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lecchilo · 07-04-09, 07:33

Well I finally used it a few times.

I have been the biggest skeptic of ONR (still am not 100%) but it does a good job 'washing' a car and lift all the light 'dirt' with ease. I used the recommended 1oz/2gal ratio with a detailedimage.com sheepskin mitt and then about 4 gallons in the rinse bucket. It was fairly quick and easy, and with more practice I'm sure I can do the ONR wash in half the time I do the 'traditional' wash.

Here are my thoughts...

First of all, it's obviously much easier in the sense that it's faster, not a lot of mess as far as water is concerned, and it's fairly economical as far as ONR to water ratio goes. It's very easy to do and the dirt from my M3, which was the result of 1-2 days of rain and has been dry on the paint for roughly 2 days, in pretty sunny weather, was lifted completely with 1 or 2 passes with the wash mitt.

The 'bad' part of it, for me, is this:

1. I see no way of doing a prep wash with ONR because, while I do believe ONR works the way it should in that it encapsulates dirt and lifts it off the surface, I don't see it working well if I mix Hi Temp Prep wash or P21S TAW in the bucket, or just spray with HTPW or TAW then use ONR.
1a. It takes away my foam gun step, which I've come to love unconditionally (2oz CGCWG, 2oz HTPW and 8oz. water in the Gilmour, at 6oz./gal)

2. Unless I had to, I don't see myself using ONR for wheel wells and tires (wheels yes) over spraying them with APC+ and agitating with a brush, then spraying off with the hose.

3. I don't find it too convenient overall, but that might change with more use.

All in all, it's a great product and I will be using it from now on as a quick wash when my M3 gets some light rain on it... I'm hoping to do a full correction on my car as it's pretty swirled up, then I will wash it half/half just to see how ONR compares to the traditional 2-bucket method. I'll do the traditional wash first, then just leave the water on the ONR side for the ONR wash (which should only help the lubricity, I assume)

In conclusion, it's definitely worth trying out and while I'm still skeptical I'm leaning more and more towards the idea that it really won't marr paint much more or at all when compared to the traditional wash.

ps. it's a great clay lube and makes lube CHEAP!

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lecchilo ///Member lecchilo is offline Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago USA Posts: 1,470 Contact:	Re: Would you believe ANOTHER ONR thread???? Well I finally used it a few times. I have been the biggest skeptic of ONR (still am not 100%) but it does a good job 'washing' a car and lift all the light 'dirt' with ease. I used the recommended 1oz/2gal ratio with a detailedimage.com sheepskin mitt and then about 4 gallons in the rinse bucket. It was fairly quick and easy, and with more practice I'm sure I can do the ONR wash in half the time I do the 'traditional' wash. Here are my thoughts... First of all, it's obviously much easier in the sense that it's faster, not a lot of mess as far as water is concerned, and it's fairly economical as far as ONR to water ratio goes. It's very easy to do and the dirt from my M3, which was the result of 1-2 days of rain and has been dry on the paint for roughly 2 days, in pretty sunny weather, was lifted completely with 1 or 2 passes with the wash mitt. The 'bad' part of it, for me, is this: 1. I see no way of doing a prep wash with ONR because, while I do believe ONR works the way it should in that it encapsulates dirt and lifts it off the surface, I don't see it working well if I mix Hi Temp Prep wash or P21S TAW in the bucket, or just spray with HTPW or TAW then use ONR. 1a. It takes away my foam gun step, which I've come to love unconditionally (2oz CGCWG, 2oz HTPW and 8oz. water in the Gilmour, at 6oz./gal) 2. Unless I had to, I don't see myself using ONR for wheel wells and tires (wheels yes) over spraying them with APC+ and agitating with a brush, then spraying off with the hose. 3. I don't find it too convenient overall, but that might change with more use. All in all, it's a great product and I will be using it from now on as a quick wash when my M3 gets some light rain on it... I'm hoping to do a full correction on my car as it's pretty swirled up, then I will wash it half/half just to see how ONR compares to the traditional 2-bucket method. I'll do the traditional wash first, then just leave the water on the ONR side for the ONR wash (which should only help the lubricity, I assume) In conclusion, it's definitely worth trying out and while I'm still skeptical I'm leaning more and more towards the idea that it really won't marr paint much more or at all when compared to the traditional wash. ps. it's a great clay lube and makes lube CHEAP! __________________ -Ivan LUSTR Auto Detailing "Always start with the least aggressive method!"