914 Rinseles Question

[LEDetailng]

Hi Ron! Great question....

The answer is YES! N-914 will help soften the water if you add an ounce to your bucket of car wash..

Nice work Ron, you got Nick to join the dark side

Dare I say it, but I`m looking forward to running out of D114, just so I can order some McKee`s N914.

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Man there are times my rinse bucket looks like I hosed off a pair of muddy boots in there.

Heh heh, if mine has *any* dirt in it I figure I totally [screwed] up.

(Hence, my Q about using rinseless in the rinse bucket was basically just theoretical...)

Me wonders what effect it has long term use on leather using said products...

I share that concern, and I`ve had issues after using a rinseless (specifically ONR v2.0) to clean things that made me *really* wonder what kind of [stuff] that product was leaving on there. I`ve been using up my gallon of it on household stuff since I won`t let it near the vehicles, and I`ve experimented on some non-critical leather surfaces. After a couple years of it, no problems at all. NONE. YMMV of course, and I do still wonder about it...but it`s working fine despite my reservations.

All that said, my steering wheel wipedowns are done with a mild Interior Cleaner, followed by a rise by wiping with a water-dampened cloth, followed by either the proper Leather Doctor Protectant (the S8 and Jag) or an Interior QD (the others). So if I *really* thought that constant Rinseless-ing the steering wheel was a good idea, I`d do it with a rinseless that I like better than ONR...but I don`t do that.

[Angus]

As promised, here`s a side by side of my wash vs rinse bucket (allowed to settle overnight) and both sides of my rinseless wash mitt after using Nick`s-914:



Noticeably different! And my RW mitt looks pretty clean too.

Prior to starting I foamed/power washed as much grime as possible from the vehicle. What you`re seeing in the bucket is road film. Typically I`ll use 4-5 gallons of wash water mixed as a RW, emptying the rinse bucket as needed.

Does using 2 buckets defeate whole point of a RW`s single wash/rinse bucket advantage? Yup. But I`m ok with that as long as it`s helping me to reduce the potential of maring the paint.

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Angus - do you feel the addition of the washboard to the grid guard makes a big difference? Esp with RW?

[Angus]

Angus - do you feel the addition of the washboard to the grid guard makes a big difference? Esp with RW?

Yes, I do! I like how easy it is to scrub the gunk off my mitts w/o needing to reach all the way down to the grit guard in the bottom of the bucket and potentially stirring up old debris.

Here`s a review I did on the washboard last summer:

Grit Guard Washboard - A Comprehensive Review

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Angus- That was interesting! Thanks for posting the pix, which really illustrated your point. That`s sure a lot of dirt considering that you did a preclean, sorta surprising to me (this coming from a guy who pressure prewashes vehicles that`re so dirty I can`t tell what color they are).