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How many towels for Rinseless Wash?


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Hey guys...

So... for a 'road dusted' car (after a ~100 miles)... Meaning it's just dusty from the road.

 

How many towels do you go through via a Rinseless Wash? I only used two today. I think I maybe using each side too much?

 

How do you decide to flip the towel?

 

Also...FYI...I do a healthy dowsing of Rinseless-Waterless mix via my 32oz Kwazer sprayer. Prob use close to 16oz!!!

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I usually use 5-6.  I almost never do more than one wipe per side (I fold it more than into 4ths). However, after a wipe, there is only one line of dirt, so I get 2-3 wipes per side if one side= the traditional 4 fold.

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I usually use 5-6.  I almost never do more than one wipe per side (I fold it more than into 4ths). However, after a wipe, there is only one line of dirt, so I get 2-3 wipes per side if one side= the traditional 4 fold.

Ok, yeah, I thought I may have been pushing it.

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On my E53 yesterday Phil, I rinsed with a hose to knock any loose dirt/dust off, and used the following:

 

-1 for roof/windshield

-1 for left side (fender, doors, rear quarter)

-1 for right side (fender, doors, rear quarter)

-1 for front bumper, and upper hatch

-1 for lower hatch and lower bumper and lower trims

-1 for door jambs

 

I did my wheels and tires traditionally beforehand (wanted to scrub down the wells/tires real well yesterday), so I didn't use any on the wheels.  However I usually use 1 towel and can clean two wheels with it.  So I'd say 6 is my minimum to get the job done, if the vehicle is really heavily soiled I usually can do with 8 (add 2 if you are doing wheels as well)

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Really variable for me. 2 factors come into play:

 

  1. How dirty is the vehicle I'm cleaning?
  2. How big is the vehicle I'm cleaning?

Not going to use nearly as many towels on a lightly dusty fiat 500 as I would on a filthy yukon denali XL

 

Also remember, you have (if you're folding) tons of sides on each towel that are useful, so one towel should be able to get you a lot of cleaning if you repeat the use on a fresh surface each time.

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Any tips for cleaning wheels during a rinseless or waterless cleaning? The face of my wheels have been plasti dipped but the barrels are factory clear coated. Wheels are always a PITA when it comes to doing a quick wash. I always end up breaking out a wash bucket and then I end up doing the whole car...

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See above for me on my mid-size SUV.  5-6 towels total gets the car done and 1-2 towels for wheels at most.

 

On a larger SUV maybe 1-2 towels more.  I use all sides of the towel before discarding using GDWM.  And 1 waffle weave towel for drying each panel after cleaning it.

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Ok.... so one 'swipe' per side of the folded towel.  I DEFINITELY did NOT do that!  

 

Also... to clarify... I'm asking about the paint.  I don't do the windshield or rear window via Rinseless.  I do them with Glass cleaner after the Rinseless.

 

Also...for the wheels... I'm not counting those towels.  I always do them separately.  

 

So, I'm just thinking about the body panels of the car.

 

I'll try the process with one swipe per side and see how that goes.  

 

Thanks all.

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Trust me you don't need to do one side of the towel per swipe unless the car is FILTHY.

 

Adam's video is pretty good on the Enzo, one towel goes a long way.

 

 

Watch Garry Dean's videos for good, safe, efficient, rinseless washing technique.

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