Accumulator
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regal said:I find accumulators technique near impossible, light touch with a chennile mit?
I've changed that. Now I use the BHB/foamgun followed by a sheepskin or MF mitt/foamgun. Well, I sometimes do still use the "mitt balloon" technique, but with MF mitts using the foamgun.
EDIT: But I'll still readily admit that washing correctly isn't easy. Most people who've seen me do it in person simply shake their heads and say "I'm not gonna do that". IMO it gets easier with practice, but it's not like I was remotely comfortable with it at first, took me dozens of washes to get things sorted out and a lot more after that until I really got the hang of it.
I would have to go back and spray bug/tar remover over the whole car if I did that.
Huh? You lost me here

The initial passes (BHB) get the "big stuff" off, the next ones (mitts) get most of the "road film", and if anything tenacious is really stuck on there I take it off with Sonus green clay.
I think the technique may be good for darker colors but IME not white, white is a different animal where you sacrifice some marring in order to avoid claying at every wash.
You've lost me here too :think: I treat my (metallic) black truck the same as my silver/white vehicles. Other than taking special care with the garage-queens, I do everything exactly the same 'cause clearcoat is clearcoat :nixweiss