Bryan@FiveStarShine
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- Jun 12, 2007
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During the May Detailing Boot Camp Class Nick and I spent some time discussing rinseless washes. I live in a condo here in beautiful, southwest Florida and there is no access to running water etc. so rinseless/waterless washes are my only choice. As such, I'm one of the rinseless wash addicts out there.
Nick is also really into rinseless washing and was telling me about Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash. He mentioned the scent being great. He also said it's nice having the wax in there so that each time you wash the vehicle you top it off with a little extra protection.
I placed an order after the Detailing Boot Camp and I was lucky enough to be greeted with some of the Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash courtesy of Nick. Thanks, Nick! On Memorial Day my girlfriend was nagging me to do some stuff around the house, so instead I decided to go wash her Malibu.
Items used:
As you can see the Pinnacle rinseless wash cleaned the vehicle very well. I did notice, however that there were a few little pieces of sap and bug guts that did remain, but that's to be expected. When they say "Liquid Gloss" they mean it. The smell, as some other reviewers have mentioned, is a tropical fruit scent along the lines of mango. My girlfriend thought it smelled amazing. I'm not a big fan of tropical fruit scents, but after using it the scent did grow on me and I can give it two thumbs up. The paint felt slick after drying the vehicle and again, the gloss was outstanding.
I really enjoyed how fast I was able to dry the vehicle. I'm assuming it's due to the wax being in the rinseless wash because it dried significantly faster and easier than ONR. And for anyone who uses ONR, you're probably like "What do you mean it dries faster and easier?" but it does. For this wash, being my first with this product, I washed/dried one panel at a time. This was at about 1pm in southwest Florida under mostly sunny conditions, temps were in the low 90's. I had no problems with water spots occuring while drying. I also washed my Camaro a few days later under similar conditions and I was able to wash several panels at a time before drying without issue. I really loved that feature.
So, to wrap up here are the highlights:
Nick is also really into rinseless washing and was telling me about Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash. He mentioned the scent being great. He also said it's nice having the wax in there so that each time you wash the vehicle you top it off with a little extra protection.
I placed an order after the Detailing Boot Camp and I was lucky enough to be greeted with some of the Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash courtesy of Nick. Thanks, Nick! On Memorial Day my girlfriend was nagging me to do some stuff around the house, so instead I decided to go wash her Malibu.
Items used:
- 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons of water
- Grit Guard
- Optimum Big Red Sponge
- 2 Meguiar's Water Magnet waffle weave drying towels
- and of course, Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash with Carnauba 1 oz.
Before:
During:
After:
Oooohhhh glossy!
During:
After:
Oooohhhh glossy!
As you can see the Pinnacle rinseless wash cleaned the vehicle very well. I did notice, however that there were a few little pieces of sap and bug guts that did remain, but that's to be expected. When they say "Liquid Gloss" they mean it. The smell, as some other reviewers have mentioned, is a tropical fruit scent along the lines of mango. My girlfriend thought it smelled amazing. I'm not a big fan of tropical fruit scents, but after using it the scent did grow on me and I can give it two thumbs up. The paint felt slick after drying the vehicle and again, the gloss was outstanding.
I really enjoyed how fast I was able to dry the vehicle. I'm assuming it's due to the wax being in the rinseless wash because it dried significantly faster and easier than ONR. And for anyone who uses ONR, you're probably like "What do you mean it dries faster and easier?" but it does. For this wash, being my first with this product, I washed/dried one panel at a time. This was at about 1pm in southwest Florida under mostly sunny conditions, temps were in the low 90's. I had no problems with water spots occuring while drying. I also washed my Camaro a few days later under similar conditions and I was able to wash several panels at a time before drying without issue. I really loved that feature.
So, to wrap up here are the highlights:
- Smells great
- Has wax built into the product
- Dries extremely easy
- Did not have water spotting issues under Florida heat and midday sun
- Leaves an amazing gloss behind
