Car Wash Buckets

[Murr1525]

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I only see one bucket being used though to wash.....

[Megafast13]

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You all can thank me for the new Emoticons!

I found them all!

Enjoy!

[TimG]

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wow, they threw them out? freebies...


ps: hm... we got new emoticons

[TLMitchell]

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Nice find, it is 10 dollars cheaper. Better looking too.

Howzabout free? Any WalMart, Super K or grocery store with a bakery gets glaze in 5 gallon buckets with lids, they throw a ton of 'em out daily. Drop by and ask the dept. manager to save you some.

TL

[eyezack87]

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Home Depot buckets with the labels fits gritguards quite well. I have one of those. My other bucket is a Lowes with the labels. That suspends the gritguard at about 3 1/2 gallons lol so I think its better for my rinse bucket

[CharlesW]

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Here's another place to look:
Brilex Solutions
I don't know anything about them, but they do have a unique wash bucket.
Wash Bucket

[Carfire]

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I use 3 buckets.
1 Bucket Rinse Wash Mitt for Body
1 Bucket for Wash Body
1 Bucket to wash Tires
All buckets are filled up about 4-4.5 gals of water.

[Murr1525]

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Well, I use a smaller bucket for wheels, so maybe 3 gallons.

When washing the car, my rinse bucket is probably more like 4 gallons though.

If you dont run out of soapy water, and you use 1 ounce per gallon, then you should be ok. With the rinse water, you certainly want enough to cover your Grit Guard and be able to move your sponge around in.

[rqk]

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Maybe this should be a new post but ... how many gallons are people using?
First I wash my wheels. If they are not very dirty I only mix one gallon of water/soap. I don't measure the clean water bucket but it is probably closer to 2 gallons. When finished, I dump an rinse everything out (both buckets). Then it's on to washing the actual car. For that I use 2 gallons of water/soap mixture (and again about 2 in the clean water bucket). Now granted my car is small, but I am just curios how this compares to what others are using.

[imacarnut]

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i use to use 5 gallon buckets but found them a little too big and you never fill it up to the top anyway. i bought some 3.5-4 gallon ones at smart & final and like them better...

[Megafast13]

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I'll stop by Home Depot tomorrow and pick some up. Thanks for all of the help.

[HealthyCivic]

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Yeah I use Home Depot's orange Homer buckets. I got some from Wal-Mart before but they shrunk at the bottom so the GritGuard went only 3/4 the way down. I don't see the point in spending so much money on buckets unless you are going to be mass detailing or just like to waste money but that's just me!

[Carfire]

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I buy the 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot, only $2.78 each.
It is a great Deal!!

[Mikejl]

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I currently have 2 car wash buckets that I got at Walmart a while back:

They are just standard 12 quart household buckets.

They look something like this:



I broke down and got some Grit Guards and they don't fit in my buckets.

I couldn't find any different ones at the store today. I am sure they have some industrial type construction ones at Home Depot.

But where can I find the really nice detailer ones that Mike used on his Car Wash Video? Or something along those lines. I don't have to have wheels lol. But it would be nice.

Thanks.

I have and use 2 of these exact buckets. I liked the size because they fit perfectly in my rack. I used a small hacksaw to remove one ring from each of the gritgards and they fit perfect in the buckets.

Just an option you can consider.

Mike

[Justin Murphy]

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I like the clear bucket that Home Depot has with all the measurements labels on the outside. It has a clear matching lid as well. 6.00 for both. Add a Grit Guard and you're good to go.