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  1. MINIMaybee

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    #3 MINIMaybee, Jun 4, 2009
    Apparently Mark you need to read the "How I Drink A Beer" thread. :yikes:
    oh and BTW ...

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  2. Nathan

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    #13 Nathan, Mar 12, 2010
    Taken out of context with the rest of the images I thought the image above was rock in an ice covered pond...

    Yeah...I need more coffee
     
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    #35 amberback, Apr 20, 2011
    :cool: I think one of these things needs to be in my Easter basket.
     
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    #60 DneprDave, Apr 22, 2011
    Darn! When I saw "Foam Cannon" I had visions of something like a potato cannon that you loaded up with soap and it would cover the car with foam in one or two blasts!

    I'm disappointed!:cryin:

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  5. lotsie

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    #2 lotsie, Jun 4, 2009
    2 gallons in the soapy bucket, 3-4 gallons in the rinse bucket, maybe 1/2 gallon to pre-soak, then a gallon to rinse. Looks like I use about 6-7 gallons a week to wash 2 MINIs. I spill more beer a day[​IMG]

    Mark
     
  6. lotsie

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    #4 lotsie, Jun 5, 2009
    I will post some pics after bath time later today. Oh, can you post a link to the beer thread please:arf:

    Mark
     
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    #5 TGS91, Jun 5, 2009
    One of the things I read on a post was to use different wash mitts for different parts of the car. Currently using a nice wool Detailers Paradise for 'horizontal surfaces', a fairly new MF one for vertical ones and a chenille one for the wheels and wheel arches/skirts to keep the brake dust and heavy duty schmutz away from the other areas. Use them in that order.

    Over the top? perhaps.......:p
     
  8. lotsie

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    #6 lotsie, Jun 5, 2009
    I use 2 mitts. My Black lambs wool, for paint, glass. Then an old MF one for wheels, wheel wells.

    Mark
     
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    #7 TGS91, Jun 5, 2009
    Are you saying that I am more obsessive than you o' wise MINI master? (in this instance?) :cornut:
     
  10. iwashmycar

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    #8 iwashmycar, Jun 5, 2009
    I do about the same... nice to have diff sponges and buckets. Also the best thing I started doing is using my little 1hp elec air compressor/tank to blow all the water out of the grilles, marker lights, arches, scoop, fogs, and lug holes. :cool:
     
  11. lotsie

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    #9 lotsie, Jun 6, 2009
    A day late, but here are pics from washing yesterday.

    Last wash was a week ago, motored through rain a couple of days.
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    Wash buckets are standing-by
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    Spraying off loose crud, nozzle is set at stun, not bore holes in sheet metal
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    Washing with lambs wool mitt
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    When rinsing the nozzle is set so water flows gently, so it sheets off. I rinse each section as I finish washing it
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    Product placement:arf: I mist on very little Hydro
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    Blot drying with waffle weave towel
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    Then wipe with Monster Fluffy
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    Done
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    Takes me about 20 minutes to do a wash on 1 MINI

    Mark
     
  12. lotsie

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    #10 lotsie, Mar 12, 2010
    Just checking nothing was lost.

    Mark
     
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    #11 moreorless, Mar 12, 2010
    Hah!

    At first glance I thought your MINI had a toupe'.

     
  14. Metalman

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    #12 Metalman, Mar 12, 2010
    Or a Pterodactyl fly over. Remove it quickly, it will remove paint down to and including the metal.:D
     
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    #14 KittyMini, Mar 12, 2010
    I actually thought almost the exact same thing.....

    Still finishing my first cup of the day :D
     
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    #15 TT_Zop, Mar 12, 2010
    My gas leaf blower does a fine job of drying out all those areas too. :Thumbsup:
     
  17. lotsie

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    #16 lotsie, Mar 12, 2010
    No, I may though, this head shot is about 5 years old, and my solar panel is now bigger:lol:

    [​IMG]

    Mark
     
  18. Sportspack Mark

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    #17 Sportspack Mark, Aug 22, 2010
    thanks for this :D I do something similar
     
  19. lotsie

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    #18 lotsie, Aug 22, 2010
    Wash your MINI, or grow a solar panel:lol:.

    Mark
     
  20. Dwight

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    #19 Dwight, Apr 19, 2011
    Finally got the stuff to wash my MINI the way the good detailers do it. Pressure washer, foam cannon, Meguiar's Hyper-Wash and a Belgian waffle MF drying towel. OctaneGuy at Show Car Detailing showed some of us West Coast MINI types the correct way to do it awhile back. Does it ever work slick and it's fun, too. I could actually see the dirt running out of the seams as the suds flowed off. The only time I touched the paint was with the drying towel. About 10 more washes and I'll have covered the cost of the equipment, LOL! :Thumbsup:
     

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