Comments on: Bucketless car wash

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:42:55 +0000

meh.

Why bother washing your car at all. Just live in someplace that gets frequent enough rain.

Or sell the car.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:53:05 +0000

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

By: falnfenix

falnfenix — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:04:11 +0000

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!

By: charlie

charlie — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:34:49 +0000

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!.

By: Mike N.

Mike N. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:51:43 +0000

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/

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:54:58 +0000

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.

By: devil

devil — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:55:03 +0000

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.

By: Fazed Reality

Fazed Reality — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:12:52 +0000

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.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:41:35 +0000

Why in the world would you want to spray salt on your car?

By: TallDave

TallDave — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:11:16 +0000

c’mon peoples… unclutterer even provided a link

check it http://www.greenearthcarwash.com/faq.html

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:22:55 +0000

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.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:37:34 +0000

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.

By: Elivs

Elivs — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:34:31 +0000

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.

By: Karen in the northland

Karen in the northland — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:03:07 +0000

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.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:27:13 +0000

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…

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:21:59 +0000

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!