Truck washing (Soaps, Tips and Tricks)

Man I want cool toys

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Me to man, Me to. I sold all my toys to buy equipment and wash trucks for a living. :crazy_face:

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I had cool toys when I was single. Now I’m down to just my bbq

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LOL no kidding but if you were wrenching on it you’d love it!

Yes sir, I go mechanical and no computer any day brother…

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Playing around with that HSC-400. Always had an issue cleaning these doors so I foamed on some 400 and let it dwell for a couple of minutes then brushed and then 2 stepped it. I think you are right @Hotshot, I’m going to find things to use this on.

I almost forgot the before photo, right panel was what it looked like prior:
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Those doors are aluminum, Yes?

Correct, I was nervous about using it on there

I caught a lil cabover on the interstate the other night. He had the rear end up in the air of a newer tractor that had a sleeper on it. Looked so cool but I couldn’t get a pic safely.

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Your doing it bass akwards my friend, Hcs 400 is only good for SS and chrome . That’s why you had to apply,brush and 2 step. If you use your HF, you will skip all those steps .

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What are you using on them propane trucks as you #1 and #2 ?

I’m using fleet prep and supersonic but it never gets those aluminum doors clean enough. And the diamond plate leaves streaks as it runs down.

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My Dyna clean will do the same exact thing on aluminum, brown streaks correct? If you hot up your super sonic to a beige proportioner tip you’ll see a big difference, try it , pinky swear. and you see them black streaks below the handles ? That’s either leaving it on to long or not rinsing enough. You have HF , Just put in a poly sprayer at 25% and use that to clean those spots up.
Put hcs 400 in an aluminum rim by itself one day and just see what happens. Don’t worry it won’t hurt what HF, Or a 80% mix SS can’t fix.

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Hcs 400 is awesome on chrome and SS, not aluminum , the proof is in your pic. See how shiny the hinges are, there SS. See how shiny the handles are, there chrome plated. I’m glad to see you experimenting with HCS 400, You’ll be hooked in no time.I use it every day. Go through about 55 gallons of concentrate in a month or so. That’s 220 gallons of a solid heavy degreaser after I mix it . So if you think about it , that’s 81 cents a gallon for a product that is 10 times stronger than any purple, green or yellow crap degreaser that you buy at the box stores

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I’ll do a video test for you on what HCS 400 or Dyna clean will do to aluminum, Then I’ll show you how I remedy that in less than 60 seconds, but you gotta get the Whatts App. That’s the only way I can video without pulling my hair out lol.

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@Hotshot what is this app you speak of? I wanna watch.

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Hey @dperez what’s the difference in the 2 ? Other than appearance

@Hotshot I think the only difference is the roller bearings it’s just the new model. I could be wrong

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I think your right, I do recall @dperez mentioning that a while back.