PbFoot

Has anyone here tried the new Mr. Clean no dry car wash yet?

MikeN

Got one in the garage, waiting to try it out on my daily driver......will most likely never use it on the GT.......but the water rinse part with the filtering
may get a trial or two on it.......

AO

tried it on the minivan a few weeks back. Seemed to work okay. Won't really know until it warms up though (It snowed yesterday here in Michigan). Will let you know as soon as I find out.

LarryM

I was going to wait and post a picture or 2 to show my experience.
I tried it out the last 2 weekends. We've had a few good sunny weekends here.

Here's what I noticed. For my Black GMC Z71 It works great,,, but it's a truck and I treat it like a truck. I see some streaks no matter how long I rince it. If there is any of their soap left on the vehicle you will see it streak. On the 928 I couldn't keep the "Under the Tail light water" from streaking the back bumper. It looks just like soap on the paint. That flat look. Also it's not easy to wipe off with a damp towel,, like the Turtle wax wash is.

One more thing I noticed,, Which I throughly do not like. I live in a rather rainy area of the country where sometimes we'll have weeks of rain. It's common for us to have 1 to 10 inches in a half day. So that said this product will leave its water sheeting chemicals behind. You guessed it if you drive in a rainy area. It's real hard to see through a windshield that has a continuious sheet of water on it. Kind of blurry. No beads like Rain X or wax. When the wipers cycle you have about a 1 to 3 inch clear spot behind them. Then the water sheets back together. This prompted me to quickly reclean my glass.

I'll keep using it on the body of the truck and for its water filtering ability. The nozzle is pretty good, but I'll go back to the old standby, Turtle Wax car wash.

Larry

Scott MacDonald

I had recently Googled this product and found an interesting thread on the BMW forum at:

bmwboard.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3297

Haven't tried it yet, but for $20, it may be worth a try. I hate drying cars, and frequently end up with spots anyway!

Scott

Bill Coleman

The BMW thread was pretty interesting. Sounds like it might actually work. With 5 cars to wash I'll definately be trying it.

BTW when I tried to get the $5 coupons I got the message "Sorry, we are currently all out of coupons. Please try back later." I guess they have to print up some more virtual coupons?

Andrew, did you get your's locally?

Randy V

I've seen this product advertised and was immediately dubious of their claims of a spot-free rinse that doesn't require drying with absorbent towels or a chamois. Here's why -

This product uses a water filter (by PUR, I believe). However, the main cause of water spotting is not particulates in the water that can be filtered out, but rather DISSOLVED minerals that are completely unaffected by filtering.

In order to achieve a true spot-free rinse, the rinsate must first pass through a water deionization process, or at least a reverse osmosis membrane (this will remove most, but not all dissolved minerals).

I'll bet that the water filter on this unit doesn't do much, and that any 'spot free' results are directly attributable to a chemical water-sheeting additive in the cleaning soap - much like what is used in dishwasher detergents that claim to be 'spot-free'.

saxapeeel

i tried it last week, and yes, if you miss a little bit of soap, it sucks ***. it leaves these horrible streaks that are nearly impossible to get off, and the spot free rinse barely pours out of the nozzle, ergo, if you live in arizona, and by the time you finish one side of the car, the rest of the car is already dried and streaky from he regular water evaporating. car wax seems to take the streaks right out though, so it isnt that big a deal if you are going to wax anyways.

Scott MacDonald

Randy,
I, too, am skeptical.
What's the downside of "chemical water-sheeting additives", if that is indeed what makes this product (supposedly) work? I will confess to being a dual purpose "road and track" driver, certainly NOT a concours guy (I'd rather being driving than cleaning), and wouldn't mind finding a product that makes washing easier. Heck, I'd go through a car wash if my front spoiler would clear the thing! I know, BLASPHEMY!!!!!
Scott

borland

One of the advantages of using a hard water rinse, is that you need to shammy the whole car down to avoid spots. Doing so, removes dirt left from the soap and sponge portion of the wash. Some places like inside the rear hatch and doors can’t easily be washed with the soap and sponge, so they are best dried with the shammy.

So what looks like a step saver, is not actually a step saver, but an easy way to do a crummy job. I'll stick to hard water rinse.

Anyone try the Power Shammy….

http://www.windtrax.com/featured_pro...wer_Shammy.asp

Simon Jester

I used it on my wife's Boxster and on my Blazer. I think for the Blazer it's a great idea. Drying the Blazer is like Elephant washing. Too much work and the Elephant doesn't look that much different after.

It does dry completely spot free after. You DO have to clean the windscreens because of the sheeting effect, though.

I prefer to use a traditional method on the Porsche, rinse-wash-rinse-chamois-wax (if needed). I will continue to do them this way.

So, I think it's a great idea for bigger cars that don't have to have a showroom sheen.

AO

Bill-

I got mine at Target in Canton.

Bill Coleman

Thanks Andrew - I'll look there for it.

Now if the weather will just warm up a bit!

Glen McCartney

I'll stick with the old bucket of water and carwash. The best item I found for drying, much better than any chamois I ever owned is the P21 drying towel. The thing is amazing in sucking up the water and not leaving streaks. Definitely worth it.

Lex Seabre

Been using it the last few washings. It,s not perfect, but better than a plain rinse. My car is black and it saves me alot of work. It fills the gap between an afternoon of cleaning and waxing and a quick hose down.