BRS - Big Red Sponge

[VISITOR]

if this big red sponge is as thick as the blue lake country sponge then i can't say i will ever want to try one. it's too thick and they should cut it down about half the thickness...

[Real Riders]

if this big red sponge is as thick as the blue lake country sponge then i can't say i will ever want to try one. it's too thick and they should cut it down about half the thickness...

The Big Red Sponge is about the same size and thickness as the Lake Country blue sponge. The main difference is the material. While the LC Blue Sponge works good for regular washes, the BRS is much better for Rinseless Washes and last much longer

[Flyphish]

If you wring out the BRS in the same bucket with the clean water, aren't you soaking up some of the dirty water each time you dunk it?

[Jaddie]

The Big Red Sponge is about the same size and thickness as the Lake Country blue sponge. The main difference is the material. While the LC Blue Sponge works good for regular washes, the BRS is much better for Rinseless Washes and last much longer

Oh, I thought the Big Red Sponge was the Lake Country grout sponge, just with Optimum branding.

[Real Riders]

Oh, I thought the Big Red Sponge was the Lake Country grout sponge, just with Optimum branding.

The Big Red Sponge is completely different than the Lake Country Blue Sponge. The material is softer and the sponge lasts much longer.

[Chris Thomas]

The BRS is super soft and very durable...but, you will need to follow any foam wash media with a microfiber towel (either wet or dry) to make sure there is no dirt left on the paint before claying. I have had a few instances where I could not just go from no rinsed panel straight to claying when using a sponge.

[Eldorado2k]

Not at all. Rinseless washing is actually a safer method than traditional soap and water.

How?
Btw, I'm not saying rinseless washing is unsafe at all, I'm a fan of waterless, rinseless, and traditional bucket washes, but I can't see how a rinseless wash is somehow safer than a traditional wash considering a bucket wash starts with a full pre rinse with a strong stream of water. At best, a rinseless wash gets a pre spray which helps lubricate the surface and emulsifiy the dirt, but it still needs to be wiped off. Whereas a normL pre rinse with a hose gets most of that dirt off before even having to touch the paint.

[Real Riders]

How?
Btw, I'm not saying rinseless washing is unsafe at all, I'm a fan of waterless, rinseless, and traditional bucket washes, but I can't see how a rinseless wash is somehow safer than a traditional wash considering a bucket wash starts with a full pre rinse with a strong stream of water. At best, a rinseless wash gets a pre spray which helps lubricate the surface and emulsifiy the dirt, but it still needs to be wiped off. Whereas a normL pre rinse with a hose gets most of that dirt off before even having to touch the paint.

I am guessing the reason why most say Rinseless Wash is as a safe as a traditional wash is because they pressure wash the wheels and wheel wheels, then they use wheel cleaner on the wheels and rinse. They also spray off the whole car with a pressure washer and then do a Rinseless Wash. In the real world you show up to a business parking lot and the car will be dirty and covered with pollen and without a water source you better be careful

[Mantilgh]

In the real world you show up to a business parking lot and the car will be dirty and covered with pollen and without a water source you better be careful

True, or you show up at the house and they forgot the water line froze up and burst over the winter. This happened to me the other day. His daily driver black work truck was covered in DC city grime. His least concern was the paint though. D114 cleaned it up well and didn't add any extra swirls that I could tell. I did not pre spray, or pretreat in any way.

Then the next wash I did the outside spigot had been shut off for the winter and there was no access because it was in the other tenant's basement apartment. It was a severely scratched up silver car. No pre treat there either.

Just "clean and shiny". If they were show cars, or really well taken care of, I would have adapted my technique.

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Anyone try cutting one up to use for spots the normal size can't get to?

Still not sure about this..may try the 0 bucket method I read about over autopia before this