How to use your 2024 Tropicarnut bucket
What's in it?
Inside the brand new clear bucket, we've included some truly exotic gear for washing, protecting and drying the outside of your car, and cleaning the glass inside and outside of your vehicle.
The Tropicarnut Bucket includes:
The Lusherotica Wash Pad - Our new ultra soft wash tool, for the safest possible wash.
Jungle Juice Wax Wash - A totally new update to our Wax Wash with boosted anti corrosion properties and even more T1 grade Carnauba Wax.
Naked Glass - A streak free cleaner for perfectly bare glass.
Wet Dreams - A mega update to our spray on, rinse off sealant for superhydrophobic ceramic protection.
Tropical Sucker - Our 800GSM single sided twist loop drying towel, for fast and easy sucking.
Serious monkey business with the Jungle Juice Wax Wash
We'd recommend giving the car a pre-clean first, either with our Snow Blow Cannon and Snow Job/Mega Snow Job, or simply rinse your vehicle down thoroughly with the pressure washer or the Jet setting on your hose end, to remove the heavier dirt and grime which reduces the risk of scratching your paint when you start washing.
Grab your Tropicarnut bucket and fill it 3/4 full of water. We'd also recommend grabbing a Rinse bucket available separately if you wish, and insert the 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 Lusherotica Wash Pad into the wash water, wash a section of the car, then bring your Lusherotica Wash Pad back to the clean rinse water and ring 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. The addition of the Great Barrier Thingy will help stop dirt and grit from swirling back up and into your wash tool.
Fill up one and a half capfuls of Jungle Juice Wax 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 Lusherotica Wash Pad 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 pad 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).
Adding protection with the NEW Wet Dreams
Wet Dreams can be used to top up and maintain protection of our other sealants like Bead Machine, or it can be used as a stand alone sealant with 2-3 months of protection on good condition paint. It works best when used in the shade on cool panels, and the panel needs to be wet. This new ceramic formula of Wet Dreams is even more hydrophobic, with longer lasting protection and slickness.
After washing the car, rinse it down thoroughly from the top down. Grab your Wet Dreams and working on one section or panel of the car at a time, evenly mist the product over the section ensuring full coverage. IMMEDIATELY rinse off with your pressure washer or the Jet setting on the hose - Wet Dreams bonds almost immediately, so you should see instant bead porn. Continue around the car using this same technique until it's done, making sure to keep the rest of the panels wet to avoid water spotting. Keep in mind that with this faster cure time, it can potentially dry faster, so be sure to follow the instructions to avoid getting streaking!
Once complete, take the end off your hose and flood the panels with water - the new found surface tension will force the water to clump together and sheet away in one go which means less drying time for you!
For a detailed guide on getting the most from Wet Dreams, see our detailed guide below:
Fast and easy drying with the Tropical Sucker
The Tropical Sucker is our new twist pile loop drying towel, and is used with Boss Gloss to enhance the drying experience. Based on a single sided version of the epic twist pile microfibre of the Twisted Pro Sucker, this 800GSM, 70cm x 40cm drying towel glides across the paint sucking up all the water in its path.
Spray 4-6 sprays of Boss Gloss into the Tropical Sucker and start drying your vehicle from the top, working your way down the car, drying any glass that may be in the sun first, to avoid getting water spots on the glass. If you find the cloth becomes waterlogged, it could be that you need to flood the panels of the vehicle a bit more, to remove more water before drying the car. But, it can also be wrung out if it gets full, so you can keep on sucking.
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 drying towels, and drying your vehicle safely.
Streak free glass cleaning with Naked Glass
The last step of any good detail; the glass. Spray a couple sprays of Naked Glass into the green side of an Inta-Mitt (sold seperately), and then wipe over the glass in a north-south, then east-west direction ensuring full coverage of the glass. Then, flip the Inta-Mitt to the purple side and buff off any residue for a perfectly clean, bare and streak free finish.
Any Questions?
The Tropicarnut Bucket for 2024 is available exclusively through your local Supercheap Auto store in 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 around the Tropicanut Bucket, send us an email - info@bowdensown.com.au or Free call 1800 351 308.
Happy detailing,
Brett Hobbs.
