My first rinseless wash!

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I just did my first rinse-less wash tonight and I have to say, it was a lot easier than I expected it to be!

I used ONR, 1 oz. in 2 gallons of water, as suggested on the bottle. My rinse water had a grit guard in it. I did my 2010 Mustang which wasn't super dirty, but hadn't been washed in about two or three weeks. Here are my observations and some questions.

The ONR works. It's as simple as that. A lot of you already know that, a lot of you already suspected that, and some of you (new people I'd guess) don't believe it. How do I know it works? The rinse water was horribly dirty. When I would wipe the ONR off, the towel came away clean. There wasn't any dirt on the car. I think I'm preaching to the choir here though. One thing I'll do next time is position the car in the center of the garage. One side wasn't in very good light and I'm sure I either missed some spots or didn't dry as well as I should have.

Now, some questions. The biggest one I have is about the MF waffle weave towels. I have three. Two Megss waffle weave towels and another smaller one from Pakshak. I used them all. Each of these towels advertised that they'd be the only one you'd ever need to dry a car, but that just hasn't been my experience. Am I doing something wrong? Should a single MF waffle weave towel be able to dry my Mustang when I ONR it?

I have a chenille MF wash mitt that I bought here from Autogeek. It's fantastic, but as I washed the car it slowly got dirtier and dirtier, even with me rubbing against the grit guard. Is this normal? Should I use multiple mitts if my car hasn't been washed for a few weeks?

Well, that's it. I really hope I can get some answers on these two questions. I like the ONR rinse-less wash and I don't really see myself using anything else unless I'm doing a full correction on the car and I want to strip the wax off first. Thanks for reading!
 
u could try the guzzler supreme. it will definitely dry a whole car. some people even wet it first like a chamois or absorber and say it drys better when wet. the guzzler supreme is frequently on bogo.

i have used plush mf, lc blue sponge, and chenille wash mitt. my current fav is the chenille wash mitt. all of mine also get dirty, even after washing machine with dp microfiber cleaner. i havent noticed any ill effects on the paint and others have reported the same occurs to their wash media.

rinseless wash was a game changer for me. i use DP and bought a gallon. i am itching to try onr as well as the new blackfire and coming soon duragloss rinseless washes.
 
Try using one plush towel and one waffle weave. After you go over the panel with your mitt use the plush towel to blot dry the panel. Then go over it with the waffle weave.

As for your mitt. That is normal. I haven't found it to be dangerous at all. It just gets stained.
 
It's normal for ur mitt to get dirtier and dirtier because the ONR is doing its job. I use a dozen mf to wash my car with ONR. I just use a fresh one for every panel and wash the mf with washing machine afterward, saving some rinse time
 
Yes, the wash media staining is an unfortunate side-effect of rinseless washes, although rwright reported in his review of the new Meg's rinseless that it didn't stain.

Everybody has their own drying regimen...the one that I adopted from a heavy ONR user (thanks, Scott!) is to start with one towel, when it starts to get saturated and doesn't pick up all the water, use that for the first drying pass and follow with a fresh towel. When the fresh one starts to get the same way, dump the first one and demote the second one to the first-pass towel, and so on. I usually use 2 or 3 16x28 WW's per car.
 
I also just finished my first ONR wash. I have a smaller car and it was not very dirty at all. I ended up just using a 1/2 oz. in 1 gallon. That turned out to be more than enough to do my whole car. with it I used a sheepskin wash pad, it worked great. It glided over the surface. The reason it didn't take much wash water was because he car was waxed well before and the water was beading and the sheepskin pad held alot of solution. I would soak it in the Onr and then squeeze some of the excess out otherwise the excess water would just simply run off the car onto the garage floor. The results were very good. If your car isn't very dirty ONR is so easy and fast to use. I'm definitely sold on this product. I would like to try the brand new formula, I'd like to see it slicker. I consider this a must have product. It's great to take with yopu on car trips. You can literally wash your car anywhere as lond as you have access to about a gallon or 2 of clean water and of course buckets and towels. The towels I used didn't even get very saturated. I see no need in using more than 1 gallon of water on small cars. Can't wait to use up the ONR that I have now so I can try the New formula next.
 
Thanks for the info about the mitt guys, I was getting worried that it was just my technique with it.

I was thinking about picking up some Supreme Guzzler. Hopefully they're BOGO when I put together my next order.

I'll give the plush MF followed by the WW technique a try the next time I wash. It should be soon.
 
OP, have you thought about using/trying the grout sponge? I bought one off of Ebay for $ 10.99 w/ free shipping, its called the Aqua Sponge and its awesome! VERY pourus and holds alot of product and cleans up easily too, check it out:xyxthumbs:
 
I've tried many different media with ONR. I find a long nap mf works best. Grout sponges are great for regular washes, IMO. The best value on those is Proline at Lowes.
I posted a thread lately where I described using the mf to wash the panel, then wringing it out well and drying it with that. Having ONR in it makes it safe to remove most of the water. I go over the last little bit remaining with a ww mf.


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I did my first rinsless wash last night as well on my wifes 08 passat with BF Rinseless and love it. Only used the new Megs drying towel to dry the whole car. We'll see how it works when I wash the "beast", my F150 Super Crew. :xyxthumbs:
 
I can already see that the ONR will be getting even more use in the spring/summer for sure. You know when there's times that it doesn't rain for a couple days and the car gets that layer of dust that's too much to use your duster on, no problem, bust out the ONR and clean it up! This really one of the greatest products out there:dblthumb2:
 
How about using a shammy will that work. Whats the best way to make sure I dont get water spots when drying
 
no shammy . some may use and like em i dont. get uself some waffle weave microfiber drying towels or even some larger size cobra mf towels. what u do to avoid spots is wash one panel at a time and then dry .
 
richy said:
I've tried many different media with ONR. I find a long nap mf works best. Grout sponges are great for regular washes, IMO. The best value on those is Proline at Lowes.
I posted a thread lately where I described using the mf to wash the panel, then wringing it out well and drying it with that. Having ONR in it makes it safe to remove most of the water. I go over the last little bit remaining with a ww mf.


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I did it your way tonight with a plush MF as my media and after wringing my initial dry. This was my second time doing a rinseless wash and i went alot better than the first time. I'm definitely sold on this from here on out.
 
Mustang81 said:
Now, some questions. The biggest one I have is about the MF waffle weave towels. I have three. Two Megss waffle weave towels and another smaller one from Pakshak. I used them all. Each of these towels advertised that they'd be the only one you'd ever need to dry a car, but that just hasn't been my experience. Am I doing something wrong? Should a single MF waffle weave towel be able to dry my Mustang when I ONR it?
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If your car is regularly waxed and maintained, most of the ONR will run off the vehicle in the process of cleaning from the hydrophobic effect of waxes/sealants. If the car is not well maintained and the LSP is not longer beading, most of the ONR will remain on the paint. In the former case, a single Meg's WW towel is more than sufficient to remove 95% of the solution in the first pass.

When I ONR with a grout sponge, I use a single 16 x 24 Cobra Towel for the initial pass and a single 16 x 16 Cobra gold for the final wipe. No wringing required. That's my experience at least.
 
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