Selling my Beloved Bimmer
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vettefan67
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by ShowroomLincoln [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>My wash bucket is white. I like this because it allows me to see if I accidentally get a piece of dirt in my wash water, that way I can get it out so that I don't scratch the paint. :up [/b]</blockquote>Agreed. My wash and rinse buckets are both white (OK, one's kind of an off-white, I should go buy another white one
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by ShowroomLincoln [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>My wash bucket is white. I like this because it allows me to see if I accidentally get a piece of dirt in my wash water, that way I can get it out so that I don't scratch the paint. :up [/b]</blockquote>Agreed. My wash and rinse buckets are both white (OK, one's kind of an off-white, I should go buy another white one
).Ron Ketcham
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Get some heavy galvanized chicken wire and make a "tub" out of it that fits in the bottom of your bucket.
It should stand up 2 to 3 inches from the bottom.
The dirt goes down out of the mitt, the mitt doesn't touch it and you have less opportunity to pick it back up and scratch the clear
Ketch
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It should stand up 2 to 3 inches from the bottom.
The dirt goes down out of the mitt, the mitt doesn't touch it and you have less opportunity to pick it back up and scratch the clear
Ketch
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vettefan67
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Ron Ketcham [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Get some heavy galvanized chicken wire and make a "tub" out of it that fits in the bottom of your bucket.
It should stand up 2 to 3 inches from the bottom.
The dirt goes down out of the mitt, the mitt doesn't touch it and you have less opportunity to pick it back up and scratch the clear
Ketch
:up [/b]</blockquote>Hey Ketch,
How does chicken wire help? If I remember correctly, chicken wire has gaps of about an inch or so ....perhaps some very fine metal mesh like the kind from strainers would be of more use than this chicken wire. A twist tie or something could be attached for a handle.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Ron Ketcham [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Get some heavy galvanized chicken wire and make a "tub" out of it that fits in the bottom of your bucket.
It should stand up 2 to 3 inches from the bottom.
The dirt goes down out of the mitt, the mitt doesn't touch it and you have less opportunity to pick it back up and scratch the clear
Ketch
:up [/b]</blockquote>Hey Ketch,
How does chicken wire help? If I remember correctly, chicken wire has gaps of about an inch or so ....perhaps some very fine metal mesh like the kind from strainers would be of more use than this chicken wire. A twist tie or something could be attached for a handle.
Ron Ketcham
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Keeps the mitt off the bottom of the bucket, a good scub and rinse of the contraption before using removes any loose particles.
Course you could get all fancy and have something made out of stainless steel, cut some plastic and glue something together like it.
But, for 15 years, this has worked like a champ, the dirt is heavy and goes down, you have the mitt far enough above the dirt you don't usually create enough agitation of the water to mix it back into the soap solution.
Just a way volume operations have to do things, they can't be stopping to change the bloody water every panel or car.
Ketch
Course you could get all fancy and have something made out of stainless steel, cut some plastic and glue something together like it.
But, for 15 years, this has worked like a champ, the dirt is heavy and goes down, you have the mitt far enough above the dirt you don't usually create enough agitation of the water to mix it back into the soap solution.
Just a way volume operations have to do things, they can't be stopping to change the bloody water every panel or car.
Ketch
imported_Intel486
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by puterbum [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>
Hey Ketch,
How does chicken wire help? If I remember correctly, chicken wire has gaps of about an inch or so ....perhaps some very fine metal mesh like the kind from strainers would be of more use than this chicken wire. A twist tie or something could be attached for a handle. [/b]</blockquote>
He's not using the chicken wire to strain out the dirt. He is using it to hold the wash mit when he puts it in the bucket. This way the chicken wire will hold the wash mit above the bottom of the bucket and keep it off the dirt that has settled to the bottom.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by puterbum [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>
Hey Ketch,
How does chicken wire help? If I remember correctly, chicken wire has gaps of about an inch or so ....perhaps some very fine metal mesh like the kind from strainers would be of more use than this chicken wire. A twist tie or something could be attached for a handle. [/b]</blockquote>
He's not using the chicken wire to strain out the dirt. He is using it to hold the wash mit when he puts it in the bucket. This way the chicken wire will hold the wash mit above the bottom of the bucket and keep it off the dirt that has settled to the bottom.
