first use of optimum no rinse

[Anthony O.]

The majority of my cars I now do don't see my pressure washer anymore but just No Rinse. I did a filthy, bug incrusted truck the other day and that got the pressure washer but I would say about 90% of my clients I now do with No Rinse.



For those of you who just have 1 or 2 cars to keep clean you have the ability to do the No Rinse twice a week and this will ensure no marring PLUS you'll have a very clean ride! The polymers in the No Rinse will also bond to the paint prolonging your protection so that's a plus also.



I use microfiber towels for the washing, waffle weave for drying.



Anthony

 

[tustah]

I began using 2 gallons of water but always noticed I never used all of it, and switched to using 1 gallon. If you wash your car every week, 1 gallon should be plenty.



I washed an extremely dirty car with ONR and it was fine. No pressure was added when wiping. Only difference is that I had to make a couple of passes with it to break apart the dirt.

 

[racingbeat]

How can I mean two buckets when I said single bucket? :think:



I never use two buckets. Single bucket, one gallon of water, one ounce of product. Period. I can't even remember the last time I pre-rinsed a vehicle either. Sometimes if the vehicle is really bad, I'll change out the water halfway through.

no kidding. My rinse bucket was visibly dirty after only two dunks of my sponge.

And my car was soiled but it wasn't like filthy/encrusted by any stretch. I think a Silver car is always dirtier than it looks so maybe that was to do with my surprise at seeing the rinse water get dirty so fast.



But Shouldn't you be absorbing fresh ONR into the sponge/mit/towel with each pass?

It seems to me that if you are using the same bucket there is no way you aren't returning

some of the soil back onto the paint?



I'm using the 2 gallon pesticide sprayer (with 2 ounces of ONR) to lubricate the paint and then I wipe away with the sponge. I Dunk the sponge into the rinse water with each pass. I'll also spray the outside of the sponge with ONR solution some more for good measure.

 

[ronmart]

I have read your threads and find it amazing that you have no marring. If I remember correctly you also only use one MF. I am too chicken to do this but I am considering trying it. Getting two buckets and multiple MFs defeats the simplicity of using QEW or ONR system.

That's been my concern too :nervous2: , which is why I tried it on the wife's SUV first - :LOLOL



I've just done the hood of her SUV and part of the hood and fender of my black Mercedes, both of which were only slightly dirty from rain. I took the same precautions I'd take if I were doing a normal wash, but amazingly I didn't see any problems. Of course, I don't think I could ever get myself to try doing the whole car, especially the dirty lower panels, so I guess I'm not the best person to ask. I mainly got this stuff to see what the fuss was about, and to see if it might be a better solution when I have larger dust build up on my car where typical quick detailing tends to marr the paint. :wall It does seem like the perfect solution for that.



I agree with the earlier comment too that you really only need 1 cap and 1 gallon of water, at least the way I intend to use it. It looks like just plain water with no suds, but it seems to work nonetheless.



As I also mentioned earlier, I don't think you get the same luster that you get using something like Griots Car Wash though. I think it leaves a bit of a haze (probably due to the lack of rinsing), so a quick detail product afterwards is necessary.