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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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No prob thump!
And back on topic another member on this forum somewhere gave me this idea:

For those of us not lucky enough to have the extra in the line-x you can keep it nice and shiney by spraying that el cheapo tire foam on the line-x. Just hose it out afterwards and it should be nice and black. I have also herd of people using the 303 and other various tire shines, and trim cleaners as well.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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I use a lawn sprinkler to rinse off the under carriage sometimes I'll spray it down with simple green first.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by oceanic64
I use a lawn sprinkler to rinse off the under carriage sometimes I'll spray it down with simple green first.
I cant believe I haven't thought of that. I think it would work pretty slick to do that. I know what I am doing this weekend.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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Sweet - beats taking it through a tunnel wash!
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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What would be real cool is if you could attach a inline soap dispenser for wash cycle...... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm as seen on TV maybe??? Lets invent it and have a group purchase
 
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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I bet you could adapt some kind of existing soap dispenser in between the hose and the sprinkler.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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I did a search and nothing practical came up. There must be something out there that would work. I have never seen one but I wonder if that Mr. Clean spot free washer has a injector that could me modified to work.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by oceanic64
I use a lawn sprinkler to rinse off the under carriage sometimes I'll spray it down with simple green first.
Tyvm!! This was 1 of the tips I signed onto this site to find. We live down a gravel road and it gets very dirty. Muchly appreciated. Off to WM for some Simple Green when I pick the kid up from school in an hour.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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I bet you could adapt some kind of existing soap dispenser in between the hose and the sprinkler.
I wonder if you just cut the house and attacked a hose into a bottle on one end and out the other end. Re-attach the other end to the sprinkler if it'd work. It'd be just like a foam gun almost without the ability of adjustment.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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How about a hose T from a prestone flush kit and on the soap side we put a ball **** then reduce it down to tubing to put in a bottle and we can control the flow with the valve.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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I was thinking of taking one of those miricle grow sprayers and modifying it so I could splice the hose. Then it would give you the soap chamber as well as mix it up! I will try it tonight and let you know how it turns out I would really like to have one now that its brought up. Wish me luck.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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Please excuse the censored word. I guess i should have said a butterfly valve. Wasn't meant in the wrong spirit. Any way that miracle grow thing sounds like the real deal. Does it have a mix valve? or is it a constant flow ? I guess you would just dilute the soap to what you want.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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I would like to say thanks for posting your tips everyone. Studying this thread has educated me a bit more on detailing and gave me some more tips to do
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DarrenWS6
I would like to say thanks for posting your tips everyone. Studying this thread has educated me a bit more on detailing and gave me some more tips to do
Have you read the sticky? It's very helpful !!
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by oceanic64
Please excuse the censored word. I guess i should have said a butterfly valve. Wasn't meant in the wrong spirit. Any way that miracle grow thing sounds like the real deal. Does it have a mix valve? or is it a constant flow ? I guess you would just dilute the soap to what you want.
I have one in my truck right now I will be figureing out the details tonight I will post pics and a detailed write up on how it preforms with in the week. And my thought process is just dilute the soap to approx. levels you want bc its kinda like the feed chamber but I think it keeps the ratio right. We will know soon enough....(insert evil laughter here)
 
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