Waterless Washes- Your Experiences?

[Striker]

I`m very much so leaning towards the waterless wash way this spring and summer. I`ve been browsing on the autogeek site for a while now and I`m not having much luck picking a product.



There are the DP products which look good on their page, but i`ve never used them. They also have kits that come with the MF towels and spray bottle along with 32oz of concentrate of their waterless wash.



Let`s hear your experience, please note I am not necessarily stuck on the DP products- I want something that works.

[Wanderer]

I just started using Optimum No Rinse and I love it. I got a grit guard for my bucket and a garden sprayer for really caked up areas and wheel wells. Smells awesome too, kinda makes you wanna taste is.....but I wouldnt advise that LOL



EDIT: Nevermind, I thought you ment rinseless car wash :loco:

[dervdave]

I just started using Optimum No Rinse and I love it. I got a grit guard for my bucket and a garden sprayer for really caked up areas and wheel wells. Smells awesome too, kinda makes you wanna taste is.....but I wouldnt advise that LOL



Nevermind, I thought you ment rinseless car wash :loco:



Thats ok using ONR is a good start to the waterless wash learning curve

[David Fermani]

This stuff is pretty additive. Makes not only an incredible WW, but an excellent clay lube, quick detailer and interior sprucer:



Clean & Polish Your Car without Water | Waterless Car Wash | 3D Products (http://www.3dproducts.com/Waterless-Car-Wash.html)

[dervdave]

This stuff is pretty additive. Makes not only an incredible WW, but an excellent clay lube, quick detailer and interior sprucer:



Clean & Polish Your Car without Water | Waterless Car Wash | 3D Products (http://www.3dproducts.com/Waterless-Car-Wash.html)



I definately agree it is a very good product

[Jamie 80]

This stuff is pretty additive. Makes not only an incredible WW, but an excellent clay lube, quick detailer and interior sprucer:



Clean & Polish Your Car without Water | Waterless Car Wash | 3D Products (http://www.3dproducts.com/Waterless-Car-Wash.html)



I agree, many uses for ONR I think it is a great all around product. It also works great for door shut areas, aswell as trunk and engine areas. If you are useing it in a pump sprayer and pair it with a APC for more soiled areas works just as well as other WW, IMO. For me I think it is great for interiors, low static leaves a matte finish, and mild smell.-Jamie

[Striker]

The more and more I read up on ONR around here, the more I wanna go and try it out (over the WW!)



AG has a kit that has the two bucket system (overkill?) grit guards, and a LC Grout Sponge with the squares- your guy` thoughts?

[Bill D]

The more and more I read up on ONR around here, the more I wanna go and try it out (over the WW!)



AG has a kit that has the two bucket system (overkill?) grit guards, and a LC Grout Sponge with the squares- your guy` thoughts?







I`d use the system with the two buckets on a vehicle that hasn`t seen a wash in quite some time. It probably isn`t the best to use a WW product with.

[Striker]

This is the kit I am talking about ONR kit+two wash buckets



Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine Two Bucket Wash System, Rinseless washing system, no rinse wash system (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-no-rinse-buckets.html)

[Richard Grasa]

I absolutely love ONR. The new version rocks! I`ve been driving a beat up Toyota Tercel with shot paint for the winter. The car had no wax on it when I bought it and I never bother waxing it since the paint is mostly bad. I washed it with ONR and the hood was still beading almost 3 weeks later. Not nice tight beads like it had good wax on it, but still pretty impressive for just a rinseless wash.

[Wanderer]

I absolutely love ONR. The new version rocks! I`ve been driving a beat up Toyota Tercel with shot paint for the winter. The car had no wax on it when I bought it and I never bother waxing it since the paint is mostly bad. I washed it with ONR and the hood was still beading almost 3 weeks later. Not nice tight beads like it had good wax on it, but still pretty impressive for just a rinseless wash.



I was also very impressed with the wax like beading after using ONR on a car with little to no wax on it. It also reduced wiper chatter/skipping on my dads car. :cool:

[Jamie 80]

This is the kit I am talking about ONR kit+two wash buckets



Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine Two Bucket Wash System, Rinseless washing system, no rinse wash system (http://www.autogeek.net/optimum-no-rinse-buckets.html)



My method is kind of a hybrid WW. One bucket of water w/grit guard, ONR in a sprayer, spray panel as normal wipe with wash media, rinse in bucket, repeat. And sometimes I use the standard 2 bucket method, follow up with a spray wax and your set. With the hybrid WW method at most using only 1-2 gallons of water, if you go with the 2 bucket method maybe 4 gallons. Great product,give it a try.

[Striker]

I wonder if the AutoGeek kit i posted above is overkill?

[cptzippy]

Probably, two buckets I`m not sure is ever needed.

[VW 91]

Go to Home Depot and pick up two 5 gallon buckets and at Lowes a grout sponge. Pick up microfibers from anywhere else but AG as they as very overpriced for the quality.



The buckets are only $2.60, so rougly $5 for two:



5-Gallon Orange Homer Bucket-05GLHD2 at The Home Depot (http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100087613/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-)



These can be found at most Lowes for $2 and are paint safe, do a search on them:



Shop ProLine Professional Tile & Grout Sponge at Lowes.com (http://www.lowes.com/pd_109653-962-K-28P_0__?catalogId=10051&productId=1002329&UserSearch=grout+sponge&Ntt=grout+sponge&N=0&langId=-1&storeId=10151&rpp=24)



If you go to ADS (AutoDetailingSolutions) you can get 2 grit gaurds and a 32oz bottle of ONR for roughly $30 shipped.



Add 10 green microfibers from Microfibertech.com for about $25 shipped here:



16"x16" Medium Terry 300gsm Microfiber Towel - Green (Pack of 10) (http://www.microfibertech.com/16x16-Medium-Terry-300gsm-Microfiber-Towel--Green-Pack-of-10_p_100.html)



And there you go, everything you`d get from the AG kit but it`d be about $63 when all said and done.