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Newbie wanting to buy and mix my own soap. Please help.

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junebug1968

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So after reading a bunch of posts about HP soap, FB soap, wax, and Presoak I'm starting to narrow down what I'm gonna try first. first I think I'm gonna try KR just peachy for the wax. so what I'm understanding is it is 5 gallon of liquid so I pour it into my 30 gallon barrel and put 10 gallon of water and mix and then I'm good to go?
 
Have you tried Simoniz brand? If so what do you recommend. Again I haven't bought anything yet and would love opinions. My soap guy lives too far away and works and just too aggravating to get it from him so I'm trying to learn it and do it myself. I want to save money but making the customer happy is my first priority . I have a 4 bay self serve and just put all new pumps, hoses, etc and want to figure out this chemical thing.
 
This is what I use. High pressure soap and Foam Brush JBS Fonic wash, 5 gallons mixed with 10 gallons of water. Presoak and tire cleaner, I use Simoniz Correct, 50lb box mixed with 50 gallons of water. Wax I use Simoniz Cherry Glo wax straight out of the 5 gallon pail. We've been using these chemicals for well over 10 years. We buy everything from KR once a year in the spring when they have the ICA show specials. A lot of the KR branded chemicals are the best. I tried the Preachy Peach once and I thought it was terrible. I tried some of there other products and they snotted up in Hydrominder tank and plugged everything up.
 
Randy said:
This is what I use. High pressure soap and Foam Brush JBS Fonic wash, 5 gallons mixed with 10 gallons of water. Presoak and tire cleaner, I use Simoniz Correct, 50lb box mixed with 50 gallons of water. Wax I use Simoniz Cherry Glo wax straight out of the 5 gallon pail. We've been using these chemicals for well over 10 years. We buy everything from KR once a year in the spring when they have the ICA show specials. A lot of the KR branded chemicals are the best. I tried the Preachy Peach once and I thought it was terrible. I tried some of there other products and they snotted up in Hydrominder tank and plugged everything up.
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Do you use the JBS fonic wash DT-100 or the PC-100? And do they have a scent to them?
 
junebug1968 said:
So after reading a bunch of posts about HP soap, FB soap, wax, and Presoak I'm starting to narrow down what I'm gonna try first. first I think I'm gonna try KR just peachy for the wax. so what I'm understanding is it is 5 gallon of liquid so I pour it into my 30 gallon barrel and put 10 gallon of water and mix and then I'm good to go?
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I used the Hydrominder ultra Lean tip kit without any pre mixing
 
Car_Wash_Guy said:
I've found using KR chemicals I've had to run full strength and they still didn't clean nor show as good as others. I went back to what I was using. Wasted like $5k on a pallet.
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Instead of the KR Pre Soaks or HP soap for SS I used the KR Low PH for both. No Gelling and works well at a good dilution.
 
Randy said:
We use JBS PC-100 Fonic wash, it has a fresh and clean scent but once it's mixed you can't really smell it, it's a pure white foam product. I've asked my customers if it mattered if the soap was colored or had a scent to it and almost everyone said they didn't care.
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Randy what color jet do you use for your presoak. I mixed 25lb of Simoniz correct with 25 gallon on water.
 
junebug1968 said:
Randy what color jet do you use for your presoak. I mixed 25lb of Simoniz correct with 25 gallon on water.
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I’ll have to check the next time I go to the wash. I believe it might be a Green or Tan. On most of my chemicals I use a Turtle Wax dual tip metering block so I can add a little bit of Presoak or foam brush soap to the mix.
 
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