Has anyone used Optimum Big Red Sponge?

[Eldorado2k]

Not really. The BRS will pick up a majority of the dirt and the rinseless will carry some of it away. The towel will pick up a little. No different that a waterless wash like what you are used to doing. The BRS does not scratch if used properly.

So it sounds like the smart thing to do would be: Go over the panel, then flip the sponge over and go over the panel again then dry.

Do you use 1 bucket rinseless? Or 2 buckets? If using 2, do you put solution in both? Do you use ONR or which product?

[RippyD]

So it sounds like the smart thing to do would be: Go over the panel, then flip the sponge over and go over the panel again then dry.

Do you use 1 bucket rinseless? Or 2 buckets? If using 2, do you put solution in both? Do you use ONR or which product?

You weren't asking me, but... depends on how dirty. Only with no visible dirt will I do a whole panel with one side of the BRS. If you can see any dirt I would flip and rinse it more often. I usually use 1 bucket with a grit guard. If using 2 bucket I would use soap in both. I've used water rinse bucket with a BRS before and it's a lot of work to wring all the water out before going back into the soap. I don't recommend it..

[Eldorado2k]

You weren't asking me, but... depends on how dirty. Only with no visible dirt will I do a whole panel with one side of the BRS. If you can see any dirt I would flip and rinse it more often. I usually use 1 bucket with a grit guard. If using 2 bucket I would use soap in both. I've used water rinse bucket with a BRS before and it's a lot of work to wring all the water out before going back into the soap. I don't recommend it..

I’m guessing you use ONR?

If I ever did it I’d be using Wolfgang Uber or Mckees N-914

[Bruno Soares]

I use the BRS with N-914. 2 buckets, solution on just one of them. I spray the panel first with a Kwazar bottle. I usually do one pass with one side of the sponge then another pass with the other side, then dry. My drying towel does not get dirty.

Keep in mind when I’m doing rinseless, which is usually only when it’s too cold to wash outside, I do them often to avoid getting the car too dirty. If it did get to that point due to snow, I’ll do a pre wash with a hose outside as long as the weather is near freezing or above so my driveway doesn’t become an ice rink.

[Eldorado2k]

Thanks that’s the answer I was looking for.^

[DUBL0WS6]

Not really. The BRS will pick up a majority of the dirt and the rinseless will carry some of it away. The towel will pick up a little. No different that a waterless wash like what you are used to doing. The BRS does not scratch if used properly.

I don't really think any decent sponge scratches. I think some MF mitts will tend to scratch as they may hold particles in them. What I think produces the most scratches is gravel dust from when they tar and chip roads. And gravel dust should be rinsed off first.

[RippyD]

I’m guessing you use ONR?

If I ever did it I’d be using Wolfgang Uber or Mckees N-914

Mostly N-914 or Carpro Reset.

I don't really think any decent sponge scratches. I think some MF mitts will tend to scratch as they may hold particles in them. What I think produces the most scratches is gravel dust from when they tar and chip roads. And gravel dust should be rinsed off first.

I have to believe any sponge with enough dirt in it is going to scratch.

[The Guz]

So it sounds like the smart thing to do would be: Go over the panel, then flip the sponge over and go over the panel again then dry.

Depends on how much dirt is on that specific panel.

Do you use 1 bucket rinseless? Or 2 buckets? If using 2, do you put solution in both? Do you use ONR or which product?

90% of the time just 1 bucket with N914 or D114. On some occasion I mess with around with EcH20 or the new McKee's SiO2 rinseless wash. I no longer use ONR. I am not making enough solution to save it.

Pre-spray into a pump sprayer by just dumping the sprayer into the bucket of solution.

Same process with wheels and a mitt and/or a brush.

[DUBL0WS6]

Mostly N-914 or Carpro Reset.


I have to believe any sponge with enough dirt in it is going to scratch.

Well, yeah but it seems to me that sponges release dirt better than mf covered sponges or mitts.

[Nav45]

I am just wondering how the BRS works when using something besides ONR. I know that BRS was supposedly designed to work with ONR but I'm curious to see how it works with other products. Supposedly, ONR brings the dirt particles down to the bottom of wash bucket so you can safely wash the vehicle. Will other rinseless products do the same? I'm kind of hesitant in using other products with the BRS. Appreciate if you can share some of your experience with this.