http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Zj3sIFtfb4g&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZj3sIFtfb4g&gl=GB

Works laptop wont let me see video but regarding the question "two bucket method. Why?"

Its purely to satisfy some peoples anal fascination with car cleaning. Sorry - detailing. Must never forget that.

The more complicated the method is the cleaner the car will become. I would recommend at least a three bucket method to ensure total cleanliness at all times. Better still actually jet wash the mit between wipes and then re-aply to car surface and repeat as required.

After 3 hours go to ASDA and get your car scratched buy some inconsiderate numpty who cant park properly or weild a trolley correctly but at least you wont have any paint swirls.

Now to sit back and wait. This should be fun.

2 buckets reasoning is that one bucket has clean warm soapy water the other has plain water, idea is, wash a panel with water from the clean soapy water, then rinse it out with the plain water, idea behide it is tht rinsing it in the plain water washes off all the grit from the sponge or mitt so it doesnt go into the water that your using to wash your car.

Therefore not "scratching" your car with lots of small peices of grit.

Someone else will verify if im full or pish!

Edit: title changed to avoid confusion.

Well, that's one way of 'washing' your car .

@Trev, that's how I've understood it anyway.

Old 'un but good 'un.

This might work better -

It'll be fine with a bit of T-Cut

Edited 23 November, 201213 yr by Aspman

2 buckets reasoning is that one bucket has clean warm soapy water the other has plain water, idea is, wash a panel with water from the clean soapy water, then rinse it out with the plain water, idea behide it is tht rinsing it in the plain water washes off all the grit from the sponge or mitt so it doesnt go into the water that your using to wash your car.

Therefore not "scratching" your car with lots of small peices of grit.

Someone else will verify if im full or pish!

Thats the idea anyway. personaly i think it's aload of bull if you use one bucket or two. when you sink your mit/sponge into the soapy or clean water either bucket has the (bits) that could scratch your car in it, as long as you dont scrape the bottom of the bucket you should have no problems. I always power wash my cars down first to get any stuck on gravel off.

I go for 3, one for wheels and two for car. Works well and is handy IMO

Works laptop wont let me see video but regarding the question "two bucket method. Why?"

Its purely to satisfy some peoples anal fascination with car cleaning. Sorry - detailing. Must never forget that.

The more complicated the method is the cleaner the car will become. I would recommend at least a three bucket method to ensure total cleanliness at all times. Better still actually jet wash the mit between wipes and then re-aply to car surface and repeat as required.

After 3 hours go to ASDA and get your car scratched buy some inconsiderate numpty who cant park properly or weild a trolley correctly but at least you wont have any paint swirls.

Now to sit back and wait. This should be fun.

Obsessive Car Detailing (OCD) is a recognised mental disorder, Jock

Don't mock the afflicted :no:

And anyway, OCD sufferers always park in the far away empty corner of the car park - even when it's raining. If the car park is too full, they go to another supermarket

I go for 3, one for wheels and two for car. Works well and is handy IMO

Same here. The colour of the water in the 'wheels' bucket is ******* awful by the end. I got a pair of BAL mixing buckets from a tile shop, same size/shape as detailing companies flog but £3 each. Result!

two car method ftw

two car method ftw

You mean, like keep one car clean, and one car dirty?

Or keep one for anywhere your 'good' car might get scratched? ( I have one like that - it's called 'My wife's car' )

The colour of the water in the 'wheels' bucket is ******* awful by the end.

I just wash the wheels last using the left over water from washing the car.

My method is one bucket soapy hot water do body of car first then the wheels I am too short to do the roof properly though. Then cold water from rain water butts and badly aim the water by throwing it over car or puting the water in watering can with rose on it and walking round the car. One failing I usually get water on me as well.

I just wash the wheels last using the left over water from washing the car.

Normally get someone else to do the wheels (I hate it) while I do the body. Plus as anal as it sounds I like to keep a separate bucket/sponge/brush for the wheels away from the body stuff. I don't like the thought of wheel stuff going on the body. Bit OCD I know lol!

Away from the OPs original reason for the thread (the comedy vid) I firmly believe that with a thorough pre wash routine, there is no need for a rinse bucket. If you are using a larger (20l eg) bucket, you are minimising the already small risk of contaminating the paint with what settles in the bottom of the wash bucket, but after pre rinsing and pre washing my well protected car, my wash bucket water is almost never discoloured with the dirt from the car.

Away from the OPs original reason for the thread (the comedy vid) I firmly believe that with a thorough pre wash routine, there is no need for a rinse bucket. If you are using a larger (20l eg) bucket, you are minimising the already small risk of contaminating the paint with what settles in the bottom of the wash bucket, but after pre rinsing and pre washing my well protected car, my wash bucket water is almost never discoloured with the dirt from the car.

