imported_doug
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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, 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, 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......
I've always dismissed this idea in the end though, because of a couple things: We don't know what's in rinse agents like Jet-Dry and don't know if they are safe to get on paint, wax, or trim. Also, I think these chemicals work by increasing the rate of evaporation of the water? :nixweiss If so, you'd still get water spots which would only be avoided by actually soaking up or clearing the water away...