Optimum No Rinse: Field test

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tssdetailing

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My Car hadn't been washed in about a month. I had done 2 auto crossing races and driven it on the highway/parked in dusty *** downtown during construction-you can see she's filthy. I would consider ONR like a really indepth "quick detailer." My only upset is it didn't take off a little of the tape transfer above my fender (from adhering racing numbers to the car). It also takes FOREVER. Like almost 1.5 hours....lots of moving around, quite the work out!



Before: lots of dust alll over the car, look at the products reflection on wing and above the door handle for most obvious changes.

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After-deep and glossy, THIS IS NOT WAXED

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Glamour shot-see the reflection? Not a scratch in the paint.

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All in All I give the product a high B+ like an 89.999%. Just not quite an A. I would definately use it again, but would be skeptical on a clients car or on something truley filthy, maybe until I got confortable with it.
 
Once you get the hang of it, you should be able to wash your car in 30 minutes or less. Just takes a couple uses to really get the process down.
 
I started using ONR after all the good reviews by Scottwax. When I first started using it, it seemed to take forever but now its much faster. Love it! Thanks Scottwax!
 
yeah, my timing went from 45min to 25 min once I got more comfortable...now I use it on every car I do without a full paint correction! For those, its chemical guys wash and clear
 
Leadfootluke said:
Very nice.



Looking to get on the ONR bandwagon as well.



What dilution did you use?
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1 oz per 2 gallons of water. There is no advantage (unless you count increased sales for Optimum ;) ) to using more product than that to wash.
 
Scottwax said:
1 oz per 2 gallons of water. There is no advantage (unless you count increased sales for Optimum ;) ) to using more product than that to wash.
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I only questioned it because he said: I would consider ONR like a really indepth "quick detailer."



And as a quick detailer, the dilution is different :)
 
I used 1 oz to 1 gallon-per recommendations of the bottle. I believe they say for a QD it's 1oz to 2 and for a Clay lube its 2oz to 1 gal. But, I stand by saying its an in-depth quick detailer b/c (and it might be b/c i'm new with it) I jus don't feel it's getting all the crevices and body molding like a blast of water from the hose would. There's a bit of confidence that seems to be missing there.
 
Like others have mentioned, it gets much faster when you build confidence in the product. I'm down to using one bucket (sometimes for 2 cars!!!!) and I don't dry each panel, I usually dry each side of the car. I like using white waffle weaves for drying as it show
 
tssdetailing said:
I used 1 oz to 1 gallon-per recommendations of the bottle. I believe they say for a QD it's 1oz to 2 and for a Clay lube its 2oz to 1 gal. But, I stand by saying its an in-depth quick detailer b/c (and it might be b/c i'm new with it) I jus don't feel it's getting all the crevices and body molding like a blast of water from the hose would. There's a bit of confidence that seems to be missing there.
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I jus don't feel it's getting all the crevices and body molding like a blast of water from the hose would.



I have to agree with you on this. The crevices around the doors, hood, trunk, headlamps, foglights, gas door etc still show areas that aren't 100% clean when using ONR and it takes extra time to wipe these hard to get areas that are easily rinsed clean with a traditional hand wash with soap. That's why I alternate ONR and traditional washes every other week.
 
rad21 said:
I jus don't feel it's getting all the crevices and body molding like a blast of water from the hose would.



I have to agree with you on this. The crevices around the doors, hood, trunk, headlamps, foglights, gas door etc still show areas that aren't 100% clean when using ONR and it takes extra time to wipe these hard to get areas that are easily rinsed clean with a traditional hand wash with soap. That's why I alternate ONR and traditional washes every other week.
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Use a sheepskin mit or one of the microfiber sponges that have a lot of nap and they will get those spots just fine.
 
I was saying to myself how the perfect car to wash would be something like a hemisphere with wheels...like a mini or VW bug. Just nothing with louvers/inlets or a wing!
 
Devilsown said:
I think I went from about 30 min to about 10-15 depending on how bad my wheels are, granted I'm washing a mini
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Yeah, wheels...ugh. German brake pads are filthy. For me:



Prep(fill bucket, get towels, mit, etc): 5 minutes

Car: 10 minutes

Wheels/Wheel wells:20 minutes
 
I just bought a Hyunda Accent.



What a delight to detail. Takes no time at all to detail.



I've put a new layer of collinite on 3 weeks in a row. why? because it only takes an hour at best!
 
I think you've already answered/clarified the answer to the question I'm about to pose, but when you said that it took you 90 minutes to ONR your car--was that your first time using it?



I recently converted to ONRing and my first time took me slightly longer than a traditional presoak & wash : ~90 mins.



2nd ONR wash took me like 35mins.



3rd ONR wash: 25 mins.

After the initial learning curve, the process is usually quicker than a traditional wash, as I'm sure you've learned :). And the results are outstanding. I love it for my weekly/maintenance washes, plus my in-between-polishing stages etc washes. The gloss is great, too :p.
 
I have ONR and the DP Rinsless product as well. I bought the grout sponge from

Lowe's. I use 1 bucket and I have never had a problem. My Wife was telling me

the other day how our water bill has gone down.

I like the stuff.
 
I would hate to go through a winter without ONR. I remember trying to wash my vehicles with cold temps and howling winds. Seemed like your hands would never thaw out. Sure would hate to go back to those days.
 
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