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For all of the recent interest from members asking can they be bought on the high street, an alternative if you're into a bit of DIY:
This is from a fellow member on Detailingworld.com.
I posted this in the "detailing on a budget" thread yesterday and got a very positive response, so thought I would put it in a separate thread so maybe a few others see it and try it themselves if they wish
I made my own grit guards for free using things I had lying around. I used some plastic pipe, plastic mesh and some cable ties. I cut the pipe into lots of 2.5" high cylinders, placed them all in the bucket so they fitted tightly, and then cable tied the mesh to them to hold it all together.
I honestly think my design works better than the proper grit guards. Even if I try to swirl the water around very very vigorously, the water at the base of the cylinders does not swirl at all, and any water movement in the bucket stops within a second or two due to the resistance the tubes and mesh create.
Here is a picture:
Andy
This is from a fellow member on Detailingworld.com.
I posted this in the "detailing on a budget" thread yesterday and got a very positive response, so thought I would put it in a separate thread so maybe a few others see it and try it themselves if they wish
I made my own grit guards for free using things I had lying around. I used some plastic pipe, plastic mesh and some cable ties. I cut the pipe into lots of 2.5" high cylinders, placed them all in the bucket so they fitted tightly, and then cable tied the mesh to them to hold it all together.
I honestly think my design works better than the proper grit guards. Even if I try to swirl the water around very very vigorously, the water at the base of the cylinders does not swirl at all, and any water movement in the bucket stops within a second or two due to the resistance the tubes and mesh create.
Here is a picture:
Andy
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