Waterless = the future of the industry?

Although the city inspector hasn't come by lately, i'm not suppose to be washing

cars in my shop (San Fernando Valley, CA). I sitll do, but sparingly. ONR sounds

like the ticket. And seeing how some of the pros do well with it, i should too. It's

sounds efficient, cost effective and environmentally sound. Just need a good

local supplier. Or maybe i'll become one... Hmm... :wink:
 
Flashtime said:
Although the city inspector hasn't come by lately, i'm not suppose to be washing

cars in my shop (San Fernando Valley, CA). I sitll do, but sparingly. ONR sounds

like the ticket. And seeing how some of the pros do well with it, i should too. It's

sounds efficient, cost effective and environmentally sound. Just need a good

local supplier. Or maybe i'll become one... Hmm... :wink:
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At the very least, in the absence of water restrictions, ONR would still be a great way to wash the car after compounding.
 
I really see these types of washes becoming more of the norm with all of the environmental restrictions being passed and the states that have the water restrictions as well.The rinse less wash are so easy and just make sense. So much less cleanup and just so plain easy to use.On an extremely dirty car I just mix up a batch in a 1 gallon chemical sprayer and pre soak the body ,wheel wells and rims and tires and go from there.I was a skeptic too.But I always see that Scottwax and several others that I have high regards for was using this exclusively with great success and gave it a whirl .Now I wish I would have tried it sooner.
 
Heathenbrewing said:
Back from the dead thread.....:shocked



Well, for the past few months I have been using ONR and my final thoughts....









A fantastic, safe product! Heres a review I did on another site:



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I am no longer allowed to use a hose when washing my box in my new apartment. After some initial hesitation, I decided to look into Optimum No Rinse. I read reviews of it on the autopia forum, I saw it in action on youtube. I took the plunge.



I have to admit I was very, VERY skeptical about using this product, since I'm so used to the regular hose and multi-bucket wash. But, thanks to the folks on autopia (bunch of brain-washers :D I decided to give it a try. I followed the instructions on the bottle of ONR as they said, 1 oz of ONR into 2 gallons of H2O. You can even make your own QD with it as well. It does cost about $40 for the gallon, shipped, but that will give you about 120 washes. It comes in smallervolumes as well.



I started doing one panel at a time from top to bottom. I couldn't believe the slickness this product has, and how easy was to glide around using a sheepskin mitt. I did the roof, glass, hood, upper and lower sides, then the trunk and bumpers. I do fill up a spray bottle from my wash bucket to spray on the paint as a sort of pre-treatment. I do a single swipe on the lower sides to loosen what I consider the dirtiest part of the car. Then grab another MF sponge for another pass and finish with a clean MF towel to dry. I end up using about 8 MF towels to dry, and I clean and dry 1 section at a time. At the end of all this, it was like it was like when I used my regular 4 bucket method, but with a lot less water, less clean-up and a lot faster!



Final about this product: AWESOME! I still recommend it only when the car is well maintained. I know some people push the limits and beyond of this product, but I'm in the safe side of everything, so I'll only do it on clean to light/medium dirty cars. Highly recommend it and super easy to use! Even my car duster glides over the paint easier now.



Believe me, I am extremely an@l when it comes to protecting my paint. ONR is high quality and 100% safe.
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Hey Heathenbrewing!! I read this over @ Clubxb...folks over here might find it strange that you wash your "box"!!



I recently joined Clubxb, I bought a 2006 RS4 Torched Penny, I LOVE it, I'm really enjoying the forum over there.



Take care, ONR and Toasters RULE!! :2thumbs:
 
I just recently used QEW for the first time.I was more than pleased.No more dragging the hose out and water all over. The ability to wash the car in the regular homeowner garage,not to mention too me anyway a better looking vehicle in the process.



--- saves time



--- saves water



--- use in cold weather when hose would be frozen



--- uses less product



--- IMO looks better with less effort
 
BRODEY1 said:
Hey Heathenbrewing!! I read this over @ Clubxb...folks over here might find it strange that you wash your "box"!!:
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Why? What guy doesnt like a clean box? ;)



BRODEY1 said:
I recently joined Clubxb, I bought a 2006 RS4 Torched Penny, I LOVE it, I'm really enjoying the forum over there.



Take care, ONR and Toasters RULE!! :2thumbs:
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Make sure you check out scionlife.com as well. A bit more hostile, but theres a great Tech section if you are into modding your ride.



Na Zdrowie!
 
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