Is ONR really the way to go?

I watched and learned as Scottwax washed my 335i coupe (less than 200 miles on it) with ONR today. Gotta tell you that I was nervous and very skeptical watching him do his work with only two gallons of water and ONR. Granted my car was not as dirty as some I have seen in this post, however I am now a believer. Nothing but ONR for me from now on. And the occasional detail from Scottwax; his work is everything you read about. And more.:D Pics in the Click and Brag Horrifying Interior post from Scott.
 
Some people use a pressure washer to remove the large particles. Other's put mix a concentrated solution of ONR and spray it onto the car to encapsulate dirt particles and facilitate the ONR washing process.
 
Scottwax said:
That truck hadn't been washed in months. No marring of any kind. Believe me, ONR and QEW have much more safe cleaning power than you think.



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Is it me or is there tons of caked up dirt still around all the moldings/trim of the cleaned sections (door handle/belt molding/middle molding/jamb)? Please look closely. If so, that's why I'd tend to believe that power washing and thoroughly hand washing would eliminate this from occurring, thus saving total time from *detailing* all the cracks and crevices afterwards. Does this typically happen on a dirty vehicle when ONRing? With conventional wash methods, the vehicle gets completely flushed with water (high pressure). With ONR, the area you physically touch only gets cleaned. In other words, if you miss a crack/crevice, it doesn't get cleaned = more work/inferior system? Please enlighten me. :confused:
 
David, I don't know what that is, but this was my biggest fears after the winter. I wanted to do a proper pressure wash... I imagined that dirt will just pour out of the body seams, crevices, etc., but it somehow didn't happen. In fact, it was cleaner, than usual. Dunno how ONR does that, but I was more than satisfied.
 
David Fermani said:
Is it me or is there tons of caked up dirt still around all the moldings/trim of the cleaned sections (door handle/belt molding/middle molding/jamb)? Please look closely. If so, that's why I'd tend to believe that power washing and thoroughly hand washing would eliminate this from occurring, thus saving total time from *detailing* all the cracks and crevices afterwards. Does this typically happen on a dirty vehicle when ONRing? With conventional wash methods, the vehicle gets completely flushed with water (high pressure). With ONR, the area you physically touch only gets cleaned. In other words, if you miss a crack/crevice, it doesn't get cleaned = more work/inferior system? Please enlighten me. :confused:
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Not just you, there are a few areas of my vehicles where it might take additional flushing from ONR to get it all out.
 
David Fermani said:
Is it me or is there tons of caked up dirt still around all the moldings/trim of the cleaned sections (door handle/belt molding/middle molding/jamb)? Please look closely. If so, that's why I'd tend to believe that power washing and thoroughly hand washing would eliminate this from occurring, thus saving total time from *detailing* all the cracks and crevices afterwards. Does this typically happen on a dirty vehicle when ONRing? With conventional wash methods, the vehicle gets completely flushed with water (high pressure). With ONR, the area you physically touch only gets cleaned. In other words, if you miss a crack/crevice, it doesn't get cleaned = more work/inferior system? Please enlighten me. :confused:
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I went back over those areas (the side molding and the crevices where the door handles are) after I took the pictures. I was behind all day and kind of rushing when I took the pictures, and that was one of the dirtiest vehicles I have washed in a long time; plus as far as I know, it has never been waxed in the two years he has owned it. I've washed around 10,500 or so cars since 1993 using rinseless washes (starting with QEW and switching to ONR around a 15 months ago) and about 1,000 conventionally and not only can I get cars just as clean using ONR, I use less water and it takes me less time. Honestly, I hate to wash cars conventionally.
 
Thanks for the encouragement, Scott. :)



Think I've found my winter washing solution... but right now I'm having way too much fun with my foam gun and pressure washer.:p
 
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