mixing car wash

[buddy89]

Hey all,

as sad as it sounds i can not seem to get the right mix of car wash to water lately... never enough bubbles ha ha... any help???

thanks

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: mixing car wash

With most of Meguiars car wash soaps the standard dilution is 1 ounce per gallon of water. Its my understanding the bubbles are not as important as the lubricity factor. This safely lifts the dirt away from your paint to reduce the chance of inducing swirls.

Hope this helps you.

[yalerd]

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[Ryan L.]

Re: mixing car wash

In addition to what J.A. Michaels said, read through these two threads as well.

How-to Mix your Car Wash Solution

How-to Measure Car Wash to Water Ratio?

Ryan

[gb387]

Re: mixing car wash

I try to minimize the bubbles they just seem to fill up the bucket rather than water. Now if I need them to cling to a brush for scrubbing I will spray water from my hose into the soap bucket. But in general I prefer very little bubbles.

[Markus Kleis]

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I try to minimize the bubbles

...but...but...they're so purdy!

[BigLouie]

Re: mixing car wash

Hey all,

as sad as it sounds i can not seem to get the right mix of car wash to water lately... never enough bubbles ha ha... any help???

thanks

If you like suds, just remember:

• 1 oz. per gallon, or just a little more.
• Deep Crystals car wash provides more suds than Gold Class.

[BigLouie]

Re: mixing car wash

Hey all,

as sad as it sounds i can not seem to get the right mix of car wash to water lately... never enough bubbles ha ha... any help???

thanks

Deep Crystals car wash will give u more suds, just remember 1oz. per gallon.

[buddy89]

Re: mixing car wash

hey thanks for the reply to my post everyone... i always thought that bubbles helped carry away some of the dirt?? is this correct??

[Murr1525]

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No... dont need bubbles....

But Deep Crystal Wash would be the way to go if you want them.

[Wolf-Strong]

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hey thanks for the reply to my post everyone... i always thought that bubbles helped carry away some of the dirt?? is this correct??

Nope. The suds are just pleasing to the senses. Suds are a byproduct of making the water soapy, which is what you really want. The wash media (wash mitt/brush/sponge) is what really does the work while the soapy water is there to lubricate the surface. In the case of Meguiar's, they also use optical brighteners to help bring out a little more shine as well.

Also realize that water hardness has a LOT to do with how much suds you get. If you have a water softener or use dionized water, you will simply NOT believe how much suds you get with NXT or the Deep Crystal wash, however if you have hard water, than you will notice very little bubbles.

[Malo83]

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I use the 5 gal bucket to wash and Gold Class, now is it 1 glug or 2