Soap then water or water then soap?

[nissenc1337]

That is the question at hand! How do you do it? I've found that when introducing water to soap I end up with 3/4 bucket of foam and the rest VERY concentrated water.

I'm thinking I need to go water/soap

[mjd91]

2-3 gallons water, add soap, another gallon of water and activate the suds.

[dc52nv]

I always fill up a 5gal bucket 3/4 of the way, add soap And mix it in by hand and then hit it with a strong stream of water to activate the suds.

[Dr_Pain]

I wash with a 2 bucket technique and Karcher electric power washer. I put water, then soap and after my presoak I use the PW wand in my bucket and suds it up. Works like a charm.

[spiralout462]

2-3 gallons water, add soap, another gallon of water and activate the suds.

[ihaveacamaro]

I always fill up a 5gal bucket 3/4 of the way, add soap And mix it in by hand and then hit it with a strong stream of water to activate the suds.

This is exactly what I do

[swanicyouth]

Water then soap. Unless its rinseless, then it doesn't really matter much. I use a grit guard to mix it.

[Bunky]

This is exactly what I do

+2.

[nissenc1337]

I'll give that a shot. Do ya'll use 5 gallons every time you wash? Nothing wrong with it i suppose but just wondering if there's a reason behind it.


I'm actually considering a move to a foam gun in conjunction with a brush as our Mothers rep says my soap can be used with one. A 128:1 ratio is what was recomended by Forrest.

[PiPUK]

As long as you adequately disperse the 'soap', it should not matter. Soap first makes this easy because you have mixing created by the water movement. Soap second is more difficult, especially if the water is cold - often the soap will fail to disperse at all. The ideal solution is probably to use warm/hot water and add the soap at the end - a quick swirl by hand will then be plenty to achieve full dispersal.