For some reason I can't quite explain, I have a serious compulsion. A compulsion to fill clean buckets with dirt. In some kind of parallel universe where it was hip and trendy for cars to be dirty, I would presumably be king of the food chain. Sadly, in our inferior, unparalleled universe, this gets me into enormous trouble.For you see (and I do hope you see) I attempt to wash my car like a normal person, but it quickly goes south. I start with a clean bucket. So far so good. I put clean water in the bucket. No issues there. I put clean microfibre towels into the bucket. Again, perfectly tickety boo. I put my preferred brand of car cleaning product into the bucket, which by definition makes the clean trifecta somehow even cleaner. The cleanliness at this stage is utterly overwhelming.Here's where things start to go sour. I've got the clean bucket with the clean water, clean towels and clean cleaning product at my feet. My trusty yet unclean car is by my side. I look between the unclean car and the clean cleaning setup, thinking to myself 'yes, I will transfer the power of cleanliness from the cleaning products to the unclean car, and in so doing transfer the uncleanliness from the unclean car to the cleaning products!'I stroke my chin and giggle happily. It is a master stroke of a plan, one I have been developing ever since I learnt about the transfer of energy in school as a child, and then ever since I decided that dirt was actually just a kind of energy, which also gave me the power to decide that showering was for unpowerful people.Back in the hypothetical, I start to clean my car. There is a nagging worry at the back of my head. 'No, not this time,' I whisper hypothetically to myself. 'This time, I'll fight it,' I insist internally.And fight it I do. Fellow humans entering the underground car park are greeted with the sight of me, bucket in one hand, microfibre towel in the other hand, twisting and yelling, contorting and screaming. I foam wildly, but it is only 67% foam from the bucket - the rest is from my mouth and armpits.Humans flee at the sight of me. All too soon, the battle is over, and I have lost: I lie shaking, panting, sud-stained on the ground. I feel the all-too-familiar sensation as my sense of self-control is wrested from my grip and an unfamiliar entity takes over my limbs and earlobes. Looking to my right I see my left hand start to shake and flex. 'No!' I scream, but the scream is but a memory at the back of someone else's mind - perhaps a mailman.My earlobes twitch.Quick as a flash, my left hand buries deeply into a wayward pile of dirt, contorts inwards like an arcade claw and then triumphantly holds the filth aloft before slam dunking it into my nice clean bucket. I howl internally, but my body pays no notice to my mind, scooping and scooping and dunking and dunking. The deed is done. The bucket, once a holy site of cleanliness, a mecca of meticulousness, is now a festering fairground of filth. The mysterious entity vacates my body at last, leaving me sobbing on the ground.If you're reading this, there's no doubt you suffer the same affliction. Like me, you probably think you are simply incapable of cleaning a car, cursed as you are to compulsively fill your clean bucket with dirt. Like you, I used to believe this to be true - until I bought the Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid. You see, Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid comes with a divine invention, a product so blissfully pure I refuse to believe it was crafted by the hands of man, despite otherwise being a rampant atheist.You see, for when god (who does not exist) crafted the grit guard in Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid, he single-handedly solved a previously unsolvable calamity. This simple row of plastic may look humble, much like the carpenter's cup (which is in a book about things that didn't happen) but it is much, much more. Using the power of divine interference (which I know to not be possible) it keeps every single drop of dirt that I scoop into my bucket sucked magnificently to the plastic bottom, leaving the clean water above.No matter how often my demon visits me, the grit guard in Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid keeps my water clean and holy (which is an abstract and impossible concept). I walk down to my underground car park with my head and bucket held high, knowing that I can now clean my car with clean water in the clean bucket with the clean towels and the clean cleaning solution - and it's all thanks to the grit guard in Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid.Of course, it's only fair to mention that if I wasn't haunted by the demon of car cleaning, I might not have use for the grit guard in Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid. The whole point about using a clean bucket with clean towels and clean water and clean cleaning solution is that you never get dirt in the bucket, as long as you follow the simple yet obvious rule that you never put the unclean towel (once the unclean car has transferred the uncleanliness onto the clean towel and the clean towel has transferred cleanliness onto the car) back in the same clean bucket, thereby ensuring the clean bucket remains clean.If you don't have a screaming, scheming, not-well-meaning car cleaning demon, you will probably have no use for the grit guard in Adam's Grit Guard Wash Bucket with Lid.But if you do, it just might save your life.

