Spray & Rinse Questions

Not trying to take the discussion to far off course, but are my eyes deceiving me or doesn that wand have 2 tips (green/red)? Nice looking wand too.
 
Poorboy said:
true but you can already see from the picture of the soaking the dirt was breaking down ;) that was about 2-3 minutes ... truck hadn't been washed since September :notme:
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Truck hadn't been washed since September :passout:
I must be doing something wrong I have washed my Explorer 6 times in 2 weeks I wash every time I drive it.

I need to move to New York where the roads are clean every time I take mine out this time of year I get about 5/10 of a mile before it is filthy. :wall
 
black bart said:
Truck hadn't been washed since September :passout:
I must be doing something wrong I have washed my Explorer 6 times in 2 weeks I wash every time I drive it.

I need to move to New York where the roads are clean every time I take mine out this time of year I get about 5/10 of a mile before it is filthy. :wall
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oh it's been dirty bart but between all the rain we had , the water in the house, and then the sudden cold weather ..I learned to live with it :rolleyes:

tuscarora dave said:
Your truck hasn't been washed since September? And to think, Pockets even got a Christmas bonus.:huh::passout:
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yeah I had him busy doing other stuff ... we were waiting for some more sample bottles to arrive so this was the day to get all that salt off my truck so it can get dirty in the rain and snow tomorrow :passout:
 
The past 2 weeks we have had snow or snow showers or ice pellets nearly every day. :wall

I go for therapy 3 times a week so every other day my vehicles is on the road so on the days that it is home I can clean it.

I''m bull headed every time I drive it I clean it, Sure used a good bit of rinse-less wash. :D

Good thing about being retired is I have time to do it.
When I was a young man I did not understand how these old geezers could keep their cars for years and they still looked so good, well now I know when you don't drive them much and spend your time detailing them while they sit in the garage the mileage is low and they look good.

I'm done with the therapy now so my vehicles will remain in the garage most of the time and if I go to town for supplies I will plan it on a day when the roads are dry if possible.
 
black bart said:
The past 2 weeks we have had snow or snow showers or ice pellets nearly every day. :wall

I go for therapy 3 times a week so every other day my vehicles is on the road so on the days that it is home I can clean it.

I''m bull headed every time I drive it I clean it, Sure used a good bit of rinse-less wash. :D

Good thing about being retired is I have time to do it.
When I was a young man I did not understand how these old geezers could keep their cars for years and they still looked so good, well now I know when you don't drive them much and spend your time detailing them while they sit in the garage the mileage is low and they look good.

I'm done with the therapy now so my vehicles will remain in the garage most of the time and if I go to town for supplies I will plan it on a day when the roads are dry if possible.
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yes being young or old has its advantages in the case of car care ... before i was married and had kids, you could eat or operate on my cars :bigups...
hopefully when my kids grow up I will have the time and energy to make them look like yours ;)
 
Poorboy said:
yes being young or old has its advantages in the case of car care ... before i was married and had kids, you could eat or operate on my cars :bigups...
hopefully when my kids grow up I will have the time and energy to make them look like yours ;)
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My problem is I don't feel like doing it.
Have not got over the back surgery yet but had knee surgery last Monday so it is really hard to keep the vehicles clean but I'm doing a pretty good job under the circumstances.
 
Poorboy said:
yes being young or old has its advantages in the case of car care ... before i was married and had kids, you could eat or operate on my cars :bigups...
hopefully when my kids grow up I will have the time and energy to make them look like yours ;)
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Is that what they call it? When you're young, I thought you operated in your car. :redface: (I know...that was a really bad pun --- but it was there and available :wall)

black bart said:
My problem is I don't feel like doing it.
Have not got over the back surgery yet but had knee surgery last Monday so it is really hard to keep the vehicles clean but I'm doing a pretty good job under the circumstances.
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Keep up the good fight as they say. :D :bigups
 
As a brief update -

I tried again in my wheels on Sunday. I did not have much better luck. However, we used the S&R on my brother's King Ranch wheels, and it seemed like it might have worked a little better. I dunno what I'm doing wrong.

I've seen others with pretty good results, and then here I am screwing it up...

I give??
 
JaredPointer said:
As a brief update -

I tried again in my wheels on Sunday. I did not have much better luck. However, we used the S&R on my brother's King Ranch wheels, and it seemed like it might have worked a little better. I dunno what I'm doing wrong.

I've seen others with pretty good results, and then here I am screwing it up...

I give??
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no idea Jared ... take a picture of your bottle ... I'm curious :idea
 
JaredPointer said:
As a brief update -

I tried again in my wheels on Sunday. I did not have much better luck. However, we used the S&R on my brother's King Ranch wheels, and it seemed like it might have worked a little better. I dunno what I'm doing wrong.

I've seen others with pretty good results, and then here I am screwing it up...

I give??
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Drive it here. Gimme a try. :crazy2:
 
Poorboy said:
no idea Jared ... take a picture of your bottle ... I'm curious :idea
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It's almost empty now, but I will take a picture (if I remember) when I get home.

On another funny product appearance - my Super Slick & Suds turned "cloudy." Any ideas? It did not affect the suds, slickness, cleaning power, etc. Just looks different now.
 
JaredPointer said:
It's almost empty now, but I will take a picture (if I remember) when I get home.

On another funny product appearance - my Super Slick & Suds turned "cloudy." Any ideas? It did not affect the suds, slickness, cleaning power, etc. Just looks different now.
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ok ..I'll remind you later if you forget ... SS&S sometimes does get cloudy over time , but does not affect its' effectiveness:)
 
the problem with a lot of wheel products can be the dwell time and or the wheel becomes dry or the product dry's before you spray it off.Ideally with any product the wheel needs to remain damp or wet before you spray it off, otherwise the dirt will still cling to the rim.
my rule of thumb is simply this...
rinse off the rims , remove as dirt as possible
spray the rim from the bottom up
walk around and do all 4 rims, buy the time you get back around to the front,start rinsing them off. make sure you hold your wand close enough to power off the dirt. sometimes the outside temp can play a role..but wheel cleaner does work better when it's cool outside.
now if oyu have not cleaned your rims in awhile and you have excess amounts of brake dust.it could be that the brake dust has penetrated the clear coat of the wheel, if that is the case NO WHEEL Cleaner on earth will remove the brake dust residue.......................it's call the wheel guy and re spray them. through the clear coat. just because wheels are powder coated does not mean this cannot happen.
 
Jared, did you dilute this bottle? It's hard to say from my laptop, but it looks a bit light in color :hmmm:
 
Poorboy said:
Jared, did you dilute this bottle? It's hard to say from my laptop, but it looks a bit light in color :hmmm:
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No - I poured some out into a spray bottle to dilute. This is full strength. I used it full strength out of this bottle the last few times. :hmmm:
 
Poorboy said:
Jared, did you dilute this bottle? It's hard to say from my laptop, but it looks a bit light in color :hmmm:
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I was gonna say the same thing


JaredPointer said:
No - I poured some out into a spray bottle to dilute. This is full strength. I used it full strength out of this bottle the last few times. :hmmm:
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guess not.

I know that Steve and Pockets tighten each cap before packing, but was the cap loose for any lenght of time? Cuz it does look weak.
 
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