[clemsondds]

Originally Posted by Innovade

I have 3 foam cannons set up before starting the wash. One for wheels, pre-wash and the contact wash.

1) Spray wheels with P&S Brake Buster in foam cannon, clean with wheel brush
2) Rinse wheels
3) Pre-wash with Bilt Hamber Touch-Less from foam cannon
4) Rinse
5) Contact wash with Koch-Chemie GSF from foam cannon
6) Rinse with DI water
7) Dry with electric leaf blower
8) Use drying towel for any leftover water

That's cool thanks! Got a few questions for you.
1. Do you use a bucket at all? Or do you find it's not necessary since the BH touchless gets a lot of the dirt away?
2. do you go through all these products quite a bit? I know they aren't cheap. I'm not sure what the dilution factor is.
3. Why do you dry with blower and towel? I'm not saying you shouldn't...but just curious why those with DI water, dry at all since there's shouldn't be any spots formed.

Thanks!

[Innovade]

Originally Posted by clemsondds

That's cool thanks! Got a few questions for you.
1. Do you use a bucket at all? Or do you find it's not necessary since the BH touchless gets a lot of the dirt away?
2. do you go through all these products quite a bit? I know they aren't cheap. I'm not sure what the dilution factor is.
3. Why do you dry with blower and towel? I'm not saying you shouldn't...but just curious why those with DI water, dry at all since there's shouldn't be any spots formed.

Thanks!

1) I still use a single bucket with a bunch of microfiber towels during the contact wash. I like this method since each panel gets a fresh microfiber and doesn't introduce any dirt or grime into the paint.

2) I use about 100-200 ML of touchless per wash depending on how dirty the car is and about 20-40 ML of GSF. Touchless definitely uses alot more product, but I think the new formulation cuts that in half. I bought 5L last year and I'm still working my way through it. You'll need to calculate how much your dilution ratio is based on your pressure washer and foam cannon.

3) I have just let the car air dry before, but using the blower and wiping off the excess water is just faster than letting it dry. Usually after washing, I like pulling into the garage immediately so there's no chance of a bird pooping on it or anything like that. The DI setup really helps if I missed any water after pulling into the garage though. Before I would sometimes have streaks of water down the car if I missed any, but this solved that issue.