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A little background, I live in Phoenix and have a black car. I have activities or work in the mornings, so I have to wash cars during the days. Not an issue in the winters, but in the summers, it's brutal. Not only due to the fact that it is 105+ degrees when it comes time to wash, but we have very hard water. In Phoenix, strangely we do not have water restrictions, but we should.
Recently, thanks to this forum and Autogeek, I have been introduced to rinseless washing. I have always used UQD for "waterless" washing, but I like to wash my car proper every other week at least. We typically only deal with dust here, we may see 20 days of rain a year.
With rinseless washing, I can use my nice soft water from inside the house, I only need 4 gallons of water, and my car can be in the garage for several hours to cool down before I begin washing. I will dust the car with a California Duster, and when used properly it works exceptionally well without scratching. I then use the 2BM with a grit guard in the rinse bucket, 2 Cobra 600gram towels, 2 360gram towels, an waffle weave drying towel primed with D156. Since I am new to this, I purchased a small quantity of ONR which works well, but I will be picking up some D114 next as it seems like it is more effective, with better lubrication, and it doesn't stain the MF media.
After soaking the MF towels, I will use the 600gram towel heavily saturated to wipe down a panel (which are rather clean) using the method shown by Mike Stoops. I then grab the 360gram towel, which I wring out pretty well, to go over the area again, this time leaving the panel much dryer than the first heavily saturated towel. Finish with a lightly primed WW towel to wash and BINGO, done. After I do all the panels, I grab a Costco MF towel, and do all the door jams, trunk seals, and finally the wheels, tires, and wheel wells.
I have read some people claim that rinseless will damage paint, however I have yet to find this to be an issue. In fact, I think I will be better off as I believe I create more swirls trying to dry the car and remove water spots since the water and soap dry so quickly in the summer. I was very nervous about this procedure at first, but I am really enjoying the process. Not to mention, I can stop at any time to go grab a sandwich, take a call, do an email, etc. Can't do that when doing a traditional wash.
I don't find that I save any time using this method, but I do really enjoy working with the soft water, in the shade, on a cool car. I will still do traditonal washes, but only after rains or really heavy dust storms, etc. So maybe 3-4 per year. So who else has converted to rinseless?
One question with respect to D114, ONR claims to act as a water softener, will D114 do the same?
Recently, thanks to this forum and Autogeek, I have been introduced to rinseless washing. I have always used UQD for "waterless" washing, but I like to wash my car proper every other week at least. We typically only deal with dust here, we may see 20 days of rain a year.
With rinseless washing, I can use my nice soft water from inside the house, I only need 4 gallons of water, and my car can be in the garage for several hours to cool down before I begin washing. I will dust the car with a California Duster, and when used properly it works exceptionally well without scratching. I then use the 2BM with a grit guard in the rinse bucket, 2 Cobra 600gram towels, 2 360gram towels, an waffle weave drying towel primed with D156. Since I am new to this, I purchased a small quantity of ONR which works well, but I will be picking up some D114 next as it seems like it is more effective, with better lubrication, and it doesn't stain the MF media.
After soaking the MF towels, I will use the 600gram towel heavily saturated to wipe down a panel (which are rather clean) using the method shown by Mike Stoops. I then grab the 360gram towel, which I wring out pretty well, to go over the area again, this time leaving the panel much dryer than the first heavily saturated towel. Finish with a lightly primed WW towel to wash and BINGO, done. After I do all the panels, I grab a Costco MF towel, and do all the door jams, trunk seals, and finally the wheels, tires, and wheel wells.
I have read some people claim that rinseless will damage paint, however I have yet to find this to be an issue. In fact, I think I will be better off as I believe I create more swirls trying to dry the car and remove water spots since the water and soap dry so quickly in the summer. I was very nervous about this procedure at first, but I am really enjoying the process. Not to mention, I can stop at any time to go grab a sandwich, take a call, do an email, etc. Can't do that when doing a traditional wash.
I don't find that I save any time using this method, but I do really enjoy working with the soft water, in the shade, on a cool car. I will still do traditonal washes, but only after rains or really heavy dust storms, etc. So maybe 3-4 per year. So who else has converted to rinseless?
One question with respect to D114, ONR claims to act as a water softener, will D114 do the same?
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