Rinseless wash sponges

You guys would be absolutely horrified if you saw how I wash our cars.

I use a Big Red Sponge for a well kept, or new vehicle. I use the cheap blue Lake Country sponge on my old P.O.S., a neglected, or car that's in for polishing.

I use one bucket, just like they do in the videos. I rarely pre-treat. I just go at it carefully and methodically. No marring issues whatsoever.

I use TRC Eagle Edgeless towels for the initial wipe, and their red "car wash" towels for the final wipe.
 
Depending on car. on most I'm good with 2. I looked into everything from a new point of view. I read and saw many threads/Videos. I came to my own conclusion that the pads should fit the bill. And they did allot better than I was hoping! There like a dirt magnet when I just do 1 pass per side. Then I just do the whole wash board by D.Guard and plunge. But also rub my fingers through them like washing your hair. I don't like washing them in machine every time so I soak in dish soap and rinse well.
 
I'm a huge fan of the BRS & UBS and do rinseless nearly 100% of the time -- not just my own vehicles, either.

The way I see it is with a rinseless wash, the drying towel is a very important part of the process. The solution is doing exactly as you described -- it will encapsulate the remaining soil on the surface so that when you remove the remaining wash solution, you are also removing the last bits of dirt. But this is why a good towel is so important for a rinseless. I like to use TRC Gauntlets or Griot's PFM towels, and usually I use two of the smaller 16"x20" (Gauntlet) or 16"x16" (PFM). I also wash the towels after every use.

When using the sponges and a soapy rinseless wash like N914, Feynlab Pure, or ADG Fuzion, I will use a rinse bucket with a capful of the solution in it, and dirt lock guards in both buckets. These solutions don't separate out the dirt and don't have the ability to drop the soil out to the bottom.

When using ONR, Absolute, or ADG Wipeout I will generally just use one bucket unless the vehicle is extra dirty.

The key to these is doing a thorough pre-soak as mentioned. I've even built myself a beer keg pressure sprayer with a pressure washer gun to use for my rinseless wash duties, this has enough pressure to easily wash a large and dirty vehicle with just a few gallons of H2O.
 
Another note with sponges is product consumption. For MF I use 2 gallons of mix so about an ounce of product.

For sponges I feel I need at least 3.5 gallons in wash bucket.

I also use solution in rinse bucket as I feel if you rinse in water and wring out there still will be a minute amount of water left in the sponge which will dilute it.

For this it’s just 1oz in the bucket.

So for a sponge wash, until I feel safe doing a 1 bucket I use almost 3oz to 1oz.

I may just try a water rinse bucket and 2.5oz in wash.

Keep in mind tho cost is offset by less towel washing and MF detergents are close in price on cost and you use more MF wash in wash process…


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Hey Crack, I assume that MB isn't washes too much, damn that's alot of dirt!

I see nothing wrong with your method at all, pre-treating is key and a good amount of water in the rinse bucket is key. That dirt is staying down, my newer, upgraded grit guard helps me wash with confidence

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I'd like to add that using the grit guard in BOTH will help you sleep well at night and when using N914 add an extra ounce of solution in the mix, it doesn't hurt, it never does (unless your using Feynlab, in that case follow the directions, stuff is STRONG)

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Coatingsarecrack said:
Another note with sponges is product consumption. For MF I use 2 gallons of mix so about an ounce of product.

For sponges I feel I need at least 3.5 gallons in wash bucket.

I also use solution in rinse bucket as I feel if you rinse in water and wring out there still will be a minute amount of water left in the sponge which will dilute it.

For this it’s just 1oz in the bucket.

So for a sponge wash, until I feel safe doing a 1 bucket I use almost 3oz to 1oz.

I may just try a water rinse bucket and 2.5oz in wash.

Keep in mind tho cost is offset by less towel washing and MF detergents are close in price on cost and you use more MF wash in wash process…


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Cut the legs on the grit guard so it sits lower. One bucket is safe for any sponge. I only use one sponge.
 
The Guz said:
Cut the legs on the grit guard so it sits lower. One bucket is safe for any sponge. I only use one sponge.
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Do you scrub the sponge on the grit guard?(never thought i would buy one of them! haha)

I like simple and 1 bucket and 1 sponge sounds awesome to me.
 