I wish I had seen these years ago. The lid keeps the airborne crap that gets into the garage from getting into the bucket when not in use. Nice to store some of the larger washing tools in the bucket and have them away from the same contaminants too. The seal provides the ability to take soapy water/clean water to a car wash bay in the winter, and that is a plus living in the mid-atlantic area. The grit guards do work. Seeing what gets trapped at the bottom of the buckets was startling. Buy 2 bucket combos for a 2 bucket wash and add the washboard attachment to the grit guard for the wash rinse bucket. They are available on Amazon too.

Has a screen in the bottom to keep dirt off your mop/cloth. Very sturdy.

Very nice bucket. The grit guard fits exactly right, it doesn't float up, and the screw on gamma lid is top notch and easy to use.OK, it's pricey,... but I have no complaints. Hope it lasts for years.

I ordered the 3.5 gallon bucket with grid and lid and received what I paid for.Nice quality and the grid fit the 3.5 gallon bucket perfectly and the screw on top is perfect to hold everything for vehicle washing in one place.Not a cheap price but this is not a cheap bucket either.5 stars would have been given if the metal handle had been made of 24 carat gold.

In August 2015, I purchased this great-looking and functional wash bucket to use with my brand new 2015 Sentra. However, I only used it for two washings; because I began taking the car to a detailing shop. I stored the bucket for nearly 18 months, with the lid screwed on tightly. Yesterday, I noticed an oddly-shaped crack had formed in the center of the lid (please see picture). So, I wondered, can plastic develop cracks just from being screwed in too tightly over an extended period of time? I like the bucket, it was terrific when I used it (I still have wash mitts and microfiber towels stored inside); but seeing the crack was kind of a downer. Thanks.UPDATE: Within 16 hours of notifying Adam's Polishes about the cracked lid, their Customer Experience Director contacted me. After briefly explaining how I found the lid to be cracked, Adam's replaced BOTH the lid AND bucket, no questions asked! That is EXCEPTIONAL customer service! THANK YOU, Adam's Polishes--I am TOTALLY happy with your product AND CUSTOMER SERVICE!! (I now store the bucket with the lid screwed in loosely. Thanks again!!)

Shipping was not an issue and came in a timely manner. I wanted something like this to keep the particulates on the bottom and not in the soap/water. Makes rinsing your rags easy peasy. I'm less worried about scratching from a dirty rag now. Rags stay cleaner longer, and so does your vehicle. Worth every penny.

Nice car washing bucket. Insert in the bottom keeps dirt off the sponge and the screw on lid is convenient for storing cleaning supplies after use.

Awesome! Don’t have to worry about dirt being picked up by my wash mitt and scratching my trucks paint. Definitely recommend!

Arrived sooner than expected, which was a pleasant surprise.

Second purchased

My husband ENJOYS cleaning and detailing our cars. When asked what he wanted for Fathers Day he said a car wash bucket. I checked Amazon and found this bucket. Did not know they existed. He used it and loves it! The grit screen works just like he wanted. There are other buckets with more gizmos which make them more expensive but he is a happy camper with this one. As for the lid being the car nut that he is he does not keep his bucket in the garage nor will he store anything in it as he does not want to have any grit in it. The lid therefore will not crack for him as he will not use it and if he does he will not put it on tightly.

I wanted a set of buckets to wash my car, and these have been the worst quality I have gotten. Would not recommend this brand.