Would you use this dry wash product on a Lamborghini?

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gobble

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There are few guys in the Lamborghini forum suggesting this dry wash product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I can't find a single mention of it in any of the detailing forums. Has anyone heard of it and would you use this to clean and polish a Lamborghini instead of a proper wash/clean/polish/wax?

Home page - Chadwick's Triple Play
 
Looks to me like an overly priced hyped up waterless wash that makes some ridiculous claims. There is no way this product cannot replace claying and polishing . The claim that water and soap scratches vehicles is absurd. Sure dirty water will, but a water rinse before a wash is one of the best things that you can do to flush off contaminants before touching the paint. Waterless Washes have their place but will never replace the traditional water/soap method especially for moderate to heavily soiled vehicles. If you want a good waterless wash, save your money and buy some of the Ultima Waterless Wash concentrate. For about $20 bucks you can make over 5 gallons of product. It also leaves behind a great shine and adds some protection.
 
bswombaugh said:
Looks to me like an overly priced hyped up waterless wash that makes some ridiculous claims. There is no way this product cannot replace claying and polishing . The claim that water and soap scratches vehicles is absurd. Sure dirty water will, but a water rinse before a wash is one of the best things that you can do to flush off contaminants before touching the paint. Waterless Washes have their place but will never replace the traditional water/soap method especially for moderate to heavily soiled vehicles. If you want a good waterless wash, save your money and buy some of the Ultima Waterless Wash concentrate. For about $20 bucks you can make over 5 gallons of product. It also leaves behind a great shine and adds some protection.
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Those are my thoughts exactly but I'm being ridiculed over there for trying to warn them. There's no way I'd use something like this on my Lamborghini for fear of scratching the paint. Does anyone have a different opinion?
 
gobble said:
Those are my thoughts exactly but I'm being ridiculed over there for trying to warn them. There's no way I'd use something like this on my Lamborghini for fear of scratching the paint. Does anyone have a different opinion?
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Sometimes there's no winning with the thick headed like they seem to be. Don't waste your time. :) let them destroy their Lambos. Let them come to you to fix. :D
 
cleanmycorolla said:
Sometimes there's no winning with the thick headed like they seem to be. Don't waste your time. :) let them destroy their Lambos. Let them come to you to fix. :D
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I have a Lambo myself and this just struck me as a really, really bad idea. It's seemed to be blindly accepted as a good idea in that thread which I don't get. Years ago I used a similar product cleaning airplanes at a local airport and it was a dirty mess. I thought I'd come to the detailing experts and find out what the stuff really is.
 
This is a common occurrence on car/bike forums across the board. You'll drive yourself crazy before you convince them that there are better ways. At least YOU know better, and practice better techniques.
 
There are so many good rinseless wash offerings by Blackfire, Optimum, Wolfgang, Ultima etc. I would stick to the ones that have been proven to work.
 
gobble said:
There are few guys in the Lamborghini forum suggesting this dry wash product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I can't find a single mention of it in any of the detailing forums. Has anyone heard of it and would you use this to clean and polish a Lamborghini instead of a proper wash/clean/polish/wax?

Home page - Chadwick's Triple Play
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I have to concur that it seems expensive for what else is a proven water-less and or rinse-less washes on the market. Sites like that I have some suspect about they make claims that as a detailer with a fair amount of hands on experience, I know are not true.

If you are looking for two products that I've used for years...Poorboys World Spray and Wipe and ORN Rinse-less wash.

As in any product read the labels to use property understand it's limitations
 
Would a professional detailer use a wash-less product if he had access to a hose? Is it a time-saving thing to get more cars done on a dealer lot.
 
gobble said:
Would a professional detailer use a wash-less product if he had access to a hose? Is it a time-saving thing to get more cars done on a dealer lot.
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I'm not a pro but have a lot of detail experience, my thoughts are you use what is the best solution for the job.

That said I've done plenty of customers cars (part time weekend gig for me) with waterless washes..However there are those jobs that you know are going to require a bucket wash.

