ONR & Big Red Sponge

[dschribs]

For those of you that are using the Big Red Sponge for your ONR washes....do you use one bucket or two??

[The Guz]

One.

[Britsdaddy]

Two. I usually mix up 3 or 4 gallons and leave the sponge in the wash solution. Grit guard in each bucket

[RippyD]

Three.

Just got the BRS and was overly concerned about the wife's car. Will likely use 2 in the future.

[Coopers ST]

Just one

[rmcnamara]

do you leave the sponge in the solution all the time?

[The Guz]

do you leave the sponge in the solution all the time?

Yes. I clean the sponge with APC every other wash just to keep the BRS clean. I make 4-4.5 gallons of ONR solution and wash multiple times with one bucket.

I modified the grit guard in the bucket by cutting an inch off the legs to have access to more of the solution. If you use multiple buckets then it's recommended to have ONR in each of those buckets as well. I will only use two buckets with one bucket being for wheels and tires only.

[spazzz]

Yes. I clean the sponge with APC every other wash just to keep the BRS clean. I make 4-4.5 gallons of ONR solution and wash multiple times with one bucket.

I modified the grit guard in the bucket by cutting an inch off the legs to have access to more of the solution. If you use multiple buckets then it's recommended to have ONR in each of those buckets as well. I will only use two buckets with one bucket being for wheels and tires only.

So if I use 2 buckets, one for rinse, it should have ONR in the rinse bucket?

[The Guz]

So if I use 2 buckets, one for rinse, it should have ONR in the rinse bucket?

Yup. At least that is what Yvan states. Something to do with ONR being diluted even more using just a bucket of water for the rinse bucket.

[WillSports3]

The whole thing with ONR is the fact that the cleaners inside encapsulate the dirt and pull it to the bottom, so just a grit guard will suffice in one bucket. If you use a rinse bucket with just water in it, you're just gonna add in more water everytime since the sponge won't be perfectly dried so by the time you're doing your doors after the roof and the hood, your dilution ratios will be off. Plus with the grit guard, the BRS will just rest ontop of the grit guard while all the dirt is underneath the grit guard so your sponge is safe. It's a pretty good system and you won't swirl up your paint with it unless ya know, you've been using the same bucket of solution for an entire year then I would probably change it out.