It's official: Car washing in my city is now forbidden

[SoCalVicky]

Time to go waterless:


Folks in cold climates have used this approach in garages during the winter for years.

Thank you for sharing this! Great info and since I love in Southern California too, I will start doing this with Sally.

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[joebruin77]

I work for Owner’s Pride and I’m a Mach E owner. We have a great Rinseless Wash that can be used on the inside of your car as well. 1/4 cap of our Eco Wash Concentrate (16 Oz bottle makes 128 liter bottles) in a liter bottle can wash your lightly dirty car. 2 caps in 4 gallons, use your Liter bottle as a pretreat, use your mitt from the bucket to wash the panel and then dry the panel. The process is easier then you think, but we’ve been teaching people for years. Our products are at www.ownerspride.com and you’re welcome to hit me up for instructions and tips how to use it. Interested on where you’re at as we have ceramic installers and detailers all around California.

I recently tried Owner's Pride Eco Wash concentrate and I was very impressed by it. It cleaned really well and I absolutely love the scent of it. The scent is truly addictive and even my wife commented about how good it smells.

Another unique property of OP Eco Wash is that it can be foamed on the car. I used an iK pump foam sprayer to create a nice foam pretreat before doing the rinseless wash. So for you guys who like to break out your foam cannon, you can still enjoy foaming up your car using this rinseless wash from Owner's Pride. For the record, my other favorite rinseless washes such as ONR and Mckees37 do not foam, so this appears to be unique to OP Eco wash.

 

[concept machine]

time to move

 

[NoxEllis]

I recently tried Owner's Pride Eco Wash concentrate and I was very impressed by it. It cleaned really well and I absolutely love the scent of it. The scent is truly addictive and even my wife commented about how good it smells.

Another unique property of OP Eco Wash is that it can be foamed on the car. I used an iK pump foam sprayer to create a nice foam pretreat before doing the rinseless wash. So for you guys who like to break out your foam cannon, you can still enjoy foaming up your car using this rinseless wash from Owner's Pride. For the record,
my other favorite rinseless washes such as ONR and Mckees37 do not foam, so this appears to be unique to OP Eco wash.

I recently tried Owner's Pride Eco Wash concentrate and I was very impressed by it. It cleaned really well and I absolutely love the scent of it. The scent is truly addictive and even my wife commented about how good it smells.

Another unique property of OP Eco Wash is that it can be foamed on the car. I used an iK pump foam sprayer to create a nice foam pretreat before doing the rinseless wash. So for you guys who like to break out your foam cannon, you can still enjoy foaming up your car using this rinseless wash from Owner's Pride. For the record, my other favorite rinseless washes such as ONR and Mckees37 do not foam, so this appears to be unique to OP Eco wash.

Thanks for trying it! Yes, the chemist (who used to be the lead chemist at Turtle Wax) we worked with to develop it, has said with enough emulsifiers in it, if you agitate them, they foam. Works great in a foam cannon. The emulsifiers just want to pull up the dirt/stain. In the mix form, get a regular microfiber damp with it and wipe down all of your interior with it. It’s PH balanced so it doesn’t harm anything.

 

[intensifi]

Get yourself a California duster brush and the Meguiars detailer spray, just wanna get the surface dirt off before you use the spray so you don’t get swirls

No!!!!!

ceramic coat a clean and clayed car.

any brush is a “scratch installation tool”!

 

[ahg]

Don’t worry - no way I’d ever move to the left coast (well, maybe Guam or possibly HI ). Maybe you could send some of your water south though? I think your friends in CA would appreciate it

Lok up North American Water and Power Alliance

 

[Jimrpa]

Lok up North American Water and Power Alliance

Larry Niven wrote a novel about a future Los Angeles where they towed icebergs into the harbor for drinking water. Apparently, speculative fiction authors came up with lots of solutions a long time ago

 

[Chuck]

Larry Niven wrote a novel about a future Los Angeles where they towed icebergs into the harbor for drinking water. Apparently, speculative fiction authors came up with lots of solutions a long time ago

I've read all of his books and was a huge fan. Until I met him at a book signing. Turns out that he's a big jerk.

 

[strangeengine]

I've read all of his books and was a huge fan. Until I met him at a book signing. Turns out that he's a big jerk.

That sucks.

Ahh, well - his books kind of went to shit later in his career anyway.

 

[Jimrpa]

I've read all of his books and was a huge fan. Until I met him at a book signing. Turns out that he's a big jerk.

Wow! Really? How so. I’m a huge fan.

 

[MailGuy]

I did my first no rinse wash today. I have to say it was a little nerve wrecking to draw that towel across the car without first rinsing the car or sudsing the rag. But it actually worked and I think (hope) I did not do lasting damage to the finish. I am quite pleased with the results. Total water consumption, two gallons. I took these photos just as the sun was starting to peak over neighborhood roof tops.

 

[yngwenli]

It'd be more fair if everyone just had a set water allocation and people can choose to use it however they wanted. What if someone wanted to skip a week of showers instead to save water or get rid of their grass, etc, but still wash their car?

It's sorta like if a water miser only used 5 units when the average is 10 units, but they still get dinged and penalized even though they conserve normally in other ways.

I've noticed not many people even wash their cars anymore themselves in the driveway anymore compared to the old days.

The main culprits are still the agriculture industry like that almond example.

 

[OrangerGT]

I did my first no rinse wash today. I have to say it was a little nerve wrecking to draw that towel across the car without first rinsing the car or sudsing the rag. But it actually worked and I think (hope) I did not do lasting damage to the finish. I am quite pleased with the results. Total water consumption, two gallons. I took these photos just as the sun was starting to peak over neighborhood roof tops.

We are in the Bay Area and have similar no-car-wash restrictions. We recently came back from a 1900 mile road trip and did a rinseless wash with ONR and it did a great job. I was very impressed. We also only used 2 gallons and those two gallons ended up watering some bushes afterwards anyway!

 

[Regularmache]

How does this work of your car is really dusty from dirt road?

 

[joebruin77]

How does this work of your car is really dusty from dirt road?

I find that a rinseless wash with ONR is still safe and effective on a dusty car. The key step is to put some ONR solution in a spray bottle or garden sprayer. Then take this and pretreat the area you are washing by first spraying the ONR solution. Let it dwell on the cool paint out of the sun. Then after 1-2 min, proceed with the rinseless wash.

The only time I would still do a traditional wash instead of a rinseless wash is if there is caked on mud or very heavy dirt.

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