Waterless Wash Rethink

Texchappy

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It took me quite a while (and a few forum posts) to get comfortable with the idea of ONR. Now I have been using it for a few years and found that it works even with about as dirty as our cars get without marring. I don't know when I last used a hose.

There are still those out there that think ONR HAS to mar. I do most washes with waterless now. I got to thinking...

Is it possible that ww actually can be safer than rinseless or even 2 bucket? Thinking being that it has the highest level of polymers and possible lubricity?
 
Just wondering, what ratio do you use to do ONR waterless wash?
 
I polished my paint last year to 90% correction, then used waterless and rinsless washes ony, except on two occasions where I washed it 2 bucket style. I noticed, just tonight, there are swirls al over my paint. I examined the paint under a parking light at 10 pm. I am extremely carefull when doing any method of washing. Now that I see that swirls, for me, are inevitable I am not impressed with the "safety" of rinseless/washless.
There will be nay sayers to what I just wrote just because they had a different experience.
 
I polished and opti coated my car last summer. After a northern Ontario winter, hardly seen a snowbrush its hammered again


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I'm not a huge fan of waterless washes. But rinseless washes with multiple wash media is as safe as it gets in my experience for a majority of daily drivers.

Excluding mud, excess off-roading, etc...
 
I have a gallon of opticlean I've been using so haven't used ONR as a waterless yet mantighl
 
Texchappy said:
It took me quite a while (and a few forum posts) to get comfortable with the idea of ONR. Now I have been using it for a few years and found that it works even with about as dirty as our cars get without marring. I don't know when I last used a hose.

There are still those out there that think ONR HAS to mar. I do most washes with waterless now. I got to thinking...

Is it possible that ww actually can be safer than rinseless or even 2 bucket? Thinking being that it has the highest level of polymers and possible lubricity?
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Just curious, what color is your vehicle?
 
Have two black ones now. For the majority of the time it was a dark gray and dark green.
 
I am sorry, I believe I misinterpreted your post.

Texchappy said:
It took me quite a while (and a few forum posts) to get comfortable with the idea of ONR. Now I have been using it (it meaning: a waterless wash product, not ONR as a ww) for a few years and found that it works even with about as dirty as our cars get without marring. I don't know when I last used a hose.

There are still those out there that think ONR HAS to mar. I do most washes with waterless now. (I thought you were defending ONR ww here) I got to thinking...

Is it possible that ww actually can be safer than rinseless or even 2 bucket? Thinking being that it has the highest level of polymers and possible lubricity?
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Sorry if I didn't spell it out clearly. Did it on my phone and that sometimes doesn't help me type things out coherently.
 
I use the ONR as much as I can these days on my personal cars, one is red, the other black.
IMO I have less chances of inducing swirls using an ONR wash over a two bucket wash.

Would I do an ONR wash if my cars are really dirty?
Well, sort of, here's what I mean....

I first rinse off the car to remove most of the mud using my electric pressure washer.
Next I spray a mixture of the ONR into a spray bottle over a few panels really, really well then start with the ONR wash, one towel per panel.
Air dry most of the left over water after sheeting then back to my ONR mixture using my sprayer and carefully wipe it down.
My cars look amazing once I'm done.

ONR is the stuff. :)
 
HateSwirls said:
I use the ONR as much as I can these days on my personal cars, one is red, the other black.
IMO I have less chances of inducing swirls using an ONR wash over a two bucket wash.

Would I do an ONR wash if my cars are really dirty?
Well, sort of, here's what I mean....

I first rinse off the car to remove most of the mud using my electric pressure washer.
Next I spray a mixture of the ONR into a spray bottle over a few panels really, really well then start with the ONR wash, one towel per panel.
Air dry most of the left over water after sheeting then back to my ONR mixture using my sprayer and carefully wipe it down.
My cars look amazing once I'm done.

ONR is the stuff. :)
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Couldn't agree with you more!

I've been using rinseless wash since I joined AG over 3 years ago and haven't looked back! I live in an apartment, so a hose isn't available but with that said, if I had a house or condo with garage and hose, I'd use that hose to rinse off the car before hand, rinse out the wheelwells and rinse off the tires and wheels after cleaning them (currently I use a 2 gallon hand pump tank)

As far as waterless wash goes, well, there's a place for it without a doubt, especially with these water restrictions some people have to deal with. I've been using WW for about 6 monthes now, off and on and it too has its place. IMO ifs been dry for days and your car is dusty, its a no-brainer. If your car is dirty from driving in the rain, well, it works well there. Now if you've been driving in the rain for days and its really caked up, well, I'd hit the quarter wash and then use the WW or RW for that matter. Most of us here on AG have such a tremendous base of wax/sealant/coating on the car that it never really gets that dirty unless you go down a dirt and/or gravel road. Case in point, I just did a WW on my car, it had rained 2 days in a row and I used 3 of the GG green WW towels and to be honest, they weren't very dirty when I was done but I used 3 nonetheless, I was shocked!
 
^^^ I have to agree with that previous two post..

If I'm home, hit it with the PW, then WW with multiple towels.

If I'm moble then its rinseless with multiple towels. (Yea I keep about 10 with me at all times)
 
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