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Originally Posted by jedovaty
I tried the touchless method on my concours covered jag (3 applications) and a $30 toro leaf blower last weekend 
Discovered I had to be quick with the leaf blower, because the smaller drops do start to dry and spot the car, and there were a few bug terds left over. A QD wipedown cleared it all up - but that sort of goes against the whole touchless thing :shrug:
But it was sure as heck fun using that leaf blower and watching the beaded water fly all over the place!! |
An LSP that easily releases contaminants is by far the most important part of the touchless wash equation, but there is yet another very important part: the soap. I've tried soooo many combinations of soap that I honestly couldn't even venture a guess at how many, but I can tell ya this: 3 ounces of CG's CW&G and 1 oz of Z7 with 29 oz. of water in my one quart bottle on the foam cannon cleans better than any other combination I've tried. Bug guts, bird bombs, and even tree sap just doesn't stand a chance against it. I did have to use the BHB a couple times on some long standing tree sap and a bit of road tar, but other than that, it's touchless all the way. On really stubborn stuff, I've upped the CW&G up to four ounces, but I wouldn't want to go higher than that. Any more CW&G will start to strip off your LSP.
You can usually avoid having small drops that dry fast by using the open hose sheeting method prior to using the leafblower. CW&G also has some sort of drying agent in it that really helps prevent water spots.
And one last thought... you were able to clean the vast majority of your car without touching it. Only the small places where you had to remove the bug guts were subject to any potential marring at all. I'd call that a big success.