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Bunky
10-24-2010, 08:11 AM
I washed the Dakota yesterday. I was trying a different soap with my Uber sponge.

When this synthetic sponge's small pores and WG Auto Bathe, it can generate a lot of suds just by squeezing the sponge. It is like a manual foam gun. The WG soap has lighter suds than some soaps so seems to work better with this sponge.

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The rinse bucket is on the right so plenty of suds generated when rinsing. I usually use 2 stacked grit guards in the rinse bucket.

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After the wash but not dried but most water sheeted off. This was later dried using the Metro Master Blaster.

The LSP is WG DPS - at 6 weeks. The truck looks nice in the shade but the paint is not perfect. I haul too much stuff in it so the sides get marred up especially around the bed and sometimes by just looking at it. The birds have left some presents too.

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Finemess
10-24-2010, 10:46 AM
Looking good, I like the lil red wagon for wash buckets.

Grizzly
10-24-2010, 05:21 PM
Nice Dakota. 4x4?

What do you use to clean and dress the drop in liner?