silvercorsabee
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For all the keen car detailers is it worth using the 2 bucket method or are u just aswell with 1 bucket and a grit guard!? 
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Kieran
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2 bucket and grit guard 
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Daniel_Corsa
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I often just use 1, then other weeks 2. But I always snow foam, pressure wash before a mitt goes anywhere near my car.
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NathanR
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Haven't ever bothered with the 2bm . Usually pressure wash and snow foam , pressure wash off , maybe snow foam again depending how shitty it is , then shampoo it with a mitt . Pressure wash off again , watersheet and dry
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Piér
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If you get some clear buckets and use the 2 bucket method, you will soon see why you would want to use it 
[Edited on 28-07-2012 by Piér]
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BeetleGav
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What actually is the 2 bucket method? Other than getting two old women to do it?
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Mike
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One bucket with water to rinse any dirt and bits off the mitt before putting it back in the second bucket which has your cleaning stuff in.
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Piér
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What is the "Two-Bucket Method"
Again, millions of people use a single bucket of car wash solution to wash their car, but if you read the threads on this site you will find most members wash their cars using the "Two-Bucket Method" - whats that?
As suggested by the name, the two bucket method uses two buckets, not one. In thie first bucket, you have your car wash solution as normal. In the second bucket you have clean fresh water. First off you soak your mitt in the wash solution and begin washing the car (as described below). Then, before dunking the wash mitt back into the wash solution, you rinse it out in the second bucket of fresh water - this rinses out the dirt and grit particles from this mitt so that they cannot come into contact with your paint, reducing the number of swirls inflicted.
A grit-guard is also a very worthwhile investment and sits at the bottom of the bucket (I have two, one in the rinsing bucket and one in the wash solution bucket). When dunking you mitt into the fresh water bucket, rub it across the grit guard to increase the amount of grit particles which are removed from the mitt. Also, it keeps them trapped at the bottom of the bucket so even less chance of the mitt picking them back up and them reaching your paintwork to inflict scratches.
Taken from this thread... http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4637
[Edited on 28-07-2012 by Piér]
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by BeetleGav
What actually is the 2 bucket method? Other than getting two old women to do it?
Using one bucket for car shampoo and another for clean water, use the bucket with clean water to rinse the mitt before putting it into the bucket of car shampoo. Saves the bucket with car shampoo getting contaminated with grit which you've just taken off the car and is in the mitt
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BeetleGav
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ahrite cheers will start doing that
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Nic Barnes
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tap water, one bucket, some cheap car shampoo and a regular hose. sorted.
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Kippers
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Registered: 27th Dec 10
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
tap water, one bucket, some cheap car shampoo and a regular hose. sorted.
Same but ill polish/wax after hose.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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i sometimes micro fibre cloth dry it afterwards
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
tap water, one bucket, some cheap car shampoo and a regular hose. sorted.
Same.
Plus Chamois dry on top.
Annually I'll polish it too.
Can't be arsed with all this popular fucking about just to clean a car, rather spend the wasted time using the thing.
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SetH
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Sponge, fairy liquid, hose and turtle wax polish every 4 months.
Acid wonder wheels too
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Nic Barnes
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acid will corrode wheels init
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SetH
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Yer blud, I use scouring pads to get bugs off too, comes up awesome.
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