Rinseless wash sponges

[BudgetPlan1]

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.

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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It’s a nice sponge if you’re into that type of wash media, have been using it since the middle of last summer in traditional bucket washes. The 1.0 version of the ‘Kamikaze Hagakure Wash Sponge’ they sent in Fall of 2021 was a bit too firm so passed on that one but the 2.0 version that came last Summer was much nicer/softer so that was a ‘keeper’.

Not a rinseless/waterless guy so no idea how it would do in that capacity.


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[Eldorado2k]

It depends on the rinseless wash. Some of them the dirt kind of settles to the bottom, others the dirt remains on the mitt.

You’re right.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

You’re right.

Good lord. Looks like that’s been living in a sand box


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[Eldorado2k]

Good lord. Looks like that’s been living in a sand box


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That was just 1 pass on the rocker panel.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

That was just 1 pass on the rocker panel.

What rinseless? And that wasn’t your car, was it?


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[Eldorado2k]

What rinseless? And that wasn’t your car, was it?


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Yea it was my car. Wolfgang Uber Rinseless. I’m telling you mine was a hell of alot dirtier than yours. Lol.

Those pics are from a while back. I can do a rinseless on an actual dirty truck right now if you want?

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Yea it was my car. Wolfgang Uber Rinseless. I’m telling you mine was a hell of alot dirtier than yours. Lol.

Those pics are from a while back. I can do a rinseless on an actual dirty truck right now if you want?

Nah man, if you need to wash it sure but your word is good here.

Just can’t believe you let your car get that dirty.

Also how you doing? Been a while since accident hope no lingering effects.


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[DanaDetailingPros]

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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Nah man, if you need to wash it sure but your word is good here.

Just can’t believe you let your car get that dirty.

Also how you doing? Been a while since accident hope no lingering effects.


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I'm the same way and have been since I can remember with all my cars. It's the last one to get cleaned!

 

[Eldorado2k]

Nah man, if you need to wash it sure but your word is good here.

Just can’t believe you let your car get that dirty.

Also how you doing? Been a while since accident hope no lingering effects.


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My word has nothing to do with it, I’m doing it just for fun. Lol.

And well I’ve developed a hernia due to everything I went through, some days are excruciating pain, easily the worst pain I’ve dealt with my entire life, but I’m scheduled meet with a surgeon soon so hopefully they can help. But ehh whatever I’m feeling fine at the moment. Lol.

I'm the same way and have been since I can remember with all my cars. It's the last one to get cleaned!

EXACTLY^


So I ended up doing a quick rinseless. It didn’t actually take me that long. [I ended up talking with my neighbor and a friend outside for about an hour] Here’s what I was dealing with.

-1oz. of N914 into about just less than 2 gallons of water.
- In hindsight, the Rinse bucket probably had too much water, about 3.5 gallons & grit guard.

Here’s the BRS after wiping down half of the roof with 1 side of the sponge.

Here’s the rinse bucket after just the roof.

You thought your white car was dirty? Lol

All clean including glass. I didn’t clean the wheels or tires.

Here’s what both buckets look like afterwards.

Funny thing is, believe it or not, it actually felt safe.

1 last thing, here’s my drying towel. I made it a point to only use 2 sides [front and a back] to dry the entire truck in order to show a 50/50 of what the drying towel looks like afterwards.

 

[Klasse Act]

Did you pre-treat each panel, I'm guessing not since you only made 2 gallons of solution. I always pre-treat, ESPECIALLY something THAT dirty AND white. I also would've made the ratio stronger to get down and clean out that white AND so your drying towel didn't look like that.

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[Coatingsarecrack]

Did you pre-treat each panel, I'm guessing not since you only made 2 gallons of solution. I always pre-treat, ESPECIALLY something THAT dirty AND white. I also would've made the ratio stronger to get down and clean out that white AND so your drying towel didn't look like that.

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Using a RW sponge seems to keep more dirt in the solution on the car. No way around it your Drying towels are going to get dirty so I just use more towels to dry when I use the sponge.


