Mobile detailers ~ QEW??

zesty-man

zesty-man

how do ya like it?
the other week, ranney introduced me to QEW, something ive always wanted to try. anyways, i used it for the first time on my mom's SUV, and i really loved it. i actually felt that it was lifting the dirt off of the vechile. first things first, am i doing this correctly?

1. 2 oz QEW to 2 gallons of water
2. i used 2 sheepskin wash mitts, one was for the "dirtier" part of the car, the other for the cleaner part
3. like always, i had a rinse bucket for my mitts
4. i used some liquid, but not too much. a moderate amount of liquid
5. i dried the car with a waffle weave after about every two panels
6. after i was finished using QEW, i continued by throwing my wash mitts in the washer
for this part, i pretty much followed that thing that was on autopia...

anyways, getting back to the subject, i was wondering..... do you mobile detailers use QEW? this weekend im gonna detail my friend's car at his house, but the problem is, his house is always getting hit by direct sunlight from morning to evening. my plan is just to use some QEW in his garage.

another question. after using QEW, is it safe to clay your car with a lube? for my mom's car, my process was...

QEW
menzerna FP II
rejex sealent (maybe ill do a review on this sometime soon)

i didnt really feel like claying because i had clayed it a month ago. but the point being, its totally sfae to clay after QEW rite? thanks


finally..... i was computing all of this before i went to bed, and heres what i came out with. a gallon of QEW costs about $45 (shipping included). assuming you used about 2 oz of QEW per wash, a gallon of QEW = 64 washes. so that theoretically means, you can wash a car for less than $1.00 and still manage to cut a profit. im still decided wether to buy a gallon of QEW or not. im really starting to fall in love with this product, tho i would have a hard time using it on my dad's car... i would probably use it on every other car however....... thanks for your help!
 
Brief question, why wouldn't you want to wash your dad's car with QEW?

I actually use QEW from time to time and I clay as I wash. You just need to make sure that you have enough wash on the car to serve as a lube. It works for me and I've been told that others use this method as well. QEW really is a great product, especially when there are water restrictions in your area or if you have to do a detail where you can't have water access.
 
I would also put some qew in your rinse bucket if your using that. Otherwise, you will end up diluting your main qew bucket.

You can wash with qew in the sun if needed. I think a little bit of sun helps a bit. Since your washing a pannel and wiping it right off, water spots wont start forming like they would with a regular wash.

Hope this helps :D
 
Labster said:
Brief question, why wouldn't you want to wash your dad's car with QEW?

I actually use QEW from time to time and I clay as I wash. You just need to make sure that you have enough wash on the car to serve as a lube. It works for me and I've been told that others use this method as well. QEW really is a great product, especially when there are water restrictions in your area or if you have to do a detail where you can't have water access.
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my dad's car is black, and if im just planning to wash and put some canuba on, i dont want any accidental marring......


as for the rinse bucket technique, am i doin it wrong. i alwaysd try to make srue that i squeeze out all of the water before putting it back into the QEW bucket
 
zesty-man said:
as for the rinse bucket technique, am i doin it wrong. i alwaysd try to make srue that i squeeze out all of the water before putting it back into the QEW bucket
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That method is fine. If you wanted to be lazy and not have to wring out the mitt as much... they you would need qew in both buckets. Otherwise your fine
 
Whats QEW I've looked in the acronym list bur can't find it.Im not a professional and pretty much a :newbie here but this sound like something I'd like to do to maintain my :car
 
I love using QEW. It makes for a quick, clean job. I also love how it leaves NO residue. If you are maintaining a finish, then your slickness will last to it's full potential.

For clay lube, I put a capful (.25-.50 oz) into a 24 oz spray bottle and the rest water. I think it works great, but I will be trying this method with PB's new wash once I receive.
 
Are you using this product to clean the rims and tires? What about the fender wells.
I Mobil Detail and can't see how this can be good if your doing a complete detail or just a wash and wax. Im setup to Detail anywhere. I have a 100gal. tank. Genrator and pressure washer. I think it would be alot of xtra work if you didnt have a water supply. JMO.
 
Ron: I do the paint first, then glass. Lastly I do the rims, tires, and wells (soap and clean, then rinse with the QEW pad (old one)). I have great success with it.
 
Sweet!I just ordered some AOI and UPP,since QEW has carnuba in it is it ok to use with UPP.In other words will I be able to go back and put another coat of UPP on without having to use AOI again? :dunno



:dcrules I love these smiles
 
Im just having a problem geting my head around this idea. I can rember when I was a kid and my dad would spend two or three years building a Hot Rod. He would do every thing running gear, body and paint, color sand and polish. The cars were show quality. Then he would never wash them. Just use a 5gal. bucket and a chamois to wipe them off. man you should have seen the scraches. Ive tried to change his ways but he still is doing it 25 years later. :nono Im glad I live in another state now.
 
lmnmarang: No carnauba or additives like that in QEW. Its a very lubricated wash that leaves no residue.

Ron: I understand your problem. I thought the same thing before I did it. However, I just add an ounce or two of QD to increase the lubricity even more. It is definatley safe and I wouldn't use it unless it was :)
 
GSRstilez said:
Ron: I understand your problem. I thought the same thing before I did it. However, I just add an ounce or two of QD to increase the lubricity even more. It is definatley safe and I wouldn't use it unless it was :)
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I was also leery about using QEW, but so many experienced detailers reported good results that I decided to give it a try. If it didn't work, I wouldn't use it anymore. However, it does seem to work as long as you use some common sense and a few tricks of the trade. I use the two bucket method, but I put QEW into each bucket. I didn't like the results when just using plain water in the rinse bucket. It just didn't seem slick enough after a few panels, so I assumed that the plain rinse water was diluting the QEW wash water with each dip of the mitt. If the car is filthy, you may need to empty out and refill your buckets with fresh solution once or twice. The same goes for your mitts and drying towels. If they start to look dirty, go get a fresh one. I also like to do a pre-soak by spraying the entire vehicle with Spray & Wipe and letting it soak for a few minutes. This really loosens up the dirt, so QEW has less work to do. I plan to try adding an ounce of S&W to each bucket this winter to see if that will increase lubricity even more. After drying off the QEW, I'll sometimes finish up with a QD spray to pick up any remaining residue.

Note: I still prefer to do a traditional hose/bucket wash whenever feasible, but QEW is a good substitute when the weather or location do not allow for a traditional wash.
 
I'm new to QEW and like it so far. I found the cooler online for a whopping $27. I think I'll stick to buckets unless anyone else has found a multi compartment bucket out there?

Aloha,
Robert
 
ron`s said:
Im just having a problem geting my head around this idea. I can rember when I was a kid and my dad would spend two or three years building a Hot Rod. He would do every thing running gear, body and paint, color sand and polish. The cars were show quality. Then he would never wash them. Just use a 5gal. bucket and a chamois to wipe them off. man you should have seen the scraches. Ive tried to change his ways but he still is doing it 25 years later. :nono Im glad I live in another state now.
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yeah, I'm with you Ron. It's hard to get my head around the idea. I mean, I don't doubt it works because I have it and have used it. But it is a lot more time consuming than the way I would normally wash a car. That's the part I don't get. I would rather wash quickly and efficiently, than take more time. Time is always $$.
 
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