Bucketless car wash
If you hate washing your car as much as I do, you may want to check out Green Earth Waterless Car Wash from Lucky Earth Products. From the CNET’s Crave blog:
The compound–made out of water, coconut extracts, silicone, and a bit of salt–gets misted onto your car. Once there, it attracts dirt via electrostatic principles and encapsulates it. The owner then wipes their car with a soft cloth.
A $20 jug containing 32 ounces of the liquid is good for about 10 car washes. Additionally, the company has liquids for cleaning tires (Tire Shine) and stains (Oopsie Baby).
The race car circuit uses a similar method for washing their cars, explained Tamara Garcia, a Lucky Earth representative. The company basically took the idea but came up with a cleaning formula that is made from more environmentally friendly substances.
So you can get rid of your bucket, sponges, and shammies and simply spray your car clean.
(via Crave)
Posted by Matt on Dec 18, 2007 |
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Posted by Julie - 12/18/2007
I pay about $15 a car wash to wash my high maintenance (nothing but soft-cloth) import. I also don’t even have the option of a bucket wash, as I live in an apartment. This is SO going on my to-buy list!
Posted by Martin - 12/18/2007
I’m a little off-put by the idea of spraying salt in any form on the car. We up in Canada know what THAT does to a car after a few winters…
Posted by Karen in the northland - 12/18/2007
I wonder how it works in cold weather? It may be asking too much to expect it to work in the cold but that would be great.
Posted by Elivs - 12/18/2007
Seems that this may work for dusty cars, but how could it possibly handle mud, winter salt, summer stuck-on bugs, etc. I don’t see a soft cloth taking any of that off my car. Sometimes even a rough sponge and lots of harmful soap won’t even take the bugs off.
Posted by Colin - 12/18/2007
To be honest, I’d be worried about wreaking havoc with the paint job on the car if that didn’t work – it would be like using low-grit sandpaper.
But then I’m okay with a filthy car.
Posted by Tim - 12/18/2007
When washing your car, rinsing with water is done to carry away the dirt and contaminants. With all that crud still held in suspension with this product, wiping with a cloth will work scratches into the paint and clear coat. Just wash your car in your yard or a friends yard. That way you water your lawn and the water is not wasted.
Posted by TallDave - 12/18/2007
c’mon peoples… unclutterer even provided a link
check it http://www.greenearthcarwash.com/faq.html
Posted by Deb - 12/19/2007
Why in the world would you want to spray salt on your car?
Posted by Fazed Reality - 12/19/2007
I take my car to the carwash about once in two months. According to my friends I might have the cleanest car of us all…
I can’t wash it better than the carwash so I don’t even bother anymore.
Posted by devil - 12/20/2007
Back in the mid-1990s, my in-laws used to sell stuff like this. If this product is like theirs was, it does clean the car safely without water. But it gets into the crevices and takes forever to get out. We traded in our last car with some of that gunk still stuck in spaces (it’s really obvious too).
It didn’t really save time, but it was nice that we didn’t have to move our cars out of the garage to clean them (we lived in a condo back then). Just don’t get the spray into the crevices of your car.
Posted by Jill - 12/21/2007
Umm… yeah.
It’s a neat idea on the surface, but I have salt and road grit underneath my car and in the wheel wells. I’ll use plain water in a hose, thanks.
Posted by Mike N. - 01/02/2008
An alternative waterless car wash is Dri Wash & Guard. I use (and sell) the entire line of Dri Wash products and find them to be some of the best working environmentally friendly products on the market. If you live in California, I can send you a free one once sample. http://www.h20less.com/
Posted by charlie - 05/28/2008
I used this stuff, it works only on clean cars.
I tried it on my car when it was dirty, with actual
grime, all this stuff did was, move the dirt from one area to another. It got under the molding and was hard to remove.
Two thumbs down!.
Posted by falnfenix - 12/21/2008
as someone who used to work in a body shop, i can’t recommend a product like this. it does wreak havoc on a car’s paint job, and a full wetsand on the car just to buff out those scratches isn’t cheap!
Posted by Andrew - 12/23/2008
Yeah, up in Canada when you have to go the winter without washing your car, I somehow don’t think that it would take off the 4 months of white road salt
Posted by Oliver - 12/23/2008
meh.
Why bother washing your car at all. Just live in someplace that gets frequent enough rain.
Or sell the car.
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