Here’s Why The One Bucket Method Is The Safest & Most Effective Way To Wash Your Car
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0:00 Welcome
2:24 Two Bucket Review
11:21 Rinsing
13:53 One Bucket Method
20:41 Final Thoughts
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Forget the one bucket method..... props to the one hand method!
All of a sudden the "one bucket" car wash method is revolutionary!!
My dad showed me (effectively) this approach 46 years ago. Yes, the product then were not nearly as good as today, but it is the method I use & have taught my sons.
This seems very efficient and I will do this. Thank you!
I use 2 buckets one for wheels and one for paintwork. Only use 2 mitts on paintwork but I give them a rinse with garden hose after doing each side. I wish my car weekly and live in a fairy clean environment so combined with good prewash process I get very minimal scratches.
Nice explain. I'm from germany and I wash my car like this method. Well done👌.
Great video man! I use exactly the same method in France since 6 months! It works great for me and saves a lot of time. Funfact, i only use 7 microfibers from the Ragcompany the soft 500’s. 1 towel for 4 sites not 8. It works perfect for me. Big respect for you and your work! Top! 👍😉
Bunch of towels in one soapy water bucket, each to be single-used per wash. Got it.
I don't quite get it. Can you do a 30 min video?
yup i was thinking the same thing... also he never mentioned rinsing the dirt off with a hose before scrubbing... he just wanted to have a nice long chat about the things in his life he has been thinking about and now he has found time to share it with a bunch of people that really don't care and only wanna hear what they came here to hear... what you said: bunch of towels in one soapy water bucket, each to be single-used per wash. Got it.
Can’t wait to try this method!
I used to use microfiber towels at first and then about a year ago. I switched to the mitts pretty much the exact ones that you have. I have about eight of them and it works great. Love the videos keep up the good work
You made a believer (and subscriber) out of me. Thanks for the video
I use a two bucket method, but I use four mitts. Two for upper portion of car and two for lower section. I start with the first mitt washing and about half way thru I flip the mitt over and wash the second half. Then go to bucket and drop off mitt and grab second one and repeat on second side. This way I always have a clean mitt.
Great video. I think I've been scrimping on foam for years.
I’ve always done the two bucket wash but like you said it takes so long to scrub the mitt on the grit guards between both buckets before making contact again. Definitely switching to one bucket and ordering more mitts to make washing faster and easier. Do recommend still getting two buckets so you can toss the used ones in the other bucket then you can carry them to your washer to wash them when you’re done
If Pan, the organizer, gets on board with this method, it could revolutionize the detailing world.
🤣🤣The detailing world is full of sheeps
I been doing this common sense method of multi mitt for years. There’s absolutely no reason to keep reusing the same dirty mitt, plus it takes longer.
5 months a go he already launched his video explaining the one bucket method 😂😃
Pan does whats profitable to him, not what makes sense and plus he does the one bucket and squeezes the mitt out after each use 💀💀 not even using multiple mitts at the least. Why change something thats working IE: 2 bucket method.
If your worried about a dirty rinse bucket or a dirty mitt you completely missed the importance of a pre wash stage which effectively gets 90 percent of the dirt off the vehicle prior to contact wash. Id be more worried about rubbing dirt around the car before you dunk that mitt instead recontamination from the rinse bucket.@@439530
Wow, great Info, you sold me! I'm converting, just the time saving is well worth it!
It’s time saving during the wash, but then you have loads of mitts to clean/dry. I think this could be good outside in summer though, where speed is key.
@@jacknash3365 Is that a problem though? You wash the car, and put the mitts in the washing machine and drying machine. If you have solar energy, you can wash them in a sunny day. No problem. Don't you have to wash stuff anyway?
I like it! Makes perfect sense.
The one bucket method also works great for rinseless washes too. Note instead of having to flip to all eight sides of the towel Mike Phillips recommends cutting the towels so you have just two sides to worry about.
Now that is a practical approach!
Gonna cut a few of those this weekend haha.
I love your Vossen wheels and stance of your M3P. Do you mind sharing the specs of wheels/tires/suspension setup? Keep up the awesome content!
Great video! I've been using this method with a rinseless wash for about 5 years now. Same wash mitts (same car as well!). Thanks!
