Waterless Wash, Detailer's Pride or Poorboy's?

I have been using ONR at 8 ounces per gallon of water as a waterless wash and as a quick detailer and it has been working pretty well. I just spray very little when I am quick detailing, and I spray quite a bit more when I am doing a waterless wash. ONR has pretty darn good cleaning power; when using as a waterless wash I find it's best to use two towels at a time. One towel for wiping and picking up the dirt, and the other towel for drying the area.
 
Emile said:
I have been using ONR at 8 ounces per gallon of water as a waterless wash and as a quick detailer and it has been working pretty well. I just spray very little when I am quick detailing, and I spray quite a bit more when I am doing a waterless wash. ONR has pretty darn good cleaning power; when using as a waterless wash I find it's best to use two towels at a time. One towel for wiping and picking up the dirt, and the other towel for drying the area.
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You almost have me convinced to try your method. :)
Spray & Wipe causes little to no marring and because of that, I hate to get away from it.
FWIW, I often use several towels with S&W if the vehicle is really dirty.
Would you use your mixture on your vehicle if it was as dirty as the one in this link?

How to use Poorboy's Spray and Wipe
 
I've tried ONR at about that ratio for waterless washing and it did an ok job compared to S&W. The major downside to the ONR in that mixture is that it you need to use more towels than S&W, for some reason it doesn't dry as fast and requires more towels to get the paint dry.
 
Charles, I would definitely use that same ONR mixture for the dirt shown in that link, I would just end up going through a whole lot more towels. Budman hit the nail on the head though; using ONR as a waterless wash requires going through a whole lot more towels unless you have some really absorbent microfibers.

I may have to order another 16oz bottle of Poorboy's Spray & Wipe and give it another chance since you get such great results with it.
 
I love the PB S&W I was just looking for something that could do the same with a lower cost. I am going to try the DP 4in1 since it is in BOGO section and wil experiment with the mixture to see what I works.
 
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