Paint Conditioning Soap???

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DuMouixe

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Is DP Auto Bath Shampoo worth the price of admission??



Is the encapsulation technology a hoax??

here



Going to be using this with a Foam Gun and Boar's Hair Brush which I will be ordering at the

same time.



- or -



Griots



Chemical Guys - Super Slick & Suds



P21S - Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo



thx - duMouixe



p.s. anyone try the P21S Polishing Soap on a vehicles paint??
 
DuMouixe said:
Is DP Auto Bath Shampoo worth the price of admission??



Is the encapsulation technology a hoax??

here



Going to be using this with a Foam Gun and Boar's Hair Brush which I will be ordering at the

same time.



- or -



Griots



Chemical Guys - Super Slick & Suds



P21S - Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo



thx - duMouixe



p.s. anyone try the P21S Polishing Soap on a vehicles paint??
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I absolutely LOVE Griots Car Wash. It is really the best stuff I've ever used and it smells good too. Get it in the gallon size with the pump and put two squirts in your 5 gallon bucket(s) and you are good to go.
 
I've been hand rolling the dirt off this car since I bought it 6 mo. ago. Not that you can argue with results, but I kinda long to do a thought free

rub-a-dub scrub once a week, not seeming like a good idea. Once you have been cured of self-induced paint abuse, it's tough to not stay cured. But marring or the fear there of has me just rolling on the qd twice at the end of and as lightly as possible wiping vertically when called for.



Askeerd to use a mitt, brush or anything on it. The grit guards could be a little less than $10/ea. imho. But it seems with the brush, once you re-flag all the ends and clean it real well, inspect and re-inspect it should be okay. Going super light. Using the foam as a pool.



The DP has a nice BUZZ PAGE regarding it's claims of encapsulation, seeing if anyone has tried their Auto Wash. I basically want to rely about 98% on the foam, slickness and encapsulation to remove the dirt, so I don't have to really run anything across the paint, if need be at all or very little, or lightly, assuming that's the deal. (( o - c - d ))



The Griots is supposed to rock. My next order, I'll pick some up. I recall someone mentioning the Chemical Guys SSS was very close to the same, possibly in formula??? It's just, so pricey on Griot's shipping. If I were a rock star, I'd just buy everything from them and be done with it, but alas a working stiff, I'll piece it out and save a few bucks here and there. lol.



Also, I have some Menzerna Auto Shampoo left over from a kit, is that stuff decent for paint conditioning? Maybe try that first.



AND the basic 12inch Boars Hair Bristle brush, the numerous choices have sent me back to square one, the most commonly used.
 
I've been hand rolling the dirt off this car since I bought it 6 mo. ago. Not that you can argue with results, but I kinda long

to do a thought free

rub-a-dub scrub once a week, not seeming like a good idea. Once you have been cured of self-induced paint abuse, it's tough to not stay cured. But marring or the fear there of has me just rolling on the qd twice at the end of and as lightly as possible wiping vertically when called for.



Askeerd to use a mitt, brush or anything on it. The grit guards could be a little less than $10/ea. imho. But it seems with the brush, once you re-flag all the ends and clean it real well, inspect and re-inspect it should be okay. Going super light. Using the foam as a pool.



The DP has a nice BUZZ PAGE regarding it's claims of encapsulation, seeing if anyone has tried their Auto Wash. I basically want to rely about 98% on the foam, slickness and encapsulation to remove the dirt, so I don't have to really run anything across the paint, if need be at all or very little, or lightly, assuming that's the deal. (( o - c - d ))



The Griots is supposed to rock. My next order, I'll pick some up. I recall someone mentioning the Chemical Guys SSS was very close to the same, possibly in formula??? It's just, so pricey on Griot's shipping. If I were a rock star, I'd just buy everything from them and be done with it, but alas a working stiff, I'll piece it out and save a few bucks here and there. lol.



Also, I have some Menzerna Auto Shampoo left over from a kit, is that stuff decent for paint conditioning? Maybe try that first.



AND the basic 12inch Boars Hair Bristle brush, the numerous choices have sent me back to square one, the most commonly used.
 
Murat- As long as he gets a quality BHB and uses the right technique he'll be OK. I CD-tested the ones from AutoGeek and they didn't mar. Used in conjunction with the foamgun I got through some really nasty winter clean-ups with no marring. The trick is to merely "jiggle" the BHB while shooting suds through the bristles. You barely press it against the paint (not enough to really bend the bristles) and you never move it in the wipe strokes most people use. Gotta rinse it out a lot too, but IMO it's a lot safer than a mitt/sponge, especially when you have lots of dirt to clean off.



DuMouxie- That shampoo you linked to *sounds* good, but I myself will stick to a known quantity. Griot's for me, every time.
 
Accumulator said:
Murat- As long as he gets a quality BHB and uses the right technique he'll be OK. I CD-tested the ones from AutoGeek and they didn't mar. Used in conjunction with the foamgun I got through some really nasty winter clean-ups with no marring. The trick is to merely "jiggle" the BHB while shooting suds through the bristles. You barely press it against the paint (not enough to really bend the bristles) and you never move it in the wipe strokes most people use. Gotta rinse it out a lot too, but IMO it's a lot safer than a mitt/sponge, especially when you have lots of dirt to clean off.



DuMouxie- That shampoo you linked to *sounds* good, but I myself will stick to a known quantity. Griot's for me, every time.
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Agreed. A boars hair brush can be safe if you aren't stupid and do things you'd never do with a mitt.



1. Don't press to hard, if you are bending the bristles enough to be wiping the sides of the bristles on the car, then you increase your risk of marring (notice I said increase, not definitely will).



2. Just like with a mitt, dip, make one wipe, and then rinse (ideally in a pre-rinse, then rinse bucket).



3. Just like a mitt, make sure you hosed off as much grit as you can first. However, I find the BHB to be MUCH safer at getting rid of the heavier grit off the bottom of the car without marring than a mitt.



Personally I use the BHB for the bottom half of the car and then I do the whole car (sections at a time) with the mitt. This allows the BHB to do what it does best (removing large pieces of grit) and allows the mitt to do what it does best (remove small pieces of grit) without marring your paint.



I haven't tried the foam gun yet, but I definiitely plan to get one.
 
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