Anyone Use Cascade

black bart

black bart

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After reading the thread about how some are concerned about soap leaving residue it got me thinking about something that I tried.

Where I live the water is hard and it is really bad about spotting.
The quarter car wash has a spotless rinse.

After you rinse with water you can put it on spotless rinse and it will run a low pressure stream with some chemical added to keep it from spotting.
This got me thinking why can't I do the same thing at home.:idea

So I used a device that goes on the hose and you put soap in the jar and you can adjust it so it mixes with the water and works well for soaping the vehicle but instead of soap I put Cascade in the jar.
After washing with the two bucket method I rinsed with this thing with just water then turn on the soap mixture but since I had cascade instead of soap in the jar I got my cascade spotless mix.

My thinking was if it leaves Crystal spotless why wouldn't it do the same on my car.

Well it works but the sprayer mixed too much cascade and the water on the car had millions of tiny bubbles so after rinsing I rinsed again with just water.

I did a fast plain water rinse and I could tell the the cascade was still their but not as much.

I don't think this is the perfect solution but it did seem to cure the spotting problem.
I'm sure it left some residue after wiping but I'm also sure you get the residue when you use the spotless rinse at the quarter car wash and millions do that all the time.

I have not done this for a couple years but I still have a bottle of cascade maybe I will try it again the summer.

I posted this at the time on Corvette Forum and several stated that I was going to ruin the paint but two years later I have seen NO I'll effects.

I have my flame suit on so your comment's Please. :D
 
Its an interesting theory and its always good to try new things. So how did it dry?

Also you could try jet dry, I think thats the blue liquid adative that I put into my dishwasher for drying purposes.
 
black bart said:
...The quarter car wash has a spotless rinse.

After you rinse with water you can put it on spotless rinse and it will run a low pressure stream with some chemical added to keep it from spotting.
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I have always been under the impression that the "spotless rinse" was just RO water, or water that was filtered to remove mineral content. No chemical additives.
 
Mr. Clean said:
I have always been under the impression that the "spotless rinse" was just RO water, or water that was filtered to remove mineral content. No chemical additives.
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This is what I thought too.

Have you re-tried the cascade (I'm guessing it's just the rinse aid and not the actual detergent) in a more dilute form? (Adding water to the rinse aid before adding to the hose jar.)
It's also possible that the pressure was too high, and that a lower pressure "flood" might work better.
 
jaybs02 said:
Wasn't that the thought behind the MR Clean wash. to just have the water sheet off so not spots?
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From what I read about Mr Clean it had water softeners in it and a dry agent of some sorts....I know one thing I have not washed a car in many many years that I didn't dry
 
Beemerboy said:
From what I read about Mr Clean it had water softeners in it and a dry agent of some sorts....I know one thing I have not washed a car in many many years that I didn't dry
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I always dry the vehicle but until I started using a garden blower I had water that would run out of mirrors and from behind trim and if it was not re-wiped several times then I would have water spots but with the little garden blower I no longer have that problem.
 
Interesting idea. Like Stephan said I wonder if using some Jet Dry would give the same effect. I have read that some people use deionized water as a final rinse. I think you can get a filter system for home use as well that will remove the minerals from the water for more spot free rinsing.

I would worry that the cascade would remove the wax and dry out the vinyl bits, but it sounds like it is working for you.
 
Reddwarf said:
Interesting idea. Like Stephan said I wonder if using some Jet Dry would give the same effect. I have read that some people use deionized water as a final rinse. I think you can get a filter system for home use as well that will remove the minerals from the water for more spot free rinsing.

I would worry that the cascade would remove the wax and dry out the vinyl bits, but it sounds like it is working for you.
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I have an inline filter in my house that the ouside hose runs off of too...however they are mainly meant for sediment and other small particles...but if you have hard water, and do not have a water softening system you probably still get water spots...I know I do...

Thats why I wash and dry my car on panel at a time...
 
I have not used the cascade in a long time.
I started adding 4-1 to my wash bucket and that was a big help.
I have not tried ONR or S&W in my wash bucket but I assume it will give similar results.

After I used the 4-1 in my wash bucket now I will not do a conventional wash with just the soap.
I like that added lubricity that it provides.

If anyone who reads this has not tried it and you have S&W-4-1-ONR try some in your wash bucket and report back as to the feel compared to just the soap. :drool:
 
Once the spring time comes and the sweepers clean the beach's worth of sand and salt the state puts down, I will do 1 conventional wash with a hose and soap...to get everything off, after that because I never let my car dirty, meaning the car gets washed everyday, twice on sunday...I can just use S&W or ONR...when I can just wash a section, and then dry it off I never need to worry about water spotting...

On my own cars ONR & S&W will replace soap and hose...just so much easier...
 
black bart said:
:huh: Sand Salt you mean it snows in Connecticut
I didn't know it snowed in Connecticut:rofl
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Sometimes it does...not so much this year...well until last week it had been nice...although I have been outside spraying aeresol cans into the air to help global warming out a bit...
 
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