How to dilute without the product spray?

[splash]

I have APC,hyper dressing and last touch detailer products and I need to dilute them but actually a don’t have the spray bottle of each product that can help me in this issue and it’s not in our market this days.
So what I need is to dilute theses product 4:1 and 10:1 so any one can advice how can I make this.
Note that I have an empty spray bottle that’s used to clean the windows in home

[splash]

How to dilute without the product spray??

I have APC, hyper dressing and last touch detailer products and I need to dilute them but actually a don’t have the spray bottle of each product that can help me in this issue and it’s not in our market this days.
So what I need to dilute theses product 4:1 and 10:1 so any one can advice how can I make this.
Note that I have an empty spray bottle that’s used to clean the windows in home

[Maserati Mario]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray??

get a measuring cup, a painters mixing cup, or just eyeball it.
"parts is parts"

[cardriver]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray??

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27028&highlight=dilute

That might help a little.

I still find it a pain in the bottom though to use bottles that you have lying around, because it seems only Meg's bottles do the job right. It's just too hard measuring accurate amounts with the random-shaped, non-scientific/ non-standardized miscellaneous bottles that we pluck from our cabinets from leftover products.

I would end up starting a little fund for $25 or so and go to ADS (autodetailingsolutions; online vendor which we love) and buy a few of the specific empty spray bottles plus spray nozzles (or sampler bottles which include 32oz concentrate plus the bottle & nozzle).

You might actually cost yourself more money by doing shoddy dilutions with leftover bottles, which could mess with your interior surfaces etc.

However, for Last Touch, that's easy. My generic spray bottle atomizes nicely enough, and since I <3 LT 1:1 for everything, all you do is mix 50/50 and don't need a special bottle for that. Just make sure you leave enough space to shake the mixture.

[DJJeffMills]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray??

I picked up a bunch of cheap spray bottles a few weeks ago (for 4:1 & 10:1 Super Degreaser; 4:1 & 10:1 for APC+; 1:1 Last Touch for clay lube) that have volume markings on the side (up to 1L).

While I've always been a firm believer in 'you get what you pay for,' I purchased these at a Dollar Store instead of paying 3-10X as much at, say, Wal Mart, Home Depot, Rona, etc.

They seem to work fine now and if they give me 2-3 seasons I'll happy replace them when the time comes.

[MrCLRider]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray??

I have APC, hyper dressing and last touch detailer products and I need to dilute them but actually a don’t have the spray bottle of each product that can help me in this issue and it’s not in our market this days.
So what I need to dilute theses product 4:1 and 10:1 so any one can advice how can I make this.
Note that I have an empty spray bottle that’s used to clean the windows in home

if it is a 32oz bottle..32/5 = 6.5, so 6.5 ounces of apc and about 26 ounces of water, so that you have 4 parts water and the one part apc to equal about 32 ounces total...same thing with 10:1..I hope I was reading that correctly and did not in any way offend you.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

Splash - Please don't double post. I found an identical post to this one in the "How To Articles" forum so I moved it here.

You only need to post a thread one time to a forum, posting it twice just causes confusion.


Thank you.

[MyFirstES300]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray??

I still find it a pain in the bottom though to use bottles that you have lying around, because it seems only Meg's bottles do the job right. It's just too hard measuring accurate amounts with the random-shaped, non-scientific/ non-standardized miscellaneous bottles that we pluck from our cabinets from leftover products.

You might actually cost yourself more money by doing shoddy dilutions with leftover bottles, which could mess with your interior surfaces etc.

If you are a frequent detailer, then I could understand why you would want to buy the designated Meg's bottles as you would be using them often and the dilution ratios are on the bottle for that specific product. However, if you are not as frequent as me, Home Depot bottles or other types will get the job done too provided you know how to measure out the product to water.

What I'm trying to say is that everyone needs to do what works best for them. I've used leftover household sprayers in the past and present with no problems.

[splash]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

thanks for the replys that's mean if I understand all of you correct that I can measure it manually , that's mean I can get a tea cup from kitchen and take 4 cups of water with 1 cup of APC is that may be correct ?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

if it is a 32oz bottle..32/5 = 6.5, so 6.5 ounces of APC and about 26 ounces of water, so that you have 4 parts water and the one part APC to equal about 32 ounces total...

same thing with 10:1..I hope I was reading that correctly and did not in any way offend you.

thanks for the replies that's mean if I understand all of you correct that I can measure it manually , that's mean I can get a tea cup from kitchen and take 4 cups of water with 1 cup of APC is that may be correct ?

That would work if your tea cup holds around 6.5 ounces of fluid. A standard kitchen measuring cup is equal to 8 ounces, not 6 ounces. A 3/4 measuring cup equals 6 ounces.

What MrCLRider did was post a very simple math formula for figuring out how to mix your products.


If you have a 32 ounce bottle and you're mixing a product 4:1, that's 4 parts water to one part solution, then what he did was divide 32 by 5 and came up with 6.5 ounces for each part.

32/5 = 6.4 ounces

In a 32 ounce bottle, 4 parts water would be 4 x 6.4 which equals 25.6 ounces or just round it to 26 ounces of water.

32 ounces, (the amount your bottle will hold), minus 26 ounces of water you add, means you'll then want to add 6 ounces of product to give you the 4:1 water to product dilution level.


This all assumes your spray bottle holds 32 ounces, I don't remember reading where you listed what size your spray bottles are.


One thing for sure, you don't want this to become so complicated you make a mistake or get frustrated, so if you're going to be doing this as a business you might want to make the investment of time, energy and resources to obtain our pre-marked, OSHA approves secondary spray bottles.

This will make your life and your business much easier each time you go to mix up a new bottle.




Now

[splash]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

really I may be stupid in my question but really I didn't know what's ounce stand for, what I mean we are not using this unite for measuring.
So 1 ounce equal how many ml as example so I can understand well

[harshest]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

really I may be stupid in my question but really I didn't know what's ounce stand for, what I mean we are not using this unite for measuring.
So 1 ounce equal how many ml as example so I can understand well

The unit of measure doesn't matter. You could use gallons, liters whatever just as long as it is the proper ratio, 4:1, 10:1

[MrCLRider]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

1oz, 1 ounce, or whatever you want to call it is equal to 30ml, 30 milliliters

[Mike Phillips]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

really I may be stupid in my question but really I didn't know what's ounce stand for, what I mean we are not using this unite for measuring.
So 1 ounce equal how many ml as example so I can understand well

I expected this would be a problem.

What you need is a real simple way to figure out your dilution levels for your bottles and products so you don't have to math and science each time you want to mix up some fresh product.

Thus in my last post I recommended that if you're in this for a business, or another way of saying this would be,

If you're in this for the long run...


Then it might be worth it for your to expend the time, energy and effort, in other words, do whatever it takes to get the pre-marked dilution level spray bottles.

Besides that, maybe one of our super smart forum members can come up with a Bubba-Proof way for you to mix your products.

If you can't or won't do whatever it takes to get the right bottles, then you'll at least want to let everyone know what size bottles you're using so they can maybe come up with a simple system for you to us.

Can you post a picture of the spray bottles you're buying to use in your business?

Also, some of our products need a chemical resistant spray head otherwise the chemicals can deteriorate internal components of the spray and it will stop working.

Chemical Resistant Spray Head - $2.22

[harshest]

Re: How to dilute without the product spray?

This may or may not help but here is a dilution chart I made a while ago.