I have been doing this years ago. Save tons of time 😂
Sir. You are a genius. You have brought the term 'common sense' back in play.
Do you use snow foam specifically, or just any prewash foam is good?
So good! Wow!
Stepped away from the 2 bucket con 12 months ago. A good pressure wash and regular cleaning, and a good pre rinse and foaming is the answer. Chamois can cause swirls etc as well. Blow drying is a huge change, especially when your car is ceramic coated.
I cannot agreed more! Thanks for sharing the information.
First time I have seen anyone wash with this method. Personally this is what I have done for years, yes you use more towels or mitts but your assured not to be using a contaminated media to wash with. Glad to see you did this video. Informative and useful. Best wishes with your projects and business.
On another video of you washing the cyber truck, you use a brush with handle to wash the roof. Which brush is that and why do you recommend that and not use these washmit with a step stool?
I've used that same Chemical Guys wash mitt for years and prefer it over other stuff I've tried.
I get them from Temu for home use (not profesional). I just ordered 20 of them and will try this method. I just use a power washer to clean them.
Nice garage bro 😎
Where do you get your bucket wheel cart?
Do you have info on those wheels?
So ... re-foam with auto-shampoo after a pre-foam wash? My auto-shampoo never gets foam-ish when applied after a pre-wash, so I've kinda skipped it again. Perhaps a stronger resolution would do? And another thing: The mitts you're using, are they not microfibers? Thanks for an inspiring video 😎
I use the one-bucket method with 600gsm towels folded into 8 surfaces. I give each panel a light single pass to remove the majority of dirt, flip the towel and go over the same panel again knowing the majority of dirt is gone. Done. Repeat on the next panel. with 6 towels i have 48 fresh surfaces to work with
Tbh after i rinse off my car with bh touchless its already so damn clean. Then i use 1 mitt for the top,1 for the back, 1 for the hood, 1 for the glass around, 1 for the right, 1 for the left side, and 1 for below the lower body crease. Total of 7 mitts. I feel like this is enough. They never go back in either and when i rinse them out there usually isn’t much filth.
Colton, Ive seen others saying to do a foam first of the whole car BEFORE the typical first wetting or rinse. This will provide a lubricant per se instead of blasting a dirty car with 1 or 2000 psi water. Once the initial foam is rinsed then reform and hand wash via the one bucket method, Please share your thoughts and thanks in advance.
Hey Colton, I love your videos and I love using the Chemical guys mits...i use the two bucket method with two of these so I will also be getting a few more for my Ioniq 5. What do you use to dry the car? I want to make sure I have enough proper drying towels. I dont have an air compressor but I did just get the new Ryobi Cordless Blower with the 4 AH High Performance battery. What are your thoughts here??
Next video is my recommendation on drying techniques and tools! Stay tuned
Awesome. Curious of your methods
I have 4 vehicles at home I personally detail and maintain and have even ceramic coated myself. So basically with this method I can only wash one car a day? I'd have to wash the mitts immediately after contract so I either buy 12+ wash mitts or save the was mitts for the best car in our line up and the rest go with the fold microfiber towel method
Is yours a wash pad or wash mitt by chemical guys. Have you ever tried the Maguiars dual sided mitt?
This is the exact method I’ve been using for years. First introduce by Garry Dean. It’s not only safer but actually *faster* than having to rinse mitts.
And yes, using the chenille wash mitts is MUCH easier and easier to remember to use than MF towels. I actually avg about 8 Wash Mitts (front and back) for an entire car.
Only other thing I would add is 1) foam prewash, 2) Rinse, 3) Foam again for lubrication 4) do NOT rise, but instead, start your hand wash mitts with one bucket method above.
Lastly, I would recommend, keep track of which mitts hits the dirtier parts of your car (lower fenders, lower doors, bumpers) bc those mitts should be hand rinse or pressure rinsed before throwing in washer with your other mitts.
facinating method , definatly worth a try .
whats your preferd cleaning method for cloths and wash mits after use ?
Need to make a dedicated vid on this!
