#1 Favorite Rinseless Product?

Vote for your Favorite Rinesless!

  • Detailer’s Pro Series Rinseless Wash & Gloss

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash with Carnauba

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Rinseless Wash

    Votes: 3 4.1%

  • Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine

    Votes: 19 25.7%

  • Optimum No Rinse Wash & Wax

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • Adam's Rinseless Car Wash

    Votes: 2 2.7%

  • Meguiars Rinse Free Express Wash (D114)

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • Meguiars Rinse Free Express Wash & Wax (D115)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Duragloss Rinseless Wash

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • Dodo Juice LOW ON EAU

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Turtle Wax T-8 Rinse-Free Wash and Wax

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 8 10.8%

  • Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+

    Votes: 10 13.5%
  • Total voters
    74
  • Poll closed .
Lonnie- Ya know, I'm sorta surprised that I'm the only person who mentioned it! While I haven't tried very many rinseless products, and I'm generally rather harshly negative about the whole topic (I *NEVER* wash with only a rinseless, only use it for the final stage of the wash, even if I'm only cleaning off "garage dust"), this product has *really* impressed me, especially when mixed up at a rather potent concentration. I'll probably quit usint QDs entirely (in favor of IUDJ) if/when I ever use up all my current stockpile.

Note about the stuff it leaves behind- I actually have to watch out for getting it on brake rotors lest it impact my braking performance for a few stops.
 
UWW+ is my favorite from the poll, I use it on my personal vehicles.

D114 is very cost efficient and I use that for my production work along with D115 if I want to give some protection.

My favorite out of all is Garry Dean's IUDJ with Juice Boost. Once UWW+ runs out I'll be ordering a gallon.
 
Has anyone just considered increasing the UWW+ concentration to boost it more when comparing to IUDJ?
 
Bunky said:
I like Poorboy's Spray and Wipe but I do not do rinseless on an entire car. It feels more substantial than UWW+ but UWW+ definitely gets the best value category and would more likely be used if doing a complete car.
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Bunky, S&W as a rinseless wash? Waterless all day, but rinseless?
 
Accumulator said:
......Note about the stuff it leaves behind- I actually have to watch out for getting it on brake rotors lest it impact my braking performance for a few stops.
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A few years ago when I started to use ONR I pondered if it would interfere with the braking efficiency. In practice I have not seen any difference with the brakes. My guess is whilst ONR or indeed many other shampoos may leave a small amount of protection for paint, all of them can easily be removed by any polish. The braking action would be vastly more aggressive than any paint polish and would instantly remove everything. I would suspect that any product which is not on the brake disc face would very quickly vanish by the action of the heat.

I am not trying to talk you into cleaning your wheels with ONR or any alternative product but simply to say I think it is a safe product
 

I have used nearly every product listed on the this list and few others not on here. (Adams, Dodo, Turtle)


While most of them are very good a few stand out above the rest IMO. So I had to vote other as I use different washes in different situations.



Pinnacle Liquid Gloss Rinseless Wash with Carnauba
This is great for your summer / weekend toy that is protected with a nuba wax. It adds the gloss and slickness most are looking for. But IMO it is a little light on the cleaning abilty thus my use on the weekend toy that never really gets dirty.​

BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Rinseless Wash
This is a nice one, but it didn't really stand out over any others.​

ONR / ONRWW
These are the benchmark for a good rinseless IMO. They just flat out work and are always in my stock and in use.​

Meguiars Rinse Free Express Wash (D114)
I like this one for coated cars or if you don't want to add any extra gloss. But I have one that is a little better IMO.​

Meguiars Rinse Free Express Wash & Wax (D115)
This is nice. But IMO it is more of a waterless wash do to it dilution and use.​

Duragloss Rinseless Wash
This is nice and on par with ONR IMO.​

Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+
I still prefer UWWP as a waterless. But it is the best all around IMO and hard to beat. I like it so much I buy it buy the gallon.​

Wolfs Mean Green
This is IMO one of the best rinseless washes out there. I like the fact it leaves nothing behind and it is extremely slick while washing. Seriously at the top of my list.​
 
I chose Adam's because it's very concentrated and fairly cost effective. One ounce is plenty for 2-3 gallons of rinseless, or 1 16oz bottle makes 2 gallons of waterless. That's nowhere near as good as UWW+, but I think the Adam's feels slicker. It just works well.
 
