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Originally Posted by RedXray
Thanks Mike
Just ordered the half gallon AG branded foam gun along with a gallon of HoneyDew snow foam shampoo. Then I had to have a new mitt and another supreme guzzler
Cool. I think you're really going to like it and it will give the neighbors one more reason to think you're a tick on the OCD side of car detailing.
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Good stuff, thanks Mike.
Peace,
Darrin
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This was a great series of posts from everyone. Strangely, I learned more in reading this thread than I thought I would. What could be so complex about washing the car?!
On that note, I've always wondered why we foam and also 2bw a car as opposed to one or the other.
Thanks for all the tips!
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. (Voltaire)
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Second Best One Legged Detailer in The World... That top slot is unattainable
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Re: The Aggressive Approach to Washing a Car
Originally Posted by kevincwelch
This was a great series of posts from everyone.
Strangely, I learned more in reading this thread than I thought I would. What could be so complex about washing the car?!
Strange how this happens on this forum?
Originally Posted by kevincwelch
On that note, I've always wondered why we foam and also 2bw a car as opposed to one or the other.
Not sure about other guys but for me, when I use the foam gun I never get out a bucket.
The key to using a foam gun without a bucket is as simple as getting your wash mitt wet FIRST before foaming the car. As long as you do this you're good to go.
Originally Posted by kevincwelch
Thanks for all the tips!
And this is what a good thread is all about...
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I get foaming the car, and softening the wash mitts. What I don't get is how you substitute the rinsing of the mitt to get picked up dirt off. Do u just do the whole car with one mitt and load it up without any rinsing? For both the aggressive as well as gentle approach? Since you said you always use foam gun and no buckets on your cars?
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He's got a few wash mitts up on the windshield. I assume that's for his multiple helpers as well as for a demonstration that multiple mitts are needed.
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Re: The Aggressive Approach to Washing a Car
Originally Posted by larry33
I get foaming the car, and softening the wash mitts.
What I don't get is how you substitute the rinsing of the mitt to get picked up dirt off.
Do u just do the whole car with one mitt and load it up without any rinsing?
For both the aggressive as well as gentle approach? Since you said you always use foam gun and no buckets on your cars?
Great questions.....
If doing the aggressive approach and the car is REALLY dirty then "yes" have either multiple mitts or drag out at least one bucket and fill with water to rinse off the mitt fast and easy as you work around the car. If the car is not too dirty then for the aggressive approach I just use one mitt. If I'm washing a neglected car then I'm already planning on compounding it.
For the gentle approach - at least for me and my cars - they don't get that dirty. And they wash up fast and easy. I keep a coating on the SL500 and my truck sits so high off the ground with 40" tall tires that it doesn't get a lot of dirt on the body panels.
But for others... you can use the sprayer to spray off your mitt, simply detach from the foam gun and spray off gathered dirt. Or have bucket to swish your mitt into, use a Grit Guard Insert as a good option. Or have multiple mitts.
Originally Posted by kevincwelch
He's got a few wash mitts up on the windshield.
I assume that's for his multiple helpers as well as for a demonstration that multiple mitts are needed.
Exactly...
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I've never used Iron X but think I'm going to add it to my next order, when using it do you rinse after spraying the iron x or do you apply Iron X and then use the foam gun followed up my a rinse?
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In the next couple of weeks, I'll be working on a car that has probably not seen wax since 2002.....this 'aggressive' approach will most likely be the one I will use....will be the first one where I put up the before and after shots
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