philipfreire
04-16-2009, 03:26 PM
Anyone heard of this? Own one? Used one?
I'm the type of guy that likes to wash his car by hand, that way I know how clean it can get. Plus It's nice to save up those 6.99-10.99 car washes for something down the road.
Now the major problem with cleaning your car by hand is the chance of getting swirl marks in the paint. But if you use a sheep wool mitten, warm/cool water and a two bucket system with grit guards, you eliminate the chance of rubbing contaminates on the paint, thus having swirl marks.
Not sure if you guys heard of the two bucket system as I couldn't find any threads on it, so I'll give it a brief about it.
Basically you have one bucket that's called a rinse bucket and another bucket with the soap. Once you have used your mitten, you rinse it with the hose and then rinse it in the rinse bucket against the grit guard. The heavier soil will fall down to the bottom of the bucket under the guard and then I like to give it another rinse with the hose before attempting to put the mitten in the soapy bucket.
It's a fairly simple idea and it works great. I found that I have no swirl marks and that these extra steps in washing your vehicle by hand will save you money.
I first heard about this over at meguiarsonline.com. Has anyone been using this step system? Are their any tricks/tips you guys know that can help further prevent swirl marks?
Here's a link to an online video of this demonstration.
http://www.webridestv.com/showvideo.aspx?video=43655
I'm the type of guy that likes to wash his car by hand, that way I know how clean it can get. Plus It's nice to save up those 6.99-10.99 car washes for something down the road.
Now the major problem with cleaning your car by hand is the chance of getting swirl marks in the paint. But if you use a sheep wool mitten, warm/cool water and a two bucket system with grit guards, you eliminate the chance of rubbing contaminates on the paint, thus having swirl marks.
Not sure if you guys heard of the two bucket system as I couldn't find any threads on it, so I'll give it a brief about it.
Basically you have one bucket that's called a rinse bucket and another bucket with the soap. Once you have used your mitten, you rinse it with the hose and then rinse it in the rinse bucket against the grit guard. The heavier soil will fall down to the bottom of the bucket under the guard and then I like to give it another rinse with the hose before attempting to put the mitten in the soapy bucket.
It's a fairly simple idea and it works great. I found that I have no swirl marks and that these extra steps in washing your vehicle by hand will save you money.
I first heard about this over at meguiarsonline.com. Has anyone been using this step system? Are their any tricks/tips you guys know that can help further prevent swirl marks?
Here's a link to an online video of this demonstration.
http://www.webridestv.com/showvideo.aspx?video=43655