Hey everyone!
This is Greg from Chemical Guys,
and today I'm gonna show you exactly how to dilute your detailing products
so you can get the best result on any job.
There's two types of products:
ready to use
and concentrated.
A lot of our products at Chemical Guys are concentrated,
and that means that they can be diluted.
Now, what is dilution?
Dilution is taking a product and mixing it with water
to water-down the product to get the right ratio
so that it works properly.
It's a lot better for you as detailer and consumer because
we don't ship you water.
We can ship you more product in a smaller bottle,
and you can dilute it on the job.
Dilution ratio is really complicated for some people,
and a lot of people don't understand it.
So we spent the time to make this awesome dilution ratio chart.
This gives you all the dilution ratio measurements in ounces
for any size container that we sell here at Chemical Guys.
We made one for 16 oz, 32 oz, 1 gallon, and 5 gallon,
and we gave you all the ounce dilution ratios from 1:1 to 128:1.
This is a great tool to help you dilute products and make sure
you have the right ratio to clean any type of job.
Dilution ratio can be a little complicated, so I'll break it down
and show you how it works.
Dilution ratios are usually set up with two numbers
with a colon (:) in the middle.
Those two numbers can be anything from 4:1 or 64:1.
This means that you're mixing, let's say at 10:1,
that's mixing 10 parts water to 1 part product.
That bigger number is actually the water,
and the smaller number is the amount of product
that we're mixing in the bottle.
Now every size bottle is different, so you need to do the math
to get the right dilution ratio for that size bottle.
For example, let's dilute a 16 oz bottle 3:1.
If you have 16 ounces, use that as the base to figure out the calculation.
We take our ratio: 3:1,
three parts water to one part concentrate,
and we add those together.
3 + 1 = 4
Now we take the size of our container,
16 ounces,
then divide it by the number that we added up together.
So that's 16 divided by 4.
16 ounces divided by 4 is 4 ounces.
Once we have that number, 4 ounces,
that's the number for our "one" part.
We take our bottle and fill it with 4 ounces of our cleaner
or detailing product in the bottle.
Now to get the ounces for the "three" parts,
we take 16 ounces (the size of the bottle)
and subtract our "one" part, which is 4 ounces.
16 - 4 = 12
That 12 ounces is the amount of water we use to get the right ratio.
12 + 4 = 16
and that fills up a full 16 ounce bottle.
You can do this for any size container, like a gallon,
which is 128 ounces,
or 5 gallons, which is 640 ounces.
You can use this for any size container,
but we set up our chart with the 4 bottle sizes that we sell at Chemical Guys.
If math is a hard subject for you,
you can easily use the chart by finding the number
you want to place the dilution ratio at.
So in a 16 oz. bottle at 8:1,
you add 1.8 oz of product to 14.2 oz of water.
It's super easy to do, and it makes diluting any product
quick and easy.
I'm gonna show you how to dilute the product in a bottle.
We're gonna use a 3:1 ratio of AllClean in this 16 oz bottle.
Dilution ratios can be done in any type of ratio.
We give recommendations for specific product dilutions,
So if you want to dilute your product 10:1, you can easily do that.
If you want to dilute it 4:1, you can do that too.
You can even adjust your dilution ratio for the job at hand.
If I'm using AllClean here with a 10:1 or 20:1 suggested dilution ratio,
I can use it to clean something dirtier with a dilution ratio of 3:1 for more cleaning
power.
I have an empty 16 oz. bottle here fitted with the Perfect Pour EZ Fill Funnel.
I'll screw the funnel on so I don't spill any product,
and dilute it 3:1.
So let's add the two ratio numbers:
3 + 1 = 4
so I'm gonna do this in quarters.
I'll fill the bottle up a quarter of the way with AllClean.
That's about a quarter..
then I'll take my water--this is regular distilled water,
and dilute my product with the other three parts.
This gives me a good ratio of 3:1.
You notice I didn't spill any product because of my Perfect Pour Funnel,
and I can fill it up right to the top for the right dilution.
Now our product is ready to go.
I only have to add a sprayer,
and then I'm ready to go detailing!
Dilution ratios are super simple,
and that's why we took the time to make this chart:
so you can dilute any of your products
in any sized bottle.
You can make a full gallon, or a full five gallon pail,
and use that ready-to-use solution whenever you want.
I'll put the link to this chart right in the description box in this video,
and I'll put a clickable link right here on the screen
so you can print out the chart
and put it in your garage, shop, or mobile detailing van
to have it ready to use whenever you need it.
That way your dilution ratios area easily done just by using this chart.
We put a lot of time into making this chart high quality,
so you can print a big version and place it in your shop
along with our Detailing Flowhcart,
and any other information that you can get off our YouTube channel
and website to help you detail faster and easier.
We hope you like the information!
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that we put on our YouTube channel.
Always remember to have fun,
stay clean,
and keep on detailing!