I clean my microfiber towels and drying towels with Rags To Riches detergent every time I rinseless wash my car. I don't use the mitts, but I use the DIY Detail legacy sponge or the Big Black sponge by The Rag Company, and they do a great job on my Tesla. Those sponges are the ones recommended for rinseless washing. No swirls or scratches on the paintwork, but then I ceramic-coated the paintwork and PP f'ed the front end as soon as I bought the car.
Great video. ? What kind / size of wheels and tires are on that Model 3
This is genius.
Pan snow foams first and rinses and snow foam again and then does the contact wash. Is that really necessary??? He only uses one bucket and one mit with the bottom scrub to separate the dirt particles.
Great video! Very informative from a detailing pro. Thank you
Damn buddy major fucking props for doing this type of work. You sir can wash a car better than most guys I work with at some place called Carisma Carwash in Corpus Christi,Texas
Totally support this idea if.... one is willing to purchase that many high quality wash mitts! Its essentially combining the idea of a rinseless wash with a bucket wash. Also we always use foam in our pre-rinse step just in case! Keep up the quality content!
I think people get carried away with buying expensive mitts. You have so much soap and water involved that the minor differences in materials are flattened out in my opinion. Also, sometimes the mitt just needs to be tossed entirely (for example, if it falls into sand/dirt) and you'll be more likely to toss an 8 dollar mitt away than a 30 dollar mitt. Personally, money goes further with towels and product. For the mutli-mitt wash with a single bucket, I usually go cheap.
@@opmike343 Completely fair opinion!
Gary Dean method from YEARS back, but the upgrade is the wash mitts make it better.
Great video. I’ll be switching to this method.
Off topic, but do you have a ceramic spray or coating for PPF that you’d recommend?
Wheels and size are those?
maybe buy more sponges? are they cheaper than wash mitts?
I prefer the no bucket method. Just use a softwash system: attach a 50-100ft hose and leave the tank in your garage or on your work vehicle (mobile detailing)
thought I was the only one who had trouble keeping track of the sides of the towels.
Been doing this for close to 10 years now....how is it new?
What if you do multiple cars in a day, wouldn't you need way more wash mitts?
I’ve always use one bucket wash system for my car.
If you use a proper prewash you don’t need multiple mitts or buckets, I don’t see any game changer here.
Lol
Your washing the wash mitts correct in a washing machine when done? If so what soap are you using? My drying towels I use chemical guys towel soap. What about drying the wash mitts?
Yes washing machine after every wash, no dyes, scents, fabric softeners (rags to riches, tide free and gentle, etc..are good options). Wash on cold or medium heat, dry in dryer on low or no heat, no dryer sheets.
I have different colored wash mites, rocker panel and wheel well wash mitts never get used for body panels. Wash separately.
One bucket makes sense. Also think about how popular rinseless washes are becoming. It’s essentially a one bucket wash and most people use one wash media, ie a sponge. I think most would agree rinseless washes are pretty darn safe too. Assuming you’re using quality soap/media of course
Honestly, I have used ph neutral soap and a regular wash mitt to do a rinseless on my truck and no scratches. I prefer and a dedicated rinseless, but if you are smart about it, you can skin this cat many ways.
@@mikez6683 yup definitely many ways to safely do this!
I think this begs for a comparison between this method and the standard one. And I might add significantly its critical that the surface has been maintained and is in a hardened condition that will shed water. Most people are oblivious to this. Its becoming a lot more popular with ceramic extenders. I used bead it up. But there are others that are plenty good. And I might add dont wait until the car is filthy. A regular washing is mandatory. I do it every three weeks or so because I just dont drive that much any more now that I am retired. Soo. If you wash regularly, use a ceramic extender. do a good prewash and apply a good coating of high quality soap with a sprayer and then use the stardard two bucket system, I really dont think you are going to see a difference. I also use a high quality pro air blower and this leaves an absolute mirror finish if there was one before. Just my two cents.
I’m going to try this someday. Your comparison with mitt with 2 sides and towel with 8 is apples to oranges. A mitt is simpler but you have 75% less sides. So you would need 8 times the number towels unless your using your mitt for way more panels but that defeats the purpose.
Thanks for this video. I just tried and already love this wash method. It saved me considerable time not having to rinse out mitts wondering if they really are contaminant free.
