enviromentally safe car wash soaps

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randomman84

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anyone know of some environmentally safe car wash soaps? the ones that claim it.

i know wg does. does anyone else know any. i need to be environmentally safe if the county is to allow me to work.
 
Off the top of my head, I can't help with naming any specific products but this thread is a great resource for understanding biodegradable and environmentally friendly detailing products.
 
damn...so im gonna have to contain my water? That could pose a problem. What is a vacuboom? Are they expensive?

edit: found the vacuboom.

this could be interesting.
 
If you're using QEW, you don't have to worry about containing water, because there is very little, if any, runoff from the car. Just dispose of the water in the buckets somewhere else, like in a toilet or a basement sink or something.
 
ok, since ur on that topic, if a car is really dirty, can you still use qew effectively without marring the surface? if so, how do you go about it?
 
randomman84 said:
ok, since ur on that topic, if a car is really dirty, can you still use qew effectively without marring the surface? if so, how do you go about it?
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) If your car is very dirty use a higher concentrate of QEW solution (2.5-3.0oz)

·After soaking mitt in solution, put solution into a spray bottle, spray panel with QEW

·Let panels soak before using the method outlined above

Change water as often as is necessary (dependant upon need/availability)

JonM
 
Bill D said:
Off the top of my head, I can't help with naming any specific products but this thread is a great resource for understanding biodegradable and environmentally friendly detailing products.
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Thanks for the link Bill, Grumpy explains (Biodegradable etc) very well
 
I'd change that water more than you might think and definitely use plenty of mitts. All cheap insurance especially if washing Porsches and Vipers.
 
The only truly environment friendly car wash would have to be a plant based solution. While such a wash works exceptionally well and the car even stays cleaner longer it does not produce much in the way of suds. Therin lies the problem, we are all so programmed to think that the more suds the better that a non or low sudsing soap will make us think it isn't working.



How do I know this? I tried for a while to market this exact product, it had to be the toughest sell I ever had, nobody re-ordered because they could not get used to the low suds. I myself still use it but even though I know the suds mean nothing, I can't get over the lack of suds, it's so ingrained in my mind that I can't shake it, it can be a very disconcerting experience



The only option is to add a sudsing agent like all car soaps do and this defeats the environmentally safe purpose.
 
randomman84 said:
anyone know of some environmentally safe car wash soaps? the ones that claim it.

i know wg does. does anyone else know any. i need to be environmentally safe if the county is to allow me to work.
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Just lie and tell them that it is. Then go out and buy some Meg's or Eagle One. They'll never know.
 
So, where I wash my car the water drains in to a small drain and straight to a little pond about 50 feet away. Lots of fish and ducks live in the pond.. What's the best wash to use that won't hurt the poor little fishies and duckies?



I have and use QEW, but during the summer I like to do a standard wash...
 
perry said:
So, where I wash my car the water drains in to a small drain and straight to a little pond about 50 feet away. Lots of fish and ducks live in the pond.. What's the best wash to use that won't hurt the poor little fishies and duckies?
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No such thing. The very properties that make a soap good, the ability to cut grease and oil, make them inherently bad news for ducks. Ducks need their oils in their feathers to stay waterproof. Without it, they get wet. Fish to, very similarly with their slime coating.



But then there are the cleanups after an oil spill. #1 cleaner used on crude oil soaked ducks? Dawn dish soap. Gasp! Another non-approved use of a product. :)
 
DFTowel said:
The only truly environment friendly car wash would have to be a plant based solution. While such a wash works exceptionally well and the car even stays cleaner longer it does not produce much in the way of suds. Therin lies the problem, we are all so programmed to think that the more suds the better that a non or low sudsing soap will make us think it isn't working.



How do I know this? I tried for a while to market this exact product, it had to be the toughest sell I ever had, nobody re-ordered because they could not get used to the low suds. I myself still use it but even though I know the suds mean nothing, I can't get over the lack of suds, it's so ingrained in my mind that I can't shake it, it can be a very disconcerting experience



The only option is to add a sudsing agent like all car soaps do and this defeats the environmentally safe purpose.
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I have another solution (no pun intended) market it in Europe, they are not preprogemmed to expect more suds = more cleaning.

Is it a pure soap and/or a surfactant? (not trying to steal the formula just interested

JonM)
 
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