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[Klasse Act]

Using a RW sponge seems to keep more dirt in the solution on the car. No way around it your Drying towels are going to get dirty so I just use more towels to dry when I use the sponge.


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On a real dirty car like that Tacoma pre-treating is a MUST, using alot of solution too. Additionally dunking the sponge in the rinse bucket MORE OFTEN is key. The sponge holds alot of solution and dirt, so more frequent dunk and rinses are important.

The GD method is also an option for everyone as well

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[Eldorado2k]

Did you pre-treat each panel, I'm guessing not since you only made 2 gallons of solution. I always pre-treat, ESPECIALLY something THAT dirty AND white. I also would've made the ratio stronger to get down and clean out that white AND so your drying towel didn't look like that.

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Yes I did pre treat/pre spray. I always have a 1.5L Kwazar pump sprayer that’s full of N-914 available for things like this, along with keeping a full gallon diluted @1:128 to refill it.

I thought about using more than 1oz. in the bucket but hey the bottle says rinseless wash @ 1:256 so I took their word for it and surprisingly it managed to work good enough to where I’ve got no complaints with its performance. Would it have worked a bit better @1:128 for this situation? Probably.

I noticed the drying towel took a big hit when I used it to dry the windshield, you know how along the top of the windshield you’ve got that part where the rubber meets the paint? Yea that’s usually a spot that ruins a drying towel on a vehicle this dirty, and that’s with me bearly even touching that area.

I cleaned the plastic on the rear bumper with the sponge, but didn’t even attempt to dry that plastic with my drying towel after what had happened on the windshield. Lol.

Also, in order to try and get it as clean as possible I went over each panel once with 1 side of the sponge, then flipped to the other for another pass, then dunked the sponge in the rinse bucket, and came back to hit the panel one last time before wiping it with my drying towel and finally fipping my drying towel for the final dry wipe.

 

[chefwong]

You gent's have got a much bigger -set- that I do

I only do RW/WW on door jams, trunk jambs and basically panels with PPF film on them.
I can't muster to use it on paint panels.

I need water and lots of it.....

 

[Eldorado2k]

I only do RW/WW on door jams, trunk jambs and basically panels with PPF film on them.

Wow that’s actually a great idea that I’ve never even thought of… Dealing with dirty trunk & door jambs can be a PITA especially the trunk jambs when you’ve got a hose nozzle trying to not get things in the trunk all wet. The BRS and a bucket of rinseless would be clutch for that. Thanks for the tip.

 

[chefwong]

Wow. Goes to show - a different angle on how one approaches things....
On this 6 page count thread, I would never consider it on paint panels

 

[Bruno Soares]

Back when I used Wolfgang Uber for rinseless, my BRS would also get dirty/stained. After switching to N-914 it cleaned the BRS and it looks brand new again. I had purchased another BRS expecting to replace it but that one is still in the package due to how N-914 keeps mine looking great.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Wow. Goes to show - a different angle on how one approaches things....
On this 6 page count thread, I would never consider it on paint panels

That’s literally what it was made for. It scared me at first but I tried it for a while and it works.


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[noorth]

I watched a video earlier on youtube by Eddie Colon - funny guy - he demonstrated a big difference in how DIY left the towel clean comparable to absolute after soaking for a while. It was interesting.

 

[DFB]

You gent's have got a much bigger -set- that I do

I only do RW/WW on door jams, trunk jambs and basically panels with PPF film on them.
I can't muster to use it on paint panels.

I need water and lots of it.....

That's what I started using rinse-less/water-less products for too, door jambs, engine bays ect.

While I still feel safer using lots of soap and lots of water, I'm slowly gaining confidence in rinse-less for paint.

I think the key with rinse-less is thinking on your feet, as in don't just treat every wash the same or follow a set routine. Sometimes you will need more pre-soak, sometimes you will need to use more towels or more frequent dunking, sometimes you may need to pre-rinse the certain areas, sometimes you only need the basics.