[Bridges]

I use the two bucket with grit guards, but wondering if the two bucket system is meant for all wash mitts/sponges.

I have been using the microfiber bone sponge. What I'm finding is I'm losing all my suds. They are going into the other bucket. Is this sponge not meant for two buckets, maybe?

[detaildoc]

I wash mostly with a Grout Sponge and still use the 2 bucket system with grit guard.

[Bridges]

do you get alot/or any suds in the pre-rinse bucket?

[detaildoc]

Originally Posted by Bridges

do you get alot/or any suds in the pre-rinse bucket?

You mean, the rinse bucket? Yes, a lot of suds go there, along with all the grime, which is a good thing. I use Ultima Paint Guard Wash (shampoo), which gives endless suds, so running out is never a problem for me.

[Bridges]

Sorry, yes the rinse bucket. I just tired P21S Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo for the first time. It seems good. It had a nice gel feeling to it. But it didn't leave lots of suds on the car while washing.

[haper]

Originally Posted by Bridges

I use the two bucket with grit guards, but wondering if the two bucket system is meant for all wash mitts/sponges.

I have been using the microfiber bone sponge. What I'm finding is I'm losing all my suds. They are going into the other bucket. Is this sponge not meant for two buckets, maybe?

it could be you mitt but more likely is your process? for me, it i dunk my mitt in my rinse bucket then move it right into the suds bucket the mitt is way to 'wet' to absorb any suds. after rinsing your mitt make sure you squeeze out the excess water b4 going for more subs.

[Bridges]

well I have a grit guard in both buckets so I rub it against that in the rinse bucket, making sure I get all dirt off then dip in the sud bucket. This is wrong to do then?

My sponge gets black and I don't think just dipping it will remove the black from the sponge.

[Duratys]

Originally Posted by Bridges

Sorry, yes the rinse bucket. I just tired P21S Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo for the first time. It seems good. It had a nice gel feeling to it. But it didn't leave lots of suds on the car while washing.

I have found the same with that soap. It does leave a good amount of slickness though.

[EisenHulk]

P21S Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo is one of my favorite soaps to use.

[SuperBee364]

I hate suds. I don't normally use a traditional two-bucket method wash, unless I'm prepping a car for a polish job. But when I do, I put all the water in the bucket, then add the soap, then carefully mix the soap in so as to *not* create suds.

Suds prevent the soap solution from flushing away grime/dirt from the paint. I saturate the wash media with soap solution, then squeeze it out as I pass it over the paint, causing the solution to immediately flush away whatever the media has dislodged off the paint. This prevents it from getting trapped and swirling the paint. I then HP rinse what I just washed, as well as any panels that had the flushed stuff run down/over it.

Then I dunk the media back in the bucket, drag it across the grit guard a few times, and do it again.

Suds tend to stay wherever they are on the car, preventing the solution from doing it's "flush away" thing.

I also don't do traditional washes like this until after I've HP rinsed, then a layer of foam from the cannon, then a very thorough HP rinse. This also helps remove the vast majority of the stuff on the paint that can swirl during the wash.

But suds.... suds are eeeeevil.