imported_Intel486
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I have two buckets. The green one is for tires and other bad places. The white one is for painted areas.
vettefan67
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Thanks for the explanation, everyone. Steve, good idea with the strawerry containers, sounds like it could work even better if you cram them in there. While this tip sounds good, I don't think it really applies to me because I rinse out my 2 buckets so much and don't put my mitt anywhere near the bottom of the bucket.
vettefan67
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>what color is your wash bucket? Is it the same color of your car? [/b]</blockquote>Well? Are you all agreeing with white or what?
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>what color is your wash bucket? Is it the same color of your car? [/b]</blockquote>Well? Are you all agreeing with white or what?
imported_Intel486
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by puterbum [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>
Well? Are you all agreeing with white or what? [/b]</blockquote>
My bucket is green.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by puterbum [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>
Well? Are you all agreeing with white or what? [/b]</blockquote>
My bucket is green.
imported_doug
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Ketch - GREAT idea! I love cheap and obviously effective tips!
I use a CLEAR (almost) wash bucket - it is a large tupperware container I stole from my wife. I can see the water easily, even when there are lots of suds on top.
I use a CLEAR (almost) wash bucket - it is a large tupperware container I stole from my wife. I can see the water easily, even when there are lots of suds on top.
imported_BretFraz
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Mine's black. I bought when I had a black Mustang so they'd match. Put on a couple Ford Power Parts stickers along with some other racing-related ones, ya know, to keep the Ford theme going.
Now I have a green SAAB but still have the black bucket with the stickers. Looks weird to passers-by I guess. I wonder what kind of buckets they use in Sweden..........
Now I have a green SAAB but still have the black bucket with the stickers. Looks weird to passers-by I guess. I wonder what kind of buckets they use in Sweden..........
imported_Intermezzo
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>where did u guys grt a white bucket cant find one been to target,kmart? [/b]</blockquote>
Any paint shop should have white 5 gallon buckets. Some tropical fish aquarium stores have white buckets too.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>where did u guys grt a white bucket cant find one been to target,kmart? [/b]</blockquote>
Any paint shop should have white 5 gallon buckets. Some tropical fish aquarium stores have white buckets too.
Ron Ketcham
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Car dealers get ready, many products come in 5 gal pails, soap, degreasers, etc.
Bakeries, dough mix, etc, they have stacks of them , glad to have you cart them off.
Really easy to come by.
Take them, clean em up, use a scratch pad and rough up the outside of them and spray paint them what ever color your little heart desires.
When we set up shops, they get the following buckets, the colors are impregnated in them, not painted.
Green for C carwash solution, seperate mitt
Red for C carwash solution, but contains the mitt for engine compartment, brushes for wheels, wheel wells, etc,
(red means danger and the items in this bucket are not for the surface of the vehicle, that way a piece of brass that falls out of the white wall brush can't get in the mitt used to wash the surface of the vehicle)
Blue for A product, seperate mitt
White, but spray paint marked, for when ever there is the need of special solution.like AutoBody Prep or Degreaser solution to wash large trucks, etc.
Color coding makes it easier to train the new guys, to keep the process being done as instructed.
Ketch
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Bakeries, dough mix, etc, they have stacks of them , glad to have you cart them off.
Really easy to come by.
Take them, clean em up, use a scratch pad and rough up the outside of them and spray paint them what ever color your little heart desires.
When we set up shops, they get the following buckets, the colors are impregnated in them, not painted.
Green for C carwash solution, seperate mitt
Red for C carwash solution, but contains the mitt for engine compartment, brushes for wheels, wheel wells, etc,
(red means danger and the items in this bucket are not for the surface of the vehicle, that way a piece of brass that falls out of the white wall brush can't get in the mitt used to wash the surface of the vehicle)
Blue for A product, seperate mitt
White, but spray paint marked, for when ever there is the need of special solution.like AutoBody Prep or Degreaser solution to wash large trucks, etc.
Color coding makes it easier to train the new guys, to keep the process being done as instructed.
Ketch
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