Anyone else ditches the 2 bucket method?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

I just watched this video

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And wow, it does make sense. I feel like I wasted money on my grit guard buckets. You can just use a foam cannon or foam gun as you supply fresh water and soap from the foamer

[MikeC78]

Lol I couldn't watch that whole video. Obviously, he has never heard of a rinse-less wash before. Two bucket washes have their place and I like to utilize the "Gary Dean method" when I can.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Lol I couldn't watch that whole video. Obviously, he has never heard of a rinse-less wash before. Two bucket washes have their place and I like to utilize the "Gary Dean method" when I can.

Yeah sorry the video is long but the point that came to mind is why use buckets if you have a foam cannon or gun right? You can always get clear dirt free water and soap from it as you go.

[MikeC78]

Because you're trying to hold as much soap and water on your mitt. I fill my mitts in a bucket and let them soak and do the GD method. I do this for my rinseless washes as well. Honestly, I hardly ever use a foam cannon. The foam does NOT stick to a properly sealed/coated vehicle or I sure cant get it too. By the time I foam my vehicle and go to use a mitt, most of the soap would all be on the ground.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Because you're trying to hold as much soap and water on your mitt. I fill my mitts in a bucket and let them soak and do the GD method. I do this for my rinseless washes as well. Honestly, I hardly ever use a foam cannon. The foam does NOT stick on a properly sealed/coated vehicle or I sure cant get it too. By the time I foam my vehicle and go to use a mitt, most of the soap would all be on the ground.

No but you foam as you go. Just like Ammo NYC showed in the Audi R8 video.

[MikeC78]

No but you foam as you go. Just like Ammo NYC showed in the Audi R8 video.

Ehhhh, I find that more work in my opinion and more chances of scratching your finish. I'd rather use a fresh soaked mitt on each panel if I can and replace with the ones in my bucket. The used mitts get soaked in the second, while I pull from the first.

Also, foamers use a TON of soap. If I just used the foam gun like that, I'd be spending much more money.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Ehhhh, I find that more work in my opinion and more chances of scratching your finish. I'd rather use a fresh soaked mitt on each panel if I can and replace with the ones in my bucket.

But you also don't keep the same mitt all along.

But yeah I don't know, I just found the video and found it interesting. Do grit guard actually work well if they now sell that washboard thing?

[MikeC78]

The way I explained washing my vehicle, I don't use grit guards.

[MikeC78]

But you also don't keep the same mitt all along.

But yeah I don't know, I just found the video and found it interesting. Do grit guard actually work well if they now sell that washboard thing?

If you don't use the same mitt, then where are you pulling them from? The dry shelf? No thanks! I'd rather keep mine soaked in a bucket of soap. That guy is too dramatic for me in that video.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

The way I explained washing my vehicle, I don't use grit guards.

Oh so hold on. I'm not getting how you do your method.

You have like clean mits in the clean bucket and after a panel you discard it for the rest of the wash and just get a new one?