Ultima Waterless Wash Plus - Where have you been?

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In the past I have made it apparent that I really am not a fan of waterless washing. I`ve tried it along with many product brands and was not thrilled. I have always said that waterless is good for touch-ups a few days after you have washed your car. I`m a rinseless guy, and it took forever for me to even adopt that method. And due to this, I am a huge proponent of ONR as it is a superb product. Well my buddy AJ sent me a sample of Ultima Waterless Wash + before the holidays, and its been sitting in my detail cabinet, in the shadows.

So today I had a bit of down time and decided to do another test of Whips Salt remover, which is an amazing product for those living in wintery areas, but that is another thread. However; my van was not heavily soiled other than bumpers and some lower areas. I figured I may as well give the waterless washing with UWW+ a go, and see if it was any better than other products I have tried. My buddy had been hounding me the last few weeks and telling me how great it is.

Well ladies & gentleman, I must say that I am blown away with this product. I pre-soaked the panel, and primed my MF towel and went at it. "Wow" was all I could say! UWW+ is very slick. I had no problems gliding the towel over the salt and dirt and picking it up. I went over the panel with a separate towel for final removal and could immediately feel the slickness. I even pre-soaked the wheels, tires, & wheel wells and could see it begin to encapsulate the dirt right away. So I went all in an used waterless method on those areas even without a pre-rinse.

I used 8x 360 GSM Plush MF towels for paint and 2x Sam`s Club MY towels for wheel, tire, wheel wells, & license plates.

I used 16 oz of solution for the whole van.

Footnotes:
Tried UWW+ finally and loved it.

Pros:
- Great cleaning power.
- Super slick feeling.
- Great smell. Bubblegum?

Cons:
- Amount of laundry to do after.
- I waited this long to try it.

Thoughts:
I`m assuming an Eraser wipe down would be necessary before applying a spray sealant such as CarPro Reload for maximum adhesion as UWW+ leaves behind protection from what I read.

Can it be used as a clay lubricant? I don`t see why not.

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It really is an amazing and versatile product. I have used it for rinseless and waterless washes and it was was my "go to" for wiping down my garage queens until I found Meguiars D115.
 
Its one of the few products I buy over and over again.
 
So how about a review for the Whips salt remover? There's a lot of salt here in Buffalo right now
 
I use UWW+ like it going out of style.

I've gone from 2/4 full washes a month down to 1/2 a month. I was strictly a waterless guy, but I'm starting to really like rinseless.

I really would like to try ONR and D115 but one bottle of UWW+ last me so long (about 6months) it's like why bother and be disappointed and the diution rate fugettaboutit...

I wonder if there's a way to get my hands on a sample of ONR or D115. (hint hint anybody listening)
 
Never used it as a clay lubricant, but I've used it as a pre-soak for rinseless wash.
 
also curious about the Whip's. am so close to buying a gallon.
 
Britsdaddy said:
So how about a review for the Whips salt remover? There's a lot of salt here in Buffalo right now
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builthatch said:
also curious about the Whip's. am so close to buying a gallon.
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I can post a review thread later. But I don't want to step on anyone's toes here on Autogeek I'll just say that if you Google it, there is videos out by the company.
 
Sicktred08fsi said:
I can post a review thread later. But I don't want to step on anyone's toes here on Autogeek I'll just say that if you Google it, there is videos out by the company.
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you mean because they don't offer it? don't worry about that! imo chatter about stuff like that is what gets their radar buzzing.

Microfiber Madness is discussed a lot and that stuff isn't available here.
 
UWW+ is a great product. For the last couple of years my truck has had BFWD as LSP. I have used ONR and UWW, rinseless, which both worked great. About a month ago, I clayed and light polished my truck, sealant was dead. I have had the paint guard plus sitting around, never opened, so I put that on, 4 coats. Last week I did a rinseless with UWW+ and WOW! Cleaned up so easy, like the 2 were made for each other HA! Those 2 together make a big difference cleaning my avalanche. Less time, less effort. Very impressed
 
Im curious what was your pre-rinse and bucket mix ratios? You just use a big 1 or 2 gal sprayer for your pre-rinse? Nice review and thanks!
 
I used it as waterless, not rinseless spoocobra. I mixed 1 oz to 22 oz of water per directions. I then pre soaked panel and primed my towel and wiped in S motion. I then buffed panel with separate MF towel.
 
Sicktred08fsi said:
I used it as waterless, not rinseless spoocobra. I mixed 1 oz to 22 oz of water per directions. I then pre soaked panel and primed my towel and wiped in S motion. I then buffed panel with separate MF towel.
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Got ya. Thanks! And by "priming" your towel you just spray the mf down with your pre-rinse solution yeah?

Thanks!!
 
Sicktred08fsi said:
I used it as waterless, not rinseless spoocobra. I mixed 1 oz to 22 oz of water per directions. I then pre soaked panel and primed my towel and wiped in S motion. I then buffed panel with separate MF towel.
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I wouldn't wipe in S motions with waterless washes. If this is your first attempt at waterless method, you're forgiven. :) You just don't want the dirt you've picked up to be dragged all across the panel.

Next time, fold the towel into 4. Then try to wipe in one direction only. At the end of the wipe, you'll see the dirt accumulate on the leading edge. Then on the next wipe, lift the leading edge of the towel away from the paint. You'll see a 2nd line of dirt next to the first one. And so on and so forth. Each succeeding wipe creates a line of dirt on the towel. The idea is to be wiping with a clean part of the towel each time, and never re-introducing the dirt you've just lifted back on to the paint. Unfold/refold the towel as each section gets full with dirt. Lower panels are usually dirtier than the rest of the car, and I would stop my wipe midway, and lift the dirty edge for the rest of the wipe.

These days, there's so many ways and variations to doing waterless and rinseless washes. My waterless version is like a mini-rinseless, and it's just one of many. (And one of my rinseless methods is like a waterless on steroids.) This is how I do a waterless wash: I don't prime the towel with a pre-spray, as I don't think it gets wet enough. It's just as easy to have a small bucket of rinseless solution, wet my towels in it, then wringing it so that it's damp but not sopping wet. On the initial pass, I use little to no pressure, its purpose is to just lift loose grime, sediment, etc. Then I re-spray the panel, then I go over it again (new towel), with perceptibly more pressure, and wiping in the other direction. The 3rd pass is drying/buffing (with little pressure) with a dry towel.

If the vehicle is not that dirty (like for a mid-week wash), I skip the 2nd spraying/wiping.

The beauty of having a small bucket of rinseless solution is that you can use it to wash the tires and wheels with a sponge after finishing up the panels. :)
 
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