I can understand why the rinse bucket requires a grit guard but what is the reason for a grit guard in the suds/shampoo bucket? Detailing newbie so please excuse me if I may seem a little obtuse.
To be honest I have never understood how the grit guards are supposed to de doing any good in the sense that, whatever debris I pick up is minor (a couple mm. long at most - no rocks usually ) and the grit guard holes/hexagons are way bigger than that (10mm?). So what stops little debris of flowing through those generously sized openings back to my sponge/mitt?But again I 've never dared to question it as I assume it would be worse than questioning the holy trinity itself
The cross shaped supporting arms on the underside of the grit guard act like baffles and significantly reduce water movement in the bottom of the bucket when you’re rinsing your mitt in the rinse bucket or replenishing it with clean, soapy water in the wash bucket. This means there should be a low risk of any grit resurfacing above the grit guard once it has fallen to the bottom of the bucket through the grit guard holes.
Quote from: SRGTD on 16 July 2018, 09:07The cross shaped supporting arms on the underside of the grit guard act like baffles and significantly reduce water movement in the bottom of the bucket when you’re rinsing your mitt in the rinse bucket or replenishing it with clean, soapy water in the wash bucket. This means there should be a low risk of any grit resurfacing above the grit guard once it has fallen to the bottom of the bucket through the grit guard holes.That makes some sense. Mind you I usually use two-buckets with grit guards also but still, when I wash a really dirty car and I can see visible debris caught on the mitt I prefer cleaning the mitt under running water to be sure so in those cases I don't bother with a clean water bucket at all. Plus I also don't like how the guards "steal" volume and you have to use more shampoo and water when they're present but it is what it is.
That’s where the value of a good touchless pre-wash comes in to play, especially if the car’s really dirty. Snow foam and citrus pre-wash stages will remove the really heavy dirt before you start using the mitt, so the mitt shouldn’t really get that dirty during the 2BM wash stage.
Quote from: scanesare on 16 July 2018, 00:00To be honest I have never understood how the grit guards are supposed to de doing any good in the sense that, whatever debris I pick up is minor (a couple mm. long at most - no rocks usually ) and the grit guard holes/hexagons are way bigger than that (10mm?). So what stops little debris of flowing through those generously sized openings back to my sponge/mitt?But again I 've never dared to question it as I assume it would be worse than questioning the holy trinity itself The cross shaped supporting arms on the underside of the grit guard act like baffles and significantly reduce water movement in the bottom of the bucket when you’re rinsing your mitt in the rinse bucket or replenishing it with clean, soapy water in the wash bucket. This means there should be a low risk of any grit resurfacing above the grit guard once it has fallen to the bottom of the bucket through the grit guard holes.