label, or from recommendation by forum members. I tend to record shampoo at a medium dilution if I found several value online.
ml/L - how many ml of soap is needed for 1 liter of wash solution
ml/Gal - how many ml of soap is needed for 1 gallon of wash solution
10L - how many ml of soap is needed to make up a bucket with 10L of wash solution.
3.88238Gal - how many ml of soap is needed to make up a bucket with 3.88238gal of wash solution. To get this 3.88238 number, I bought a new 5 gal bucket, put 1 Grit Guard in, weight the set up with digital scale, then fill water to the line near the top of bucket, weight the bucket again and get the weight difference to find out that 3.88238gal of water is used if I fill water to the line in my bucket.
If you have bucket that holds 4 gal of wash solution, you may want to multiply the ml/Gal x 4 / 30 to get the amount of soap you need to use.
# of wash - how many number of washes will you get out of your bottle of soap if you use according to my dilution ratio
$/wash - how much it costs per wash

Please note that this table is for reference only. You may want to try different dilution ratio or even combine some soaps to suit your taste.

Reference: Google, numerous forums, and "Shampoo Dilution Ratios & Per Wash Prices" posted by Dieni at:
Shampoo Dilution Ratios & Per Wash Prices - Detailing World

Keywords for Google: Autoglym, Britemax, Carlack, CG, Chemical Guys, Dodo Juice, Duragloss, 1Z Einszett, FK Finish Kare, Meguiar's, Mother's, Optimum, Pinnacle, Poorboy's, Sonax, Sonus, Ultima, Wolfgang, Zaino, car shampoo conditioner wash wax.
 
wwwooooowwww this is awesome!!! thanks!!!!
 
Thanks for the information! I see couple shampoos I use on the list. :xyxthumbs:
 
Someone's been busy with Microsoft Excel!!

Very nice contribution to the group, thank you! :props:
 
I would recommend changing the $/wash to $/gallon as we all use different quantities to wash.

For example, you can wash most any car with only 2 gallon of No Rinse, which only uses 1oz of product, which only costs $.31 where you have $.61.

Nice job on the list, it should be very helpful!
 
Chris@Optimum said:
I would recommend changing the $/wash to $/gallon as we all use different quantities to wash.

For example, you can wash most any car with only 2 gallon of No Rinse, which only uses 1oz of product, which only costs $.31 where you have $.61.

Nice job on the list, it should be very helpful!
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The way I use ONR I'm out of 2 gallons half way through the wash.
 
alko said:
The way I use ONR I'm out of 2 gallons half way through the wash.
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is that b/c you have a grit guard in the wash bucket?

I used to have that problem but now when I do ONR, I'll put both gg's in my rinse bucket...

Haven't studied the table but I agree that you need to have a standard measure

from what Chris said, I'm guessing that the standard measure used was 4 gallons...
 
yes I put in a grit guard, but I also use 4 gallons of water. I'll dip the wash mitt in and without wringing the mitt of excess water, I'll begin washing the panel. But because of this, there's NO way 2 gallons would last me.
 
Damn, chemical guys citrus wash and gloss is very cheap.....anyone happy with their product? Do they have washless system as well?....
 
Chris@Optimum said:
I would recommend changing the $/wash to $/gallon as we all use different quantities to wash.

For example, you can wash most any car with only 2 gallon of No Rinse, which only uses 1oz of product, which only costs $.31 where you have $.61.

Nice job on the list, it should be very helpful!
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Thank you for your comment Chris.
I was using the ratio 1oz to 2gal (1:256) in my Excel but as i make it universal for all soaps/no rinse to make up 3.88 gal at the recommended dilution ratio for comparison, i tk i shd stay in that way for the time being.
in fact i hv another column in my xls about "Remarks" that have the manufacturer or online reference source.
however i found it to be too long to be posted up in image format haha.

When i have time i will see how it turn out if i use 4 gal as calculation base.
 
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ponzy said:
Damn, chemical guys citrus wash and gloss is very cheap.....anyone happy with their product? Do they have washless system as well?....
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While PBMG is selling this, I wouldnt say much about it here:
The Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss (CG CW&G) is a very nice shampoo but there is 1 thing I dislike about it.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
I didn't see Dawn on your list
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I have never used Dawn to wash my car before.

If I am using dish wash soap I add soap until I find the water to be slick enough, but never had an accurate dilution on that doh~
 
Lol, i meant WATERLESS WASH, and not washless*, hahahaha, anyway, thanks for the reply PPLD :)
 
Guys and girls,

I just realized a mistake in my dilution ratio for some CG shampoos lol.

For CW&G:
1:3785.4 or 1:4000
CG web site said add 5ml to make up to 5 gal,
But the cap is 10ml in fact if you measure it.

Extreme W&W:
10ml to 1 gal
= 1:378.54
CG Extreme Body Wash N Wax Dilution Ratio - Detailing World

Glossworkz:
When they had product announcement they said it is 1:600.
Now they state 1:640 on their web site eh?
 
PPLd said:
When i have time i will see how it turn out if i use 4 gal as calculation base.
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I think Chris was suggesting a standard base of product cost/single gallon of water.

This way, doesn't matter how many gallons you use to wash, cost is just the standard cost per gallon dilution multiplied by the gallons of water used
 
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