yep... we pull them when they sell out and we are sold out... plus Glimour is having a hell of a time keeping up with demand so we can never seem to get enough.

If you have access to a foam gun YES... I highly recommend one (I use one personally) but if you don't have one or don't want one the 2 bucket method is the next best thing.

 

I've been using the 2 bucket method for quite a few years now. It makes a huge difference. I'm about to order a couple grit guards tho.

 

I've never used the two bucket method before... I'd think about giving it a shot if I can come up with another clean bucket. What I've noticed helps keep my mitt cleaner also is hitting up a drive thru car wash first. I never bring my truck to one where **** touches the paint, but only the touch free ones. I pay a few bucks and watch the 15 nozzles soap up and knock the dirt off, its especially nice with the undercarriage wash since when I pull in the driveway the lower panels aren't even dirty. Yeah, it costs a few bucks whenever I do it but what the hell, it makes my job easier. Then I come home and spend a few hours cleaning it up.

 

I'm not a fan of car washes. I dont like the soaps and stuff they use. I think my truck has been thru a car wash 1 time, and it was this winter, towards the end to get salt out from the undercarriage. This was the first winter I have ever had to drive it, cuz my DD was out of commission. The 2 bucket method is great, and really a no brainer when you think about it, it makes complete sense. I just ordered a foam gun, and my grit guards, I cant wait.

 

I'm thinking about ordering some of the stuff mentioned in this post here, never thought about using the grit guards either. I can't believe I've never heard of those, they're so simple lol.

Anyway, I wasn't saying I use a car wash and call it good... I use a car wash to get the nasty stuff off first, then when I get it back to the house I wash it again with my own stuff by hand. Just makes it easier for me when I have a cleaner slate to start with.

 

Not a bad idea 'in theory' but the problem lies in the types of cleaners used. I've been looking into this a lot lately b/c I have a lot of customers ask if 'touchless washing' is safe. The answer I have so far is: YES and NO.

Its safe in that there is no touching of the paint so physically theres not way it'll introduce swirls, scratches or marring to the finish. The problem lies in the types of chemicals they're using. They tend to be pretty hash, which makes sense, in order for something to emulsify contamination and remove it without agitation it would have to be pretty aggressive. So far I've found that most touchless washes use aggressive cleaners and its safe to assume if it can clean without touching it is likely degrading or removing any wax protection you had on there to begin with. So unless you plan on pulling out of the touchless wash, immediately drying the truck and applying a fresh coat of wax you're probably not making the smartest move going there first.

This is by no means is my final opinion on the matter... theres still a lot of research to be done on this, but at this point I've found most car washes are using the same blue coral chemical foam and it will strip wax off the paint almost instantly.

 

Soapy sponge?
Last time i washed mine the transmission broke.. Dont think ive washed it since then. Always too much mud on it and stuff. Goin thru cow pastures every weekend now so the onlything i keep clean is my weapons.

 

Take your filthy truck and vacate my washing thread

 

Woops, sorry.

thanks for sharing the info.

 

lol, on more than one occasion, i just put some dawn on a microfiber and do the entire truck in one pass. then get out the echo backpack blower and dry the entire truck. i know it's wrong, but its quick and looks great when im done.