How to use your 2024 Chill Out Pack
What is it? What's in it?
The Chill Out Pack is a great system of some of our most popular car care products, plus you also get the very cool, cooler bag that will come in handy to keep some bevvies nice and chilled!
Inside you'll find:
500mL Summer Snow.
500mL Nanolicious Wash.
500mL Happy Ending.
500mL Wipeout.
2 x 250mL Buderim Ginger Ginger Beer (non alcoholic).
Pre wash with Summer Snow
A super thick pre wash foam concentrate, Summer Snow needs to be used with a pressure washer and a suitable foam cannon like our Snow Blow Cannon, or a pressurised foamer like The Frother.
Dilute the Summer Snow at a 1:9 ratio (100mL to 900mL of water). Fill the cannon bottle with water first, then add the Summer Snow and connect the cannon to the bottle and the pressure washer. Adjust the cannons air mixture so you get a lovely thick foam. Apply foam to the dirtier lower back areas first, making your way up to the roof.
After the car is covered, leave to dwell for 4-5 minutes, but don't allow it to dry. Rinse with a strong jet of water from the pressure washer, working from the roof down in methodical overlapping motions.
Hand wash with the new Nanolicious Wash
Grab a Wash bucket (available separately), and fill it 3/4 full of water. We'd also recommend grabbing a Rinse bucket available separately if you wish, and put a Great Barrier Thingy into the bottom. We strongly recommend 2 buckets - one for clean rinse water, and one for your wash water. The idea here is to dip your favourite Bowden's Own Wash Tool into the wash water, wash a section of the car, then bring your tool back to the clean rinse water and wring it out in there, before going back into the wash water and washing the next section, to stop dirt and contamination going into your wash water as much as possible.
Use 3 of the pop top capfuls or 30mL of Nanolicious Wash and pour it into the bucket, giving the cap a good thrash around in the bucket. Agitate the bucket with your pressure washer or the Jet setting on your hose to mix the wash and produce a nice head of suds.
Dip your wash tool into the wash suds and let the suds soak into it for a couple seconds (squeezing it gently can help it absorb the wash suds), then starting at the roof of the car, gently wash in a back and forth motion, then side to side so that you don't miss any spots. We prefer not to go in circles when washing - not because it will create swirl marks, but because when you do small circles, there's always a bit that you miss. When you wash up and down, then back and forth, you are guaranteeing that you don't miss any spots.
After washing the first section, dip your wash tool into the clean rinse water and thrash it about and/or squeeze the suds out so that any dirt or grime leaves the wash tool, then dunk it back into the wash suds and do the next section of the vehicle, leaving the lower dirtier sections till last. Once you've washed the whole car, rinse the suds off thoroughly (NOTE: if you're washing in the sun, rinse the suds off periodically - don't let them dry on the paint).
Super hydrophobic protection with Happy Ending
Happy Ending was made to quickly give a visible boost of protection to the car at the end of a wash, as well as creating a super high gloss and slippery smooth finish. All this happens from simply spraying it on, and then pressure washing it off, to leave a super hydrophobic coating, before drying the car as you do in a normal wash.
1. Mix the Happy Ending in a Snow Blow Cannon bottle (a separate Happy Ending labeled bottle is available - part code to order one from our resellers is BOHCB). It handily uses the same dilution ratio of 9:1 as the Summer Snow foam. Add 900mL of fresh water, before turning the Happy Ending bottle upside down above the cannon bottles inlet and open the pop top, to ensure there is no wasted product when filling. Add 100mL of the Happy Ending using the measuring marks on the cannon bottles label.
2. Carefully screw the Happy Ending mixture bottle to the cannon unit and attach to your pressure washer. Adjust the cannons top air knob to full clockwise (-) and adjust front nozzle to give a medium arc, a little bit wider than you would use with the snow foam.
3. Apply the light foam to the roof and then work to the bottom. It's safe for all glass, exterior plastic trims, wheels and tyres. Slowly walk around the entire car till it’s covered. Note that this product doesn’t create a thick foam. Do your best to try and avoid applying directly to the windscreen. On larger vehicles like trucks and vans, or in warmer conditions, we recommend that you do half the vehicle at a time.
4. Once finished, quickly remove the cannon from the lance and change to the lances power wash fitting. Immediately begin to THOROUGHLY pressure wash the product off, especially on the glass. Start from where you began applying using a methodical, overlapping motion from the top of the car to the bottom, doing a couple of passes over each section to activate the bead porn. The bead porn effect is activated by the friction from the strong jet of water over the surface. You'll notice it gets better over time as the product cures on the surface. Work right around the car till you're finished. If you wish for more water beading after the first application, re-apply as per above to the separate areas for complete satisfaction.
5. Now use the new found surface tension to help dry your vehicle. Do this by taking the end off your hose and flooding the panels with water, sheeting the majority of the water droplets from the now coated surface so there's less water to dry.
Drying time
Available separately are our super plush drying towels the Twisted Pro Sucker and The Big Green Sucker. Add a few sprays of our quick detail spray Boss Gloss into each side of either cloth to enhance your drying experience.
We also recommend drying the wheels and tyres before adding any tyre shine - give them a quick wipe over with a dedicated microfibre cloth like our Twisted Little Suckers to remove excess water.
See our detailed guide below on our drying towels and how to effectively use them.
Wipe Out - the windscreen wash additive for fanatics
Wipe Out is a super concentrated windscreen wash additive. When adding to your windscreen washer reservoir, first find out what capacity it has either from the factory manual or online. Pump or let it run out of the previous wash solution (don't mix this with others), and then add another litre of water to rinse clean the reservoir and washer lines. Then, add half the amount of water, followed by the amount of Wipe Out you need, then fill it up with water so it mixes in well. Another easy option (if you cannot find what size your reservoir holds) is to mix it in a seperate jug or bottle. If you're really fastidious, we suggest you use a demineralised water over tap water, to minimise the chance of potentially harder water leaving marks when it evaporates.
Such an interesting location for the washer bottle filler on this cool old Kombi.
Be sure to read the instructions on the bottle to get the most out of Wipe Out!
Chilled out finish with a Buderim Ginger ginger beer
Buderim Ginger ginger beer is our absolute favourite after detail (non alcoholic) refreshing beverage of choice. Locally owned and made right here in Australia, it doesn't get any better. Step back, crack one open (preferably chilled) and admire the clean and shiny ride you now have. You should now feel totally chilled out and relaxed, if not, repeat the process with the second can, or share with a loved one if you're feeling generous.
Then there's the cooler bag/box itself. Do we really need to explain how to use an esky? This one's a ripper; just chuck some ice in it and your favourite beverages and enjoy! The handy strap means it's super portable and can be taken to chill you out wherever you happen to be. Conveniently holds 6 or more bevvies.
Any questions?
The Chill Out Pack for 2024 is available exclusively through your local Repco store in strictly limited numbers. To find your closest store, click this link - Store Finder.
Thank you for your continued support and allowing us to keep making great car care products!
If you have any questions, please send us an email - info@bowdensown.com.au or Free call 1800 351 308.
Happy detailing,
Brett Hobbs