I have a mix of gyeon smoothie mitts and the same chemical guys chenille mitts you use. Curious about the possible negatives of using the gyeon smoothie microfiber mitts?
This is what I concluded as well. The safest way to
I only started using the 2 bucket method last year, but after using the rinse once, the rinse bucket was dirty, so I was thinking either a 3 bucket method (wash, rinse, rinse again), which has a low cost, or do the 1 bucket method, which I know would be much better, but the initial cost is quite high.
Buddy you need to do a prewash. With a good prewash, i noticed when i emptied the buckets, there was so little dirt i eventually switched to 1 bucket only.
Then switched to using multiple mf towels and it works great and is very fast.
How are you cleaning the wash sponges you used afterwards?
Washing machine, wash microfibers by themselves with no other fabrics, no dyes/scents/fabric softeners. Dry on low or no heat with no dryer sheets.
Off topic sorry. What kind of wheels and size
Also curious, they look good! My guess is 20" but not sure make/model.
I think 2 bucket method is still simple and straightforward for someone who doesnt have a pressure washer or foam gun or doesnt want to deal with multiple mitts. One bucket method seems like trying to re-invent the wheel to me.
Coleton, when you wash all your mitts and microfiber towels what kind of soap do you use in the washing machine? I have read you shouldn't use any soaps with surfactants, like normal laundry soap.
I use P&S Rags to Riches
I used your idea by the 1 bucket method. It works like a charm! Bug thumbs up for that (really obvious, yet I didn't think of it) great idea!
The way the towel bunches up is annoying in practice. I only do rinseless. The rags are a pain to wash because you have to presoak them. I think this year I will try the sponge.
I use the two bucket method with microfiber mitts. The rinse bucket usually has black water from all of the dirt. I stopped using the products from Chemical Guys. I found that the Griots and Adam’s products worked better.
If the rinse bucket gets that dirt, all that dirt is getting dragged across the surface even with a fresh mitt each time, pre wash is king no matter how the contact wash method is performed.
Es nervt mich, dass die Waschhandschuhe danach auch nach dem Auswaschen unter klarem Wasser in der Waschmaschine sehr schäumen. Was machst du dagegen?
you should foam the car dry then rinse off. just blasting it with water first pushes the dirt around potentially scratching. foaming 1st will louden the dort and drag it down and cpr9vide a much more effective rinse which then makes the one bucket method even better. I sometimes do a no bucket method with a coyote mitts and pressure wash off the mitt wring out and resoak for c the next panel. hey as long as you're being safe and using precautions do whatever way you like
He did say that (@ 13:55)
What did he say, the cpr9vide
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Yeas because if you foam it first, the dirt levitates on your paint and does not scratch your car. What a bunch of bull*** Or maybe the dirt gets tiny wings from all the foam and fly away from the car.
Isnt’t the first rinse also not to cool down the car/panels
Anyone got an ID on those wheels?
Nice video. I have been going to 1 bucket late summer last year and into winter where I go to the Coin Wash bay place. Snow Foam with my IK e Foam Pro 12 and rinse then those Chemical Guys Chenille Pads (I got 3 of them) after another foam if I can. Chennille pads or mitts are best for washing a body on the car. I found on my first try of edgeless microfiber towels it never had the sudsy feel on the bodywork and they get caught on the grille and emblems kinda stuff on the car and would drop one once in a while.
I use the zero bucket method. Foam, Rinse, Foam, Rinse, Blow Dry. I never touch my paint except for stuck on bugs or tar. Same thing for the wheels (ceramics help). Of course, this method will only work perfectly if you don't let your car become too dirty.
I kind of do the same. 75% of my washes are no contact. Every 3rd or 4th I do contact wash.
I use the same method, just different process…rain, sun, rain, sun
I've used the method with the flat microfibre towel, and I don't recommend it. I definitely noticed scratch marks appear. And my car isn't even that dirty most weeks when I wash it. Feels a million times safer with the noodle mitt. The only downside is it does cost to buy this many good ones.
The longer strands of microfiber mitts or pads seem to catch and hide dirt better than high gsm towels.
I just use 1 bucket for the body then use the remaining soap for the wheels with a different cloth.
