Anyone use Rinseless as their primary wash method?

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I just got my first gallon of ONR in the mail today. I am very excited to use this stuff. I mainly bought it so I can have something to wipe the bug guts off on a daily basis or when necessary.

However, I have been watching a lot of videos on rinseless washes... and it just looks so ridiculously simple. Does anyone here use rinseless as their mainstay method for washing? Are there any major disadvantages? I was thinking even if your car was just super filthy, you could stop by a car wash and pre rinse it with a pressure washer, and then finish it off at home with a rinseless.

Seems like it dries easier, less chance of water spots. If you use the "gary dean" method then you can conserve your product because it's still clean, and therefore it's very cheap.
 
I do, infact I can't remember when I used a soap for my personal car. I wash every other week, with various rinseless products, its super easy for my car and I'm always thrilled with the results/ease of use.

I use distilled water in my bucket, usually UWW+ rinseless ratio or Pinnacle Rinseless. And a butt load of green chinchilla towels.
 
It is not my preferred, however i seem to do a lot of them when mobile detailing. I do so much mobile detailing that it adds up more than standard washing or foam/cannon method.
 
On my DD, which stays outside all the time in PA, I've done a total of one hose & bucket wash all year, and that was just to do a thorough spring cleaning once the road salting was over. During the worst of winter, I'd blow it off outside with my pressure washer, then pull it in the garage to do a rinseless. I don't have to contend with any dirt or mud roads, which makes a difference, but I have complete confidence that good technique with ONR, DG, Ultima or Meguiar's rinseless products is plenty safe.

Bill
 
I just received a gallon of Megs D114. I also originally planned to prepare a spray bottle for bugs and sticky dirt removal. Now I'm thinking of using it after a quick hose down with water, or maybe even after a foam cannon dwell and rinse. Then finish the wash in the garage, any time of day.
 
I have not taken out the hose in over 2 years. I'm a mobile detailer and it is all I use.
 
NEVER as a primary wash...as I have the time and plenty of water. In the winter, its usually the local touchless wash, which does a nice job (minus the wax option), and doesn't hurt my coating whatsoever.

My reasons are that I am not apposed to the idea, but I hate the one panel at a time (pre-soak, wash, wipe, dry)...then go to the next panel (same thing over again)...then to the next...etc...I really hate that.

I like to do whole car...foam, wash, rinse, dry...4 steps...NOT 4 steps per panel.

Just me I guess.
 
vandau said:
I just received a gallon of Megs D114. I also originally planned to prepare a spray bottle for bugs and sticky dirt removal. Now I'm thinking of using it after a quick hose down with water, or maybe even after a foam cannon dwell and rinse. Then finish the wash in the garage, any time of day.
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This is what I do.
 
silverfox said:
NEVER as a primary wash...as I have the time and plenty of water. In the winter, its usually the local touchless wash, which does a nice job (minus the wax option), and doesn't hurt my coating whatsoever.



My reasons are that I am not apposed to the idea, but I hate the one panel at a time (pre-soak, wash, wipe, dry)...then go to the next panel (same thing over again)...then to the next...etc...I really hate that.



I like to do whole car...foam, wash, rinse, dry...4 steps...NOT 4 steps per panel.



Just me I guess.
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You're not the only one.

I like your replies.


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When I do them in my garage, I do more than one panel at a time and it works just fine. I rarely do a hose wash on any of my 3 cars.
 
It all depends on how dirty my ride is. Two bucket is still a great way to go. Living in NE Ohio, 2 bucket wasn't always an option. I'm going more and more rinseless and waterless. I'll use rinseless at times but if I have to drag out the buckets I might as well go full wash. But I am doing more waterless washes. Pinnacle WW with carnauba is awesome. Especially after a rainy day.
 
07gtcs said:
When I do them in my garage, I do more than one panel at a time and it works just fine. I rarely do a hose wash on any of my 3 cars.
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Agreed. In the garage.
1) Spray entire car with ONR. 1 gallon is sprayed and only 1/2 gallon drips to the floor.
2) Wash entire car
3) Dry entire car.

Takes 28 minutes including wheels and quick interior wipe down.

Even with ONR, the city code enforcement tried asked me not to wash my car in the driveway. I had to show him that I wasn't using a hose and not one drop of water went down the storm drain.
 
I only use it when I drive long range to visit friends in out of state...usually in a rest area for an hour and clean the car quickly. Once I arrive I usually clean it with a rinse-less other than that I clean the car traditionally.
 
silverfox said:
My reasons are that I am not apposed to the idea, but I hate the one panel at a time (pre-soak, wash, wipe, dry)...then go to the next panel (same thing over again)...then to the next...etc...I really hate that.
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When I do rinseless, I pre-soak entire vehicle, wash multiple panels, the go back to do the drying wipe so definitely less steps than panel by panel. If worried about drying, if your drying towel is slightly damp, then you do not need to worry about spotting.
 
SoonerGM said:
Does anyone here use rinseless as their mainstay method for washing? Are there any major disadvantages? ...
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I am a very recent convert to rinseless wash and waterless wash, and it still makes me uneasy at times. So to me, the major disadvantage is wrecking my nerves that I'm going to scratch or mar, and if I have enough towels. However, the OCD is paying off because I've had so much success, I've used a hose two times in 2014.

The key is towels towels and more towels. For waterless wash (when car is not very dirty) I use maybe 20 towels and counting. For rinseless, I use my mitt and clean it in the utility sink after every panel, and dry with large waffle weave towels. So...that's another disadvantage - the cost and availability of towels. Even if I do have the 20 towels I need, are they all clean when I want to wash?

Some of the water you save by doing rinselss and waterless is offset by washing all them towels!
 
Rinseless...I don't do.
I'm a waterless-wash whackadoodle!

Bob
 
SonOfOC said:
Agreed. In the garage.
1) Spray entire car with ONR. 1 gallon is sprayed and only 1/2 gallon drips to the floor.
2) Wash entire car
3) Dry entire car.

Takes 28 minutes including wheels and quick interior wipe down.

Even with ONR, the city code enforcement tried asked me not to wash my car in the driveway. I had to show him that I wasn't using a hose and not one drop of water went down the storm drain.
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Please clarify... You spray entire car with ONR and then go back
and wash ENTIRE car followed by drying entire car. My question: it's actually possible to do entire car instead of panel by panel without having to worry about ONR drying up before you dry it
Off? Feed back please. :buffing:
 
I use rinseless wash as my primary wash methods and since I do it weekly, both my car and truck doesn't get as dirty. I can knock it out in less then 10 minute or so. I only pull out the hose and bucket after a rain storm or I need a good cleaning in the wheel well. I use microfiber towels store in a bucket w/ ONR rinseless solution and dry with a large waffle weave towel.
 
I do only ONR washes. I have very hard water, so I use soft water from my house, fill two buckets w/ two gallons each warm water, add ONR to one, grit guard to the other, fill my sprayer up w/ about 3/4 of a gallon, spray the car down depending on temperature, then go to work. I have a small vert, so that makes it easier. If it's colder, I'll spray down the entire car, if it's warmer, a few panels at a time. I can wash my car in the garage w/o moving it. Soft water and no sun help keep the ONR from drying very fast.
 
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