I'm in Calif and we are in a very serious drought so using water this summer is going to be very hard to non existing...So I will be turning to the alternatives, my customers will know this going in, but we are all in the same place regarding water here...
 
mrclean81 said:
This is a common occurrence on car/bike forums across the board. You'll drive yourself crazy before you convince them that there are better ways. At least YOU know better, and practice better techniques.
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Agreed, there are very few revolutionary products out. That is definitely not one of them. If you want a revolutionary product, tell them to go look at hydro2.

Oh yea just to put things in perspective. His buffer block is cg's clay block but marked up 10$ and his towels look to be 360gsm at most, I do carpets and doors with those... 12.99 per towel :rofl

http://chadwickstripleplay.com/feature-product/chadwicks-micro-fibre-towels.html

I love how they don't mention the gsm, they look like shop rags...
 
The Driver said:
Agreed, there are very few revolutionary products out. That is definitely not one of them. If you want a revolutionary product, tell them to go look at hydro2.

Oh yea just to put things in perspective. His buffer block is cg's clay block but marked up 10$ and his towels look to be 360gsm at most, I do carpets and doors with those... 12.99 per towel :rofl

Chadwick's Micro Fibre Towels - Feature Product - Chadwick's Triple Play

I love how they don't mention the gsm, they look like shop rags...
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Do you think the liquid is also someone else's product repackaged?
 
There are so many proven waterless wash products on the market that safely remove some level of dirt without scratching that I don't think I would risk an unknown.
 
Todd Helme said:
There are so many proven waterless wash products on the market that safely remove some level of dirt without scratching that I don't think I would risk an unknown.
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Do you think waterless is a preferred alternative to a wash with water and a high quality bodywork shampoo? I noticed Pinnacle also makes a waterless product (~4 gallons for $25).

When would you use that instead of the bodywork shampoo? Would I want to use that instead of washing my car if its been lightly driven for a couple weeks and covered with dust and light dirt? I cringe at that thought, but maybe I'm wrong?
 
gobble said:
Do you think waterless is a preferred alternative to a wash with water and a high quality bodywork shampoo? I noticed Pinnacle also makes a waterless product (~4 gallons for $25).

When would you use that instead of the bodywork shampoo? Would I want to use that instead of washing my car if its been lightly driven for a couple weeks and covered with dust and light dirt? I cringe at that thought, but maybe I'm wrong?
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I've used waterless wash products from Pinnacle, Ultima and Poorboy's World and all three are top notch. All three are safe to use on a lightly dusted vehicle. California is in a drought and if it weren't for these waterless products I'd be riding around with a dirty car. The trick to making sure you don't scratch the paint is to use several MF towels. I use about 8 of them on a mid-size car. There are plenty of useful how-to threads around here on how to properly utilize a waterless wash.
 
dc52nv said:
I've used waterless wash products from Pinnacle, Ultima and Poorboy's World and all three are top notch. All three are safe to use on a lightly dusted vehicle. California is in a drought and if it weren't for these waterless products I'd be riding around with a dirty car. The trick to making sure you don't scratch the paint is to use several MF towels. I use about 8 of them on a mid-size car. There are plenty of useful how-to threads around here on how to properly utilize a waterless wash.
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This!

I too am in Cali, in So Cal. Spot on, draught has killed trying to wash your car the old way. Theres bays and places, but where I live I can't use a hose wash against area laws.... :) So waterless and rinseless for me always!
 
gobble said:
Wow that sucks. Do you think over time it causes light scratches in your paint?
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Yes and even bucket washing causes marring over time. You can't get around that part, but what you can do is practice safe removal techniques and processes, and light polish the car a few times a year, that's what I've been doing on my cars for years...I'd bet that I've bucket washed my cars less than five times in the last several years
 
I personally would only use 2 bucket wash method when dealing with a car that cost more than some peoples house. With a car like this you just have to use the known quality products that you "know" wont scratch the paint.
 
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