I love megs RFEW. Haven't found anything that actually releases dirt from your wash media better than RFEW. I actually like to add an ounce or two to my rinse bucket when doing a regular wash to help release dirt.

I also kinda like how it suds up a little bit
 
Lowejackson- The effect that the IUDJ had on my brakes (from gettting what must've been a fair bit of it on the rotors) was surprisingly dramatic. WAY more severe than I would've ever imagined.

And I used to clean wheels with ONR (v2.0) between washes, but it seemed to react badly with my brake pads, making subsequent cleanups a terrible chore. No such problems with the IUDJ.
 
Accumulator said:
Lowejackson- The effect that the IUDJ had on my brakes (from gettting what must've been a fair bit of it on the rotors) was surprisingly dramatic. WAY more severe than I would've ever imagined.

And I used to clean wheels with ONR (v2.0) between washes, but it seemed to react badly with my brake pads, making subsequent cleanups a terrible chore. No such problems with the IUDJ.
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Is this the board hair brush you use for your traditional washes? Montana brush...

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NO, that's *not* the one I use.

I use their conventional (no hole-for-pole) ones, both the regular one (sold by Autogeek as the "Montana") and their softer "blonde" one (sold on the Universal Brush website).

The ones made for the pole don't seem as soft and I find the longer bristles are *not* a benefit for what I do.
 
Accumulator said:
Lowejackson- The effect that the IUDJ had on my brakes (from gettting what must've been a fair bit of it on the rotors) was surprisingly dramatic. WAY more severe than I would've ever imagined.

And I used to clean wheels with ONR (v2.0) between washes, but it seemed to react badly with my brake pads, making subsequent cleanups a terrible chore. No such problems with the IUDJ.
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Cannot remember reading any similar problems to this but I guess it just goes to show there is no single universal product.

On a side note, it is nice to be reading your posts again
 
Lowejackson- Thanks, nice to be appreciated :D

When I posted about the ONR-brakedust subesequent cleaning thing, Ketcham (where is he anyhow?) said something to the effect that "if I knew more about the polymers in ONR then I wouldn't have been surprised". But of course I don't know about such stuff and I certainly *was* surprised since *SO* many people use ONR for stuff like this with no reports of issues like mine.

Heh heh, seemed like everything I tried, detailing-wise, with ONR bit me! I'm using up my gallon of it for household jobs and it's working out great for that...so for the record I'm no ONR-hater.
 
Accumulator said:
Lonnie- Ya know, I'm sorta surprised that I'm the only person who mentioned it! While I haven't tried very many rinseless products, and I'm generally rather harshly negative about the whole topic (I *NEVER* wash with only a rinseless, only use it for the final stage of the wash, even if I'm only cleaning off "garage dust"), this product has *really* impressed me, especially when mixed up at a rather potent concentration. I'll probably quit usint QDs entirely (in favor of IUDJ) if/when I ever use up all my current stockpile.

Note about the stuff it leaves behind- I actually have to watch out for getting it on brake rotors lest it impact my braking performance for a few stops.
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I would say that the "surprise" is because most do-it-your-selfers simply have not tried IUDJ due to its expense. I am not saying it's not worth the price of admission. It's just that I, for one, am a frugal (AKA, cheap) detailer and feel there are more cost-effective rinseless washes that can be used. That's not to say I would not like to try UIDJ and see for myself the results and how good really is. I have always valued and respected your opinion(s) on any product(s) you have or are using.

By the way, what dilution ration of water-to-IUDJ do you use for:
1) Washing
2) As a "quick-detailer" spray
 
Lonnie- Yeah, I have to chuckle about how I happily pay throught the nose for some things but can be such a cheapskate when it comes to others!

I'd be interested to hear how fans of other/cheaper rinseless products feel about the IUDJ, I'm just basically in the "not broken, don't fix" mindset about it. Plus I like supporting Garry, especially given my customer service experience with him.

With the IUDJ, I mix it roughly (I'm none too precise about it, erring on the side of "stronger") as follows:

1) Washing- 2 oz. IUDJ/1 gallon water
2) QDing- 3 oz./1 gallon water

Note that things are awfully clean by the time I use it for washing, so much so that I might oughta put that "washing" in scare-quotes. It's not like my wash medium looks soiled after I've used it. And I'm currently using distilled water instead of deionized...just got into the habit when my CRS was basically retired for the non-Winter months (didn't want to recharge it until it'd be in regular use).
 
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