A pre-wash stage with snowfoam should get most of the grit off, but not always all the dirt. If it did, we wouldn't need the wash stage!

I do find a bit of dirt at the bottom of my rinse bucket, and for that reason will continue with the two bucket method

With snow foam, probably but there are other solutions both LSP friendly and much better at cutting through grime. Also I've not really seen the point in using snow foam on a car with no LSP, much better to use a degreaser or stronger pre was and then finish of with a wax or sealant and wash regularly.

For you OCD cleaners out there, my dad must be your worst nightmare. He's idea of cleaning is washing up liquid on the roof and let the rain do the work.

For you OCD cleaners out there, my dad must be your worst nightmare. He's idea of cleaning is washing up liquid on the roof and let the rain do the work.

And a scouring pad with Ajax for the tough bits ?

And a scouring pad with Ajax for the tough bits ?

How did you know, has he been giving you tips? Haha

But laughing aside the old man doesn't believe in washing cars.

How did you know, has he been giving you tips? Haha

But laughing aside the old man doesn't believe in washing cars.

My kinda guy. Remeber - parents know best.

How did you know, has he been giving you tips? Haha

But laughing aside the old man doesn't believe in washing cars.

Yeah, he mentioned the scouring pad - but it was me who gave him the idea of using Brillo-pads on the chrome :evil:

My perfect way of claening a car-

I use shampoo that graces Elle McPherson dressing table (she reputedley uses the most expensive shampoo in the world to wash her soft downy pussy at least twice a day) and and rinse with 1 billion year old thawed ice from the North Pole, excavated by Meteorology scientists only once every 10 years.

Final rinse is much the same as the first except the iced water must come from the South Pole, King Penguins are reputedly the best means to find the ice but only when they are ovulating, the Meteorologists have follow them for some weeks to locate the correctly aged ice, no mean feat in a wilderness so cold.

Drying is then accomplished with a silk dressing gown specially gifted to me by Jane Fonda, you know, the one she wore in Dr. No and is very sensitive to detergents so it has never been washed since it left her curvy body just after filming, I covert that dressing gown, it will never leave my possesion, some say it's worth a fortune on Ebay, but no, I'll never sell!

I then shine the paintwork up with wax which is a product of a very rare Bee only found in nests on trees that overhang the Angel Falls in a very precarious position, the wax can only be collected by naked bronzed Venezuelan girls on a leap day, these girls are are hand picked every 4 years by myself and have to prove themselves to me to be a Virgin, the bees don't sting virgins apparently.

Incidently the polishing cloth is a natural fibre type made of Egyptian cotton and used hang on the towel rail of Katherine Jenkins apartment when she was single, the towel was regularly used by Katherine to dry those very intimate parts of her body and again never been washed since, I nicked it from her bathroom a few years ago in my days of being a plumber when I was called out to unblock her showertray waste, yes folks it was blocked up with a lot short soft blonde curley hair. I'll never forget that job.

My perfect way of claening a car-

I use shampoo that graces Elle McPherson dressing table (she reputedley uses the most expensive shampoo in the world to wash her soft downy pussy at least twice a day) and and rinse with 1 billion year old thawed ice from the North Pole, excavated by Meteorology scientists only once every 10 years.

Final rinse is much the same as the first except the iced water must come from the South Pole, King Penguins are reputedly the best means to find the ice but only when they are ovulating, the Meteorologists have follow them for some weeks to locate the correctly aged ice, no mean feat in a wilderness so cold.

Drying is then accomplished with a silk dressing gown specially gifted to me by Jane Fonda, you know, the one she wore in Dr. No and is very sensitive to detergents so it has never been washed since it left her curvy body just after filming, I covert that dressing gown, it will never leave my possesion, some say it's worth a fortune on Ebay, but no, I'll never sell!

I then shine the paintwork up with wax which is a product of a very rare Bee only found in nests on trees that overhang the Angel Falls in a very precarious position, the wax can only be collected by naked bronzed Venezuelan girls on a leap day, these girls are are hand picked every 4 years by myself and have to prove themselves to me to be a Virgin, the bees don't sting virgins apparently.

Incidently the polishing cloth is a natural fibre type made of Egyptian cotton and used hang on the towel rail of Katherine Jenkins apartment when she was single, the towel was regularly used by Katherine to dry those very intimate parts of her body and again never been washed since, I nicked it from her bathroom a few years ago in my days of being a plumber when I was called out to unblock her showertray waste, yes folks it was blocked up with a lot short soft blonde curley hair. I'll never forget that job.

I think you could probably go further than this without it being deemed over the top but this is a good starting point for the amateur detailer.