View Poll Results: Is it pour shampoo then add water or pour water then add shampoo?

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  • Shampoo + Water (more suds, less accurate mixture)

    79 68.10%
  • Water + Shampoo (less suds, accurate mixture)

    37 31.90%
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  1. #1

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    I used to pour the shampoo first then water. I would get lots of suds, but then it was hard to determine how much water I had really added in the bucket.



    Then I began to fill up the bucket with water then add shampoo. Much less suds, I miss the suds.

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    My recommendation is fill the bucket 3/4 full of fresh water, add your shampoo, then hit it with a final jet of water to activate suds.

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    What I do is put shampoo in the bucket first, and fill the bucket with no nozzle. When it`s 80% or more full, I then lift the hose out of the water to splash and activate the suds. Kind of like DavidB`s method, I guess.

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    I do shampooe first except for QEW.....when i do it while the water is running

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    What DavidB said :xyxthumbs



    I`ve decided that generally, I`d rather have (liquid) wash solution than (airy) suds.

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    Originally posted by Accumulator

    What DavidB said :xyxthumbs



    I`ve decided that generally, I`d rather have (liquid) wash solution than (airy) suds.


    Yea, that is kind of what I was thinking but I miss the suds.

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    Originally posted by Malachi

    ...but I miss the suds.


    Heh heh, yeah, I know what you mean. It`s sorta like *knowing* that sheeting has all those advantages over beading, but still wanting to see the beads, huh?

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    I put the soap in after the bucket is completely filled. I hate suds because it`s so hard to see how dirty the water is getting. I swish the water carefully around to disolve the soap. However, after a couple of dunks and swishes and squeezes of the wash mitt, it`s sudsy enough I can`t see in it anymore (and this is with #00!)...

 

 

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