nxt wash measuring cap.

[bchivers]

I used the nxt wash today for the first time.It did a nice job.I thought that a 1 ounce cap would be a good idea. I would like to see a spell checker for the forums,not sure if that is hard to do, I am really giving my dictionary a workout guess I shouldn't complain, it's good for me.:coolgleam

[TwoTooBlack]

:iagree:

Good idea. Now if I could only tell when I hit a gallon of water!:D

[bchivers]

I used a half gallon vinegar jug.Last time I was at Wal-mart I bought a pail in the auto section for $0.97 I think,it has marks on the inside for 1 gal. 2gal. & so on.:db:

[Mike Phillips]

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[bchivers]

Sounds like just what I need only problem is I use Mozilla Firefox. I'll look for something similar for Ff. Good idea, thanks.

[Mike Phillips]

I too have Firefox, but for somereason, I keep using IE.

rjstaaf introduced me to it while he was out here. I really like the tab option.

Mike

[fiberrich]

A cap designed to hold 1 ounce would be great! I tried to use a measuring spoon, but it was a pain and had to wipe the soap out and then figure out where to set the spoon.

I have an old bottle (Maroon bottle) of wash/conditioner and it states something like 4 capfuls to 1 gallon. I haven't measured out how many capfuls equal 1 ounce with the NXT cap.

I tried the one-thousand-one count when pouring as some people have stated, but it certainly looked like *much more* wash was dumped in the bucket than when measuring it out.

Regarding the spell checker, as with bchivers, I don't use IE as a browser so no go here either. I do what Mike does most of the time and run it through a word processor to do a spell check and then re-paste before posting.

[Mike Phillips]

For the 16 ounce car wash bottle that all use a fairly standard cap, 2-3 capfulls equaled 1 ounce. This was taking into consideration that some product clinged to the cap and thus skewed the measuring.

It is important to use the correct amount.

I guess all we need to do is to measure out one ounce with the product? I'll guess looking at the cap that it's going to be 2-3 capfulls though.

Mike

[fiberrich]

Mike,

It's really not much trouble to measure out several capfuls, but the cap is shallow and it's sort of a nuisance. Thanks for stating your "measurements" also take into account the amount of product that may cling to the inside of the cap. NXT wash is so thick and I always wonder if I'm really getting the full one-ounce, thus my comment about wiping it out of the measuring spoon I use.

You may want to forward this to your marketing group for future product packaging consideration.

Just some customer feedback. Anything to save time and inconvenience! ;)

[jfelbab]

Originally posted by TwoTooBlack
:iagree:

Good idea. Now if I could only tell when I hit a gallon of water!:D

I use two 5 gallon buckets. I got them at Home Depot and they are the semi-transparent white ones so you can see the level of the water they contain. I measured out the level at two gallons and marked it with a permanent marker on the outside of the buckets. I always wash with two gallons.

For the wash, I have a small plastic measuring cup and just pour in two ounces.

There are some products that have bottles that help you dispense the contents. Some examples I have are in the photo below. I think bottles that have this measured fill built in would be a nice touch to the wash product line. Mike, you might want to show this to your engineering folks.

http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/559bottles.jpg

[rjstaaf]

I think the ideal solution would be the hand pumps that come with the dillutible products from the detailer line of Meguiars products. One pump dispenses 1oz of product. I checked and the gallon containers have the same cap size as the NXT wash bottle so I don't see any reason why the hand pump wouldn't fit on the NXT wash bottle.

http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/9hyperwashpump.jpg

[fiberrich]

Now that's a great idea!

Anyone know if you can purchase just the pump from Meguiar's?

I may go to HD or Lowe's and see if I can find something like that!

Even better than a one-ounce sized cap! :)

[gb387]

Would be nice to have a cap that measures... I went to walmart and bought a plastic measuring cup just for car wash soap!

[rjstaaf]

Originally posted by fiberrich
Now that's a great idea!

Anyone know if you can purchase just the pump from Meguiar's?

I may go to HD or Lowe's and see if I can find something like that!

Even better than a one-ounce sized cap! :)

You can't right now but, they are working on it. The pumps I believe are new and I believe the stock of them they have are packaged with the products that are dillutible so it is probably just a matter of getting enough so that they can still package them with the products they go with yet still have enough to sell individually.

[Mark2]

Sorry for bringing up this old thread, but is there any news on buying the pumps separately? I have one pump, and use it on my shampoo plus bottle, very usefull. I would like to get a few more, for my other bottles as well.
Thanks :)

[Murr1525]

I had to order my pumps from ADS. Maybe 3 bucks each. I have them on my Shampoo Plus, ASD, and APC. You might just have to cut the tube length down if the Nxt/GC bottles are shorter.