Wash bucket 3 or 5 gallon

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Which one is your favorite? I am planning to get them (1 or 2 buckets) locally(homedepo or lowes) and grit guards online but confused abt bucket size. I feel 5 gal one is too big. 3 gal would be portal and easy to move around the car. If i buy grit guards online will they fit homedepot or lowes buckets. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

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The Home Depot bucket is perfect since a grit guard fits it in perfectly. It is 5 gallon but does not weigh any more than 3 gallon bucket with same amount of water in it. Since I like to measure everything, I put marks on it to indicate 1,2,3 gallon levels.
 
Bunky said:
The Home Depot bucket is perfect since a grit guard fits it in perfectly. It is 5 gallon but does not weigh any more than 3 gallon bucket with same amount of water in it. Since I like to measure everything, I put marks on it to indicate 1,2,3 gallon levels.
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2 of these even three maybe if you have OCD like myself :)
 
I like my 3.5 gallon buckets. They are much easier to move around and they fit nicely on my shelves when I am not using them. I never filled a 5 gallon bucket all the way up anyways.

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I bought the Grit Guards first; and then took
them with me to the store where I was going
to be buying the buckets for detailing-purposes.

That way I knew, right away, that the buckets
had a proper fit with not only the Grit Guards...
but also with me, and my detailing-style, as well.


Bob
 
Grit guards do NOT fit in the Lowes blue 5 gallon buckets--they only go about half way down which makes it a perfect fit for using it to make swanicyouth's design for a pad washer.
 
KMG said:
I like my 3.5 gallon buckets. They are much easier to move around and they fit nicely on my shelves when I am not using them. I never filled a 5 gallon bucket all the way up anyways.

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Did you get them locally?

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ski2 said:
Grit guards do NOT fit in the Lowes blue 5 gallon buckets--they only go about half way down which makes it a perfect fit for using it to make swanicyouth's design for a pad washer.
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I have the Lowes blue and gray buckets. My grit guards fit perfectly in them.

The free bucket from Pep Boys however is too narrow for them and is my wheel/tire bucket.

3 gal. buckets also make excellent buckets for wheel/tire cleaning.
 
ski2 said:
Grit guards do NOT fit in the Lowes blue 5 gallon buckets--they only go about half way down which makes it a perfect fit for using it to make swanicyouth's design for a pad washer.
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I have the Lowe's 5 gallon buckets and mine go all the way in, but they don't fit snugly at all.

Walter

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KMG said:
I like my 3.5 gallon buckets. They are much easier to move around and they fit nicely on my shelves when I am not using them. I never filled a 5 gallon bucket all the way up anyways.
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Only way to fly, IMO 5 gal are too deep. I have my 3.5's in bucket dollies.
 
whavens said:
I have the Lowe's 5 gallon buckets and mine go all the way in, but they don't fit snugly at all.

Walter
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I guess this is a good reason to take a GG when you go to the store. I was specifically looking for buckets that are too small for the GG to go all the way down so I could build swanicyouth's DIY pad washer without having to add something to make the GG stay half way up in the bucket and the Lowe's blue buckets worked great.
 
KMG said:
I did not get them locally. I ordered mine online from US Plastics along with several 16oz. spray bottles for some of my chemicals.
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This. Cheap and you can get a bunch of each for less than the cost of Big Box versions, and better quality, too. They also carry squeeze bottles and wax jars if you are looking to transfer old product out of broken containers. Plenty of stuff that you can add to your detailing kit, if you dig around the site.
 
I use a six gallon bucket, as many soaps call for 1 oz per/ 5 gal.... The 5 gal bucket needs to be filled, almost to the brim, which makes moving it, spill. I use a 5 gal bucket for the rinse the wash mit bucket. This helps distinguish, which bucket to toss the wash mit in.

5 - 6 gallon buckets, grit guard fits fine.
 
Ricorocks said:
I use a six gallon bucket, as many soaps call for 1 oz per/ 5 gal.... The 5 gal bucket needs to be filled, almost to the brim, which makes moving it, spill.
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Hmm...or you could use a 3.5 gal bucket, put 2.5 gallons of water, and .5 oz of soap...nah, that's crazy talk.
 
It's like the 3 bears story, the six gallon, is just right, not to small, nor too big
 
ramki1459 said:
Which one is your favorite? I am planning to get them (1 or 2 buckets) locally(homedepo or lowes) and grit guards online but confused abt bucket size. I feel 5 gal one is too big. 3 gal would be portal and easy to move around the car. If i buy grit guards online will they fit homedepot or lowes buckets. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

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I live in California, i dont have option to do traditional wash . I want these buckets for rinseless wash using ONR

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