imported_doug
07-13-2003, 01:20 PM
Hi, Guys - Carguy here - first post here in ages. Hope you all are well. I am too - just been too busy to spend much time on my cars!
In a search of this board and a review of this thread (http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14844&highlight=rinse+agent), which describes a commercial rinse agent used by auto car washes, I wondered if we couldn`t simply use dishwasher rinse agent - the kind you add to the little reservoir in the dishwasher? Its goal is the same thing - to reduce surface tension so that water doesn`t form droplets as easily.
Has anyone tried this? Does anyone know what the ratio of this stuff to water should be? How would you apply it?
I`ve thought about a 5 gal bucket of water for the last rinse, or a pump-up garden sprayer, perhaps with the tip removed to get a higher volume, lower pressure flow, or one of those fertilizer-sprayer things you hook up to your hose and add concentrated liquid to the jar? Or ???
I`ve been meaning to try this but I haven`t yet. If nobody else has I promise to reply with my results when I do - but I thought I would ask, just in case......
In a search of this board and a review of this thread (http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14844&highlight=rinse+agent), which describes a commercial rinse agent used by auto car washes, I wondered if we couldn`t simply use dishwasher rinse agent - the kind you add to the little reservoir in the dishwasher? Its goal is the same thing - to reduce surface tension so that water doesn`t form droplets as easily.
Has anyone tried this? Does anyone know what the ratio of this stuff to water should be? How would you apply it?
I`ve thought about a 5 gal bucket of water for the last rinse, or a pump-up garden sprayer, perhaps with the tip removed to get a higher volume, lower pressure flow, or one of those fertilizer-sprayer things you hook up to your hose and add concentrated liquid to the jar? Or ???
I`ve been meaning to try this but I haven`t yet. If nobody else has I promise to reply with my results when I do - but I thought I would ask, just in case......