Rinseless wash question

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So I have multiple cars lined up for a rinseless wash at a hospital but I was wondering what if some of those end up beinf caked with mud and especially the wheel wells.
What would be the best way to go about cleaning a vehicle that dirty since ill be doing rinseless.

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If you have access to a hose, you could use it to break up the dirt. If not, I suggest filling up a garden sprayer with some water and the rinseless solution to presoak the dirty areas. In my opinion cars with caked on mud or dirt are not good candidates for rinseless washes unless you can power wash them prior.
 
I just did a Rinseless Wash on a Toyota Corolla at the Post Office. While I was working on the car, two more Postal Employees wanted want me to clean their cars next week. The problem is their cars are much dirtier. I told both customers to run their cars through the car wash next week to remove the heavier dirt and then I will do a Rinseless and detail the outside. These cars had some heavy dirt on them and I felt it was not a good idea.
 
Any tips for cleaning wheel wells when doing rinseless? Summer is picking up and I don't really want to break out the hose for the wheel wells.
 
I think you have to get the wheel wells and also the wheels at the coin op. I'm pretty quick to run a car through a plain water wash at a car wash before I do rinseless if its very dirty. That's your chance to really attack the wheels, wheel wells and undercarriage. You do it often enough so that its really not a problem. You can definitely get the wheels and rims presentable looking with a rinseless. A really thorough cleaning needs some other technique.
 
GettingStarted said:
Any tips for cleaning wheel wells when doing rinseless? Summer is picking up and I don't really want to break out the hose for the wheel wells.
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If you can't hit the quarter carwash before hand to spray out the wheelwells I would get yourself a mf glove to clean out the wheelwell. I use the left over rinseless wash to re-fill the pre-soak bottle and spray down the wheelwell, dunk the mf glove into the dirty water bucket and have at it, they are wheelwells after all and I've never had a problem doing this.

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spray the wheelwells down with a garden spray in the "stream" positon rather than a "spray." Also, have a bucket just for wheels, and get a cheap long wheel brush too.

This works good enough, though rinseless doesn't seem to get wheelwells as clean and as easy as spraying down water from a hose
 
Kengo123 said:
spray the wheelwells down with a garden spray in the "stream" positon rather than a "spray." Also, have a bucket just for wheels, and get a cheap long wheel brush too.

This works good enough, though rinseless doesn't seem to get wheelwells as clean and as easy as spraying down water from a hose
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Bingo. Garden sprayers are great for wheel wells. Agitate heavy dirt with brush and rinse with garden sprayer. Dress if desired and included.

Also... I don't clean wheel wells with most basic washes. Make sure if you are doing this they are paying for it.
 
Everyone else has a great idea with the sprayer. I would clean and dress the wheel wells and tires on every car. You may have to charge extra but it makes the car look way better. Take a garden sprayer and soak the wheels wells. Then bring a 5 gallon bucket filled with warm water and car soap with a Gamma Seal Lid. Use a brush and scrub the wheel wells with soapy warm water. Then take the sprayer and rinse. Then dry the wheel wells and coat them with Griots undercarriage spray which is on sale right now -- buy one get one free -- Griot's Garage Undercarriage Spray, Griots Garage Undercarriage Detailer, Underbody spray
 
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