Bridgepoint's White Lightening as a Prespray?

[GregAllen]

I have a container of White Lightening, which only provides dilution and mixing instructions if used as a rinse. However, the label also says it's a great pre-spray. However, it contains no mixing instructions for use through a hydro sprayer. Two questions:

1. Anyone out there using it as a pre-spray, and if so, how good is it?
2. If using it as a pre-spray through a hydroforce, what is the mixing guidance?

Thanks!

 

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@Scott W


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[LookNGood]

I have a container of White Lightening, which only provides dilution and mixing instructions if used as a rinse. However, the label also says it's a great pre-spray. However, it contains no mixing instructions for use through a hydro sprayer. Two questions:

1. Anyone out there using it as a pre-spray, and if so, how good is it?
2. If using it as a pre-spray through a hydroforce, what is the mixing guidance?

Thanks!

I think what they are trying to say is it can be used as a "one pass extraction" detergent. The old school method of wetting on the forward (away) stroke to "prespray" then rinsing on backward (toward you) stroke to extract.

When I have used a one pass product like this in the past I attach a pressure washing wand to my hose and prespray with the rinse then clean normally.

 

[emeraldclean]

I've used Formula 90 and
White Lightning through the Hydroforce with dwell , agitation and then fresh water rinse. Works great. Try it yourself .

 

[Cameron RDS]

I'd imagine if your using it as a prespray it would be a scoop to a gallon. What I would do is just use it as a booster for your prespray. I have a jug of white lightening at the house. I'll check it if I can remember after i get off work. Extreme clean by pros choice said the same thing I could also check that jug

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[Scott W]

I have a container of White Lightening, which only provides dilution and mixing instructions if used as a rinse. However, the label also says it's a great pre-spray. However, it contains no mixing instructions for use through a hydro sprayer. Two questions:

1. Anyone out there using it as a pre-spray, and if so, how good is it?
2. If using it as a pre-spray through a hydroforce, what is the mixing guidance?

Thanks!

White Lightning will soon be a thig of the past. It is being replaced with Flex Fire.

Mixing as a prespray can vary according to soil level and water hardness. A good starting point is 1:32. For a full Hydro-Force contianer with a 1:8 tip, you make 11 gallons. So, you would use about 44 ounces of White Lightning. Adjust up or down as needed.

I know of a few folks who use White Lightning as a prespray, but not very common.

 

[Mama Fen]

Scott, you're breaking hearts here, lol. I have quite a few White Lightning guys who use it regularly, and hearing that their favorite goodie is going off the market is going to cause many tears of frustration.

As for prespray, most fellows here who use it simply use the recommended 1:32 or so, prespray it with a pump-up or backpack sprayer, and rinse with fresh water. They say it's an excellent maintenance detergent and only needs boosting on real rat-nasties.

 

[Tom Forsythe]

Scientifically Flex Fire is a better rinse agent, emotionally it can be tough to move on. At a 1 to 320 dilution it sometimes can be difficult to see progress. We would not have discontinued if we were not convinced we had a better formula. Trust me, Flex Fire is better!!

 

[Cameron RDS]

Scott, you're breaking hearts here, lol. I have quite a few White Lightning guys who use it regularly, and hearing that their favorite goodie is going off the market is going to cause many tears of frustration.

As for prespray, most fellows here who use it simply use the recommended 1:32 or so, prespray it with a pump-up or backpack sprayer, and rinse with fresh water. They say it's an excellent maintenance detergent and only needs boosting on real rat-nasties.

Slap some old white lighting stickers on those flex fire jugs

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[Cameron RDS]

Scientifically Flex Fire is a better rinse agent, emotionally it can be tough to move on. At a 1 to 320 dilution it sometimes can be difficult to see progress. We would not have discontinued if we were not convinced we had a better formula. Trust me, Flex Fire is better!!

Can flex fire be used as a prespray too?

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[Tom Forsythe]

Any emulsifier can be used as a pre-spray, but why would you use something designed as a rinse for a pre-spray. Pre-sprays are designed to break up soil and oils and rinses are designed to readily carry these micelles (globs of oil and soils) away in the water stream. The formulas are different. A powdered pre-spray has more solvents and surfactants than a rinse. It also generally has more alkalinity than a rinse. Typically I do not use solvents in a rinse except for texture. A solvent is useless in a rinse at a 1 to 320 to 640 dilution in terms of cleaning performance. However, at a 1 to 32 dilution, a solvent is integral in the breaking up of soils and oils.