What do you do for drying?
just get good towels. get a small blower to get water out of crevices
I use one bucket with 5 wash mitts.
Noting that you use a foam cannon - does the wash bucket with the multiple mitts have soap in it, or just water?
Soap in the bucket as well.
What method do you use to wash the mits
The washing machine method
I like the strategy, but living in Florida I worry about sand in the laundry from kid clothes will become embedded in the towel after a wash and scratch the paint.
I use the two bucket method right now with the folds, and when done wash and reuse the towels for in the house.
You don't even need soap or 2 buckets. Just use ONR or something similar.
instead of folding and fliping the towels, just cut them into 4 smaller towels
Man I scratched the shit out of my dads Camry growing up not knowing any better and thinking I’m doing a GREAT job.
The 2 bucket method never made sense to me. This one bucket method is what I've always done. With a small car like the model 3 you can do the whole thing with 2 pads, especially if it's ceramic coated and kept fairly clean.
I would love a video showing me how to wash my car when I don’t have a house and hose and driveway, like the vast majority of people
Maybe a self serve car wash
Wash party at a friend’s house?
Oc detailing has a good rinseless wash tutorial. I goto a manual car wash to rinse my truck off to get the big stuff then come home and do rinseless wash in the garage of my apt.
The vast majority of people don't have a house, hose or a driveway?
AmmoNYC would have a heart attack.
why not just use like 20 microfiber cloths?
Technically it's a 2 bucket technic. We can see them :-). Great video. It kills me to see people using those hash deadly automatic car wash.
I thinks it great, but can be expensive for some.
What about washing 5 cars in a row ? you would either need over 1k in mitts or have to wash the mitts and wait for that to be done between each car. Great if only one car is being washed at the time.
Sure but if you have a business, it will pay for itself rather quickly based on efficiency, etc. and can probably be justified easily. I think the average person detailing their own car at home won't have this issue.
@@seapen1 Issue is I have 8 cars, 4 motorcycles and 3 trailers which I all maintain clean, try to get thru them every other week and rotate 5 on the weekend is quite some work
@@v8tergt653 I bet. But that’s where your time is worth a certain $ amount and maybe buying a bunch could be worth it based on how much time it saves, etc. In your instance though, maybe other options would be better too compared to this method. Either way, enjoy driving/riding :)
I think we're all starting to get to a point where we are over thinking the process. When ever we use a pressure washer even to wash off pre foaming on a panel we are forcing micro dirt out of the foam at the panel and causing micro scratching. When taking a mitt or other media dunking it in a clean rinse bucket, wringing it and putting it into the product bucket, the suspended particles we pick up on the mitt are microscopic.. and ultimately less of a problem than the pressure washer is causing. You will never eliminate scratching the clear coat. Although I love the time and effort you've put into the theory, it's becoming overkill. In truth most customers would never notice micro scratches from the wash process. I've not had a customer yet go over the paint with an inspection light.
Couldn’t disagree with this more.
@@OutofSpecDetailingWhat part?
Hehe i never worry about scrathes or mitts or bucket methos :) i use 1 micro fiber to was and 3 for drying. İ never get swirl marks or scraches cause i PPF'ed my car ;). İts self healing, with sun, all micro scrathes goes away:) soo imho stop investing in buckets amd mitts etc, just go with the ppf
The 2-3-6 buckets are only useful for one that does not have a pressure washer. Other than that is a method that must be discarded since when the constant dipping will end up making the water homogeneous with dirt and transferable between the 2 buckets. Any dip of the mit will cause a current making the trap useless since it can not open and close to prevent that. Whilst the soap bucket does not have as much foam.
There is no logic for buckets since you can rinse with constant fresh water the hose or lowest setting of the PW the mitt or sponge and lay foam with the foam lance having both unaffected for cross contamination. Yes makes things slower however it way more contaminant free
Nothing wrong with Dawn. It's great in the spring to get the road film off, something a standard pH neutral soap won't do.
I did the same as you. I relabeled those chemical guys clear buckets and i used the vinyl stickers from The Rag Company on both sides of the bucket.
I too use a one bucket method now but that because i pre-foam, let it dwell, and then runse to get the majority of the heavy grime off.