My next wash i will try it.

1 sponge, 1 bucket and 1 man with his car. :D
 
The Guz said:
Cut the legs on the grit guard so it sits lower. One bucket is safe for any sponge. I only use one sponge.
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Great idea. Will give it a try next days off.


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I guess I'm extra safe but 2 buckets, 2 grit guards and 1 sponge and ZERO worries

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So I tried UBS with Absolute and The combo was a hit. Really liking it. For really dirty cars in places that get a lot of rain I would probably stick with MF towel method.

For summer every week washes I will probably using these sponges more. Probably a MF towel for rockers and sponge everywhere else.


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In reply to the OP, man that’s pretty clean… iirc, way back when I tried a 1 bucket rinseless I had to stop midway through the vehicle and dump the water because it looked equal to the water that you see people dump out of an extractor after cleaning a dirty interior. I’ll have to try it again, but no way do I remember it being as clean as your bucket was.
 
Eldorado2k said:
In reply to the OP, man that’s pretty clean… iirc, way back when I tried a 1 bucket rinseless I had to stop midway through the vehicle and dump the water because it looked equal to the water that you see people dump out of an extractor after cleaning a dirty interior. I’ll have to try it again, but no way do I remember it being as clean as your bucket was.
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It depends on the rinseless wash. Some of them the dirt kind of settles to the bottom, others the dirt remains on the mitt. Personally, while convenient, I wouldn't rinseless wash a heavily dirty vehicle with it.
 
Eldorado2k said:
In reply to the OP, man that’s pretty clean… iirc, way back when I tried a 1 bucket rinseless I had to stop midway through the vehicle and dump the water because it looked equal to the water that you see people dump out of an extractor after cleaning a dirty interior. I’ll have to try it again, but no way do I remember it being as clean as your bucket was.
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I use a DirtLock vs a grit gaurd. It suppose to do a better job of locking dirt to bottom. I used 914. In that wash.

That was dirt in bottom of buckets. The work well just not sure if ther hence two bucket. If car was California dirty/dusty I would probably have no problem one bucketing with ONR or Absolute which are suppose to sink the stuff to the bottom and a DirtLock grit guard.

If I remember correctly your an UBer fan? You should give Absolute a try. Nice product.


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Coatingsarecrack said:
If car was California dirty/dusty I would probably have no problem one bucketing with ONR or Absolute

If I remember correctly your an UBer fan? You should give Absolute a try. Nice product.


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Dude if I let a clean car just sit in my driveway for about 6 days it’s legit dirty, almost too dirty to rinseless.

Yup, I have WG Uber & N914
 
Eldorado2k said:
Dude if I let a clean car just sit in my driveway for about 6 days it’s legit dirty, almost too dirty to rinseless.

Yup, I have WG Uber & N914
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Rinsless this…. A little too far pass really but I’m gonna polish and coat this spring.

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This was like 7-10 days winter here. I don’t have it bad as others in the other side of country.

But I was down in LA for 3 weeks in winter and took care of my sis’s black jeep. It was like summer detailing up here.

Loved cleaning cars down there just didn’t like heat.

2-4 parking garages we went to had a detail section that would wash (rinsless) your car while you were shopping. That’s a pretty smart idea.


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Hey Crack,Dlc,Guz .Noorth and gang! merry Christmas!
Anyway I found a new place in Canada to grab stuff usually available only in Europe. It's super close to US border and on West coast side so shipping to me is 3 days usually. I have been eyeing these for awhile and finally grabbed one when the price was right!
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I will get it in a couple days and see how I like it.
 
DanaDetailingPros said:
Hey Crack,Dlc,Guz .Noorth and gang! merry Christmas!
Anyway I found a new place in Canada to grab stuff usually available only in Europe. It's super close to US border and on West coast side so shipping to me is 3 days usually. I have been eyeing these for awhile and finally grabbed one when the price was right!
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I will get it in a couple days and see how I like it.
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Carzilla? I been looking at that as wash media but not rinseless. AG has a sponge with exact same design in Speed Master line marketed as a rinseless sponge.

Will be glad to hear your thoughts.

Hope your Christmas was a good one.


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