{"id":162,"date":"2010-12-12T01:13:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T06:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/waterless-wash\/"},"modified":"2010-12-12T01:33:52","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T06:33:52","slug":"waterless-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/waterless-wash\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterless Wash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn New England, it’s impossible to keep your car clean for almost half the year\u2014 freezing weather, snow, salt, and grimy roads are stacked against you. With a tree covering my cars instead of a garage, birds really have their way with them. And frankly I just haven’t had the time to give them the attention they need. But the car care industry never stops innovating, and now they’ve come up with the “waterless spray wash.”<\/p>\n

Available from Griots, Autopia, and others, the product is somewhat like a lubricating quick detailer with some wax as well. Unfortunately it is still water-based, so no washing below freezing, but it sure beats dunking your hand in a bucket of chilly water on a cold day. It is also potentially useful for a quick freshening say before a car meet, or while you’re off for a few days. In the past I dragged all my car washing equipment up to MINIsOnTop, here all that’s needed is a spray bottle and some microfiber.<\/p>\n

I tried Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+<\/A>, mostly for its cheaper price. I easily following the Instructions to mix a bottle from the concentrate. As I had a ton of heavy bird droppings, I instead went over with a very high-pile MF towel first. It works just like it says: spray on, and everything wipes away, transferring the dirt to the towel. For the most part it dries without streaking too.<\/p>\n

While I thought this would be more of an experiment, I realized I will be using this a lot. It’s been years since I had the time to do a bucket wash every week, I sometimes goe months before dragging everything out. Now I can quickly and easily refresh both cars in between real washes with minimal time and effort. Of course, nothing beats a real wash, especially if you are going to wax afterwards.
\nHere are some before and after shots:<\/p>\n

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I went through about a quarter bottle per car, and of course at least one microfiber towel is needed per use. So be sure to have plenty of towels and solution. At Autopia, they have a Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+ concentrate kit<\/A>, however I would recommend the much higher-pile Carrand “Microfiber MAX” Soft Touch Detailing Towel<\/A> over the Ultima towel. Griot’s has the full line of their Spray-On Car Wash on their web site<\/A> or you can get the Griot’s Kit from Amazon.<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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