Eagle car wash in a bottle

parks31

parks31

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Anyone tried this? I have been using it for a couple of months now and have really started to like it. It might be because of the cold weather or that I dont have to use the buckets. I have dilluted it a little and try not to use it on very dirty cars.
 
ive used as a pre soak.


wet the car,

spray it,

spray the car to let the product foam up

let the suds soften the dirt

rinse

begin regular wash.

it also works well for wheels and tires when u have sealed wheels an use water based dressings.
 
I did a white towel test with it. I wet down the car and sprayed the Eagle One Bucketless Wash all over the place. I let that soak for a bit and then started spraying it off. It really looked impressive while I was washing. Loads of suds. This is a great prewash idea if your car is super dirty. After it was washed and waxed I used a few of my white microfibers and I wiped down different areas of the car. The trunk, roof and lower halves of the doors to be specific. Every towel came back dirty. My feeling is that if you use this product as your only tool for washing the car then you are very likely to cause some swirls when you dry. I did this on my not very dirty (one week since last wash with a couple rain storms in between) and it didn't get the car very clean.

One thing I have found it works great for is clay lube. I use an empty Spray and Wipe bottle and fill it 3/4 full of water and then start spraying the Bucketless Wash in. It turns into a slippery lube that works great for clay. I'll keep buying the product for that if nothing else. It does great as a prewash too, but I wouldn't ever feel the car was clean if this was the only method of washing I used.
 
I have been spraying it on the mit and each quarter panel. If you keep the car wet you can wash the car in 5 minutes. I like not having to use the bucket.
 
Just remember that most of the swirls that appear in your paint come from improper washing and drying techniques and/or tools. Cutting corners in those areas isn't always a safe way of going about car care. When you do cut corners by using products that don't require a bucket then you have to pay extra close attention to the results to make sure your process is still correct and you aren't creating problems.
 
I like the idea of using this as a pre-soak. Think I'll pick some up and give it a try. I've been using Bug Squash, which works OK but ends up being expensive to use it extensively.

On the Eagle One web page it says you can do upto 60 cars with 1 25oz bottle. Any of you who have used this do you agree?
 
It wouldn't surprise me. I've been using the same bottle since early this spring and I still have probably a third of the bottle left. 60 cars seems about right for how long it will last.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
It wouldn't surprise me. I've been using the same bottle since early this spring and I still have probably a third of the bottle left. 60 cars seems about right for how long it will last.
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With retail at $5 this seems like an excellent value. Being OTC, I should be able to pick some up early tomorrow at Wal-Mart or Meijers and try it out (as a pre-soak) on my wife's Liberty tomorrow while the weather here is mild (mid to high 40's). :w00t:
 
^^ Not really. It doesn't do anything that pouring regular car wash soap on them prior to washing would do. If you have a serious bug problem then I still suggest using something specificly meant to remove bugs before washing the car. This will probably help soften them up for you a little bit, but it isn't a substitute for a bug/tar remover.
 
Yesterday I picked up some of this at Autozone. $5. The best $5 I've spent towards my car care so far. Used it as a PRE-SOAK and it worked very well. The car had not been bathed in a couple weeks but had been exposed to snow & salt, rain and mud, so it was fairly filthy.

* Wet car down
* Spray Eagle One Car Wash in Bottle on entire auto (many squirts per panel)
* Let stand for a few
* Sprayed down pretty well with moderate light spray to loosen dirt/salt (noticed lots of suds'ng to my surprise)
* Washed via usual 2 bucket, multiple mit method

Since the stuff suds'd so much I spent lots of time rinsing down the surface not only before washing but after washing in order to minimize the likelyhood of soap film. And walla, no soap film!! The water sheeted off and beaded up very well afterward, so obviously it does not affect the wax or sealant layers (exactly as advertised).

I had been using Bug Squash for this purpose, however, not any more. BS is great on bugs, so I will reserve it only for that purpose. I encourage others in nasty weather areas to give this a try. At only $5 OTC, it's worth it.
 
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