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11Thumper 10-17-2011 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1363151)
alcheng- while no-rinse is great for appearance, you will still want to get the undercarriage washed. be like having a pretty girl with dirty underwear. yikes.. :icon14:

You seem a little too picky with the ladies. ;)

gurneyeagle 10-17-2011 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1363208)
Ride a bike.

Anyway, there're some cities has banned car-wash on drive way, here Toronto is one of them. I haven't heard of anyone getting a ticket but my friend told me they set this law couple years ago.

It's like the city doesn't want the chemical liquid goes into the household drainage, thus those chemical will goes to the lake before it got filtered properly.

We are under water restrictions in Houston right now, and I 've got a nazi stormtrooper environmentalist for a neighbor. To save aggravation, I have been using a California duster and spray on waterless car wash. Seems to be okay, especially since I wax heavily.

The whole situation is rather stupid since I have to wash the rags by themselves. The washer probably uses more water than me using a bucket to wash my car.

onzedge 10-17-2011 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1363217)
You seem a little too picky with the ladies. ;)

:icon17:

phelan 10-17-2011 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 1363224)
We are under water restrictions in Houston right now, and I 've got a nazi stormtrooper environmentalist for a neighbor. To save aggravation, I have been using a California duster and spray on waterless car wash. Seems to be okay, especially since I wax heavily.

The whole situation is rather stupid since I have to wash the rags by themselves. The washer probably uses more water than me using a bucket to wash my car.

oof, california duster. helloooooo, scratches.

kenchan 10-17-2011 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RunNgun (Post 1363215)
Is it pretty much accepted that touchless car washes are the best + easiest way to wash your car today?

no. i dont use touchless wash because it doenst clean well enough, or the pressure is too high and strips off wax.

kenchan 10-17-2011 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1363263)
oof, california duster. helloooooo, scratches.

they're fine if there's plenty of wax/sealant under the dust and the panels have not been exposed to rain or dew.

didymus 10-17-2011 03:11 PM

I use Optimum No-Rinse, one of the more popular of this type product

zcar_dad 10-17-2011 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RunNgun (Post 1363215)
Is it pretty much accepted that touchless car washes are the best + easiest way to wash your car today?

Except if you have a Nismo - the water pressure is not recommended for the big wing. I guess wind is better than water.

ddvette9 10-17-2011 03:17 PM

OP, depends on your color. I live in Florida which has awful sunshine and rainstorms year round. I am fanatical about cleaning my car weekly at the minimum and I have had my car for over 2 years. While I wash with water and soap 90% of the time, I have starting using extremely soft beach towels and high quality micro fibers and over lubricating the paint for a "waterless car wash". My silver paint has never looked better and I have been tracking scratches under gas station lighting at night (which is deadly) and while this may not be the ideal option, its been sufficient so far.

Point is, if you car is a little dirty and you have one of the lighter colors of our car, don't beat yourself up if you use a really high quality 1/2 & 1/2 water and detailer mix and a high quality towel to clean your ride in needy circumstances. These aren't 1920s fords in a museum where the paint needs to be treated better than human life. Take my advice or leave it but I have preformed a waterless wash on my silver in extreme circumstances and it looks fabulous.

Just my 2 cents :tup:

gurneyeagle 10-17-2011 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1363263)
oof, california duster. helloooooo, scratches.

Not if you follow the advice of the Junkman! :tup:

I have an S-load of wax on the car, and am very careful to drag the fibers in one direction, and never use any downward pressure.

The strands are coated with wax, and supposedly, the dirtier the thing gets, the better it cleans.

Astrosfan 10-17-2011 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1363151)
alcheng- while no-rinse is great for appearance, you will still want to get the undercarriage washed. be like having a pretty girl with dirty underwear. yikes.. :icon14:

but yet, ive never been tempted to smell the undercarriage of my car :happydance:

semtex 10-17-2011 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1363208)
Ride a bike.

Anyway, there're some cities has banned car-wash on drive way, here Toronto is one of them. I haven't heard of anyone getting a ticket but my friend told me they set this law couple years ago.

http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/t...-in-Canada.jpg

kenchan 10-17-2011 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1363217)
You seem a little too picky with the ladies. ;)

:icon18: lol

6MT 10-17-2011 03:34 PM

Aaaa-Choooo!!

alcheng 10-17-2011 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1363337)
:icon18: lol

kenchan, so do you prefer your lady have rust-proof treatment??

lol

:happydance:


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