25 minute rinsless wash & wax

tuscarora dave

tuscarora dave

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Some of you detailers may not be impressed with these pics but some inexperienced lurker may be. I am always impressed with the results of ONR and DG AW. The car just had light salt spray from the roads being salted in anticipation of a storm that we didn't get here in Central PA.

I used 2 ounces of ONR in 3 gallons of warm water, washing with a PB chenille wash mitt and dried with a light mist of DG AW using a waffle weave drying towel. I gave the car a quick final wipe with a PB DMT.

These results couldn't be had in this time frame on a car without a regularly maintained paint finish.

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Looks great! Definitely couldn't be done if it wasn't maintained well! I unfortunately couldn't do that with my truck. We got hit with the storm and I have all kinds of salt and road grime on it. Hopefully it gets above freezing here this weekend and I can give her a good washing.
 
Rinseless washing has changed the way I wash cars...no matter the weather (although winter washing is where most of us got hooked on it). I put away the foam gun, the hoses, and just love how incredibly clean and glossy the car looks after a wash.

Yes, the trick is first getting the paint in great condition with regular maintenance while the weather allows. Once your car is protected with either a good sealant or wax...rinseless washing is a breeze and a heck of a time saver with excellent results.
 
It was actually only 35 degrees here today according to the weather channel but it felt a lot warmer for some reason.
 
Thanks Guys. This car actually has the early stages of clear coat failure because it was not cared for by the original owner. I bought the car about 3 years ago and have given it the care it deserves. Just goes to show that getting to car care late is better than not getting to it at all. I say that the clear coat failure is in remission.
 
tuscarora dave said:
Thanks Guys. This car actually has the early stages of clear coat failure because it was not cared for by the original owner. I bought the car about 3 years ago and have given it the care it deserves. Just goes to show that getting to car care late is better than not getting to it at all. I say that the clear coat failure is in remission.
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Absolutely agree. The hood on my Explorer has clear coat failure written all over it but since I have been taking care of the car, everything has 'slowed'.
 
Looks great, I think anyone would be hard pressed nowdays to tell between a car done with a traditional wash verses a car done with a quality rinseless such as ONR provided the vehicle isn't excessively dirty.
 
slickooz said:
Do rinse less and water less wash have same results?
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With all the dried salt that was on my car I wouldn't use a waterless wash without first hydro-spraying off the heavier stuff. I used to use Poorboy's Spray&Wipe and while it is a nice product I ended up with excessive marring when testing it out on dirtier finishes where ONR doesn't mar the paint when used on a car in the same condition. So I would say the results are different.
 
slickooz said:
Do rinse less and water less wash have same results?
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The short answer is yes.. at least from my experience but it depends what products (brands) you choose. For example Optimum and Ultima have gloss polymers added to their waterless sprays while Poorboys does not hence after using them(OPT or Ultima) you wouldn't need to add a spraywax/qder afterward to achieve a wax like finish. Their are others such as DP and Griots, I just haven't tried them yet, the main point is they have their limits when it come to cleaning a car safely without inducing swirls/scrathes.
 
Looks great Dave. That reminds me, my needs a good ONR wash. Maybe next week after all of the snow melts away.:dblthumb2:
 
hey there it's Maxima Dad, and living here in the northeast we got clobbered Sunday, you know Philly home of the postponed NFL game...anyway the black Max is now white....the splatter effect is far worse than when I lifted the DA the first time I used it....ROAD SALT!...
Am I correct in surmising from these posts that we should NOT use a rinse less wash to remove the heavy salt spray?...do we need to do a more traditional wash first?..it is supposed to be warm this weekend but what do we do in the dead of winter?...now that we have a nice corrected swirl free paint we want to keep it flawless....
Thanks
Evan & Lisa
 
I typically stop at a local self serve car wash and stay upwind of the wand and blast heavy salt deposits off of the car before doing a rinsless wash. Today's washing duties were very light salt spray deposits so I just winged it carefully with ONR.
 
tuscarora dave said:
With all the dried salt that was on my car I wouldn't use a waterless wash without first hydro-spraying off the heavier stuff. I used to use Poorboy's Spray&Wipe and while it is a nice product I ended up with excessive marring when testing it out on dirtier finishes where ONR doesn't mar the paint when used on a car in the same condition. So I would say the results are different.
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kona6 said:
The short answer is yes.. at least from my experience but it depends what products (brands) you choose. For example Optimum and Ultima have gloss polymers added to their waterless sprays while Poorboys does not hence after using them(OPT or Ultima) you wouldn't need to add a spraywax/qder afterward to achieve a wax like finish. Their are others such as DP and Griots, I just haven't tried them yet, the main point is they have their limits when it come to cleaning a car safely without inducing swirls/scrathes.
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Thanks guys.


Dave when you did rinse less wash did you also use 2 bucket? As you would with reg wash with grit guard? I want to try some ONR some day and want to prepare.
 
tuscarora dave said:
I typically stop at a local self serve car wash and stay upwind of the wand and blast heavy salt deposits off of the car before doing a rinsless wash. Today's washing duties were very light salt spray deposits so I just winged it carefully with ONR.
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:iagree:100%. If it is not too bad, spray it down first with the rinsless wash at QD strength. If it is covered in salt, go to the self serve wash and just use the pressure sprayer. Then go home and do your rinsless wash.
 
slickooz said:
Thanks guys.


Dave when you did rinse less wash did you also use 2 bucket? As you would with reg wash with grit guard? I want to try some ONR some day and want to prepare.
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No I just used 1 bucket.
 
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it will be faster - if u try Optimum car wax
 
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