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    Re: How To: Rinseless Wash (apartment detailing/winter washing)

    Great ideas and write up thanks for taking the time. Interesting reading and how someone else competes with winter and a clean car

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    Great write up and thanks for sharing. With our winters here I really need all the tips I can get to keep the cars clean.

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    Great write Connor! Thanks for taking the time to plan and document all of this. I know it takes quite a bit of time.

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    Re: How To: Rinseless Wash (apartment detailing/winter washing)

    Great write up!
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    very nice write up connor. God bless you and the others who have to contend with the elements to detail when you want. i was surprised how well the vehicle turned out, very nice.

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    Dear Connor & Friends

    Thanks for taking the time to photograph and document your process. I know this takes a lot of time and energy, and it`s a joy to both be on the receiving end of your generosity and to see others enjoy it, too.

    I have a question about rinseless washing in general. About how much water will fall on the ground and puddle? I think I might try my first rinseless wash in a few minutes, and I`d want to do it in our basement garage since it`s windy and cool outside and I have a cold.

    Based on the amount of space I have beside the van in the pair of images below, do you think I could do a rinseless wash in my garage and not create a big mess?



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    You will be completely fine doing a rinseless wash in that garage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaddie View Post
    Dear Connor & Friends

    Thanks for taking the time to photograph and document your process. I know this takes a lot of time and energy, and it`s a joy to both be on the receiving end of your generosity and to see others enjoy it, too.

    I have a question about rinseless washing in general. About how much water will fall on the ground and puddle? I think I might try my first rinseless wash in a few minutes, and I`d want to do it in our basement garage since it`s windy and cool outside and I have a cold.

    Based on the amount of space I have beside the van in the pair of images below, do you think I could do a rinseless wash in my garage and not create a big mess?



    your car doesn`t look very dirty so you don`t really need to soak your van. a nicely wet microfiber looks like that would be enough to clean it up. the amount of dirt is the determinate on how much water one uses.

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    Dear Charlie & glfahlc

    Okay. I`ll give it a shot.

    The van isn`t very dirty, but it`s too dirty to wipe down with spray wax, or at least I think it is.
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    Re: How To: Rinseless Wash (apartment detailing/winter washing)

    Jaddie,

    Obviously it will depend on how much water you let get on the ground, but you really shouldn`t have any issues with making a mess. As has been suggested, you don`t need to worry with doing a pre-spray if that is how dirty your van is right now. Whatever water may end up on the ground (probably only about a gallon or so) will almost certainly be dry by the next day.

    My only suggestion would be to make sure those cardboard boxes are off the ground, depending on how your floor is sloped you could end up with some soggy packages!
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    Dear Connor & Friends

    The boxes had the Pail Pal double-dolly two-bucket system in those with a complimentary Dirt Dropper. I put that together before doing the rinseless wash. I used Cobra`s Bone microfiber sponge on mjlinane`s suggestion. He said it will hold a lot of solution. My lack of experience bit me here. Just because it will hold a lot of solution doesn`t mean I should have used a lot of solution. I had water everywhere and had to sweep it out. It was 51°F and 27% humidity and I perspired profusely. I think I was nervous about what I was doing. The van now glows with fresh Optimum polymer goodness, though, and it was your write-up that inspired me to try this for the first time.

    The pictures don`t do it justice, but here they are:





    You can see some of my excess water. Our home`s previous owner put up a stud wall in the garage because the main floor was sagging. My handy-dandy father-in-law says where going to install a beam in place of the stud wall so that we`ll have more space in the garage.

    Thanks for the inspiration, Connor!
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    Looks good Jaddie Now your hooked!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd Helme View Post
    Even with super soft paint I`m not sure I`d be leery of it (provide the car isn`t caked in dirt).

    When I had my black Chevy HHR (super super super soft paint, even the softest microfiber would leave faint `rainbow` marring) I used to use the most exacting wash method. Two buckets, dunking my mitt after each panel, lots of sud, and I would still get some residual marring.

    Then I switched to a rinseless wash, once a week, and eliminated any surface marring. It was the only way I could wash it with out scratching the super soft paint.
    Have you tried adding some rinseless wash to the regular shampoo (rinseless used as a conditioner, I`ve read)? I`ve read some of the AG products recommend (or at least suggest) this method.
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    Great write up. I will have to get some nice plush microfibers and try those instead of my mitt.

    And I love using warm water in the winter

    Beautiful car!

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    Welcome to the rinseless revolution. I too, don`t have much room in my garage for such, but it sure beats having a dirty car!

 

 
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