Water Ban in Allentown PA!!!!!!!!!!

[bobfred44]

Ok, so our local authority has just notified us that we can no longer wash our cars starting June 1. I can explain how screwed up our government is in Allentown (Lehigh Valley) Pa. and Pennsylvania but that is not what this forum is for. I need to continue to wash my three cars on a weekly basis to keep that new detail look all summer. I just detailed all three cars topping them off with APW and now this news. Well, I have a plan and need all you experts to lend your advice. Free advice in Pa is still tax free but I am sure that will change soon. After all, the newest industry in the Lehigh Valley just opened today which is said to help bail us out of Pa's budget deficit. It is "Legalized Gambling" and the casino was built on the sight of the old Bethlehem Steel Mills. Our economy is in trouble. Oh, sorry, back to my plan:

 

1. Buy one more Adams buckets with grid. I already have one.

2. Fill on bucket with Adasm soap and was mitt. The second one fill with plain water. Screw on lids and pack the buckets and Adams green wheel cleaner, brushes, APC, DS, a few MFT and MF drying towels into my vehicle

3. Head to my local car wash about 6 am Saturday mornings. 6 AM becuase buckets are not allowed and I don't what the buckets cop or cash wash cops trach me down. I feel they will feel sorry for me that early in the morning.

4. Rinse down the care completely, wash tires and wheels first, then was down the entire car with the soap bucket and rins the mitt with the clean water bucket,

5. Rinse down car again, maybe using the "Spot Free" rinse as a final pass. Don't know if that would hurt the finish. (Any advise?)

6. Dry off car with white MF drying towels and DS. This p***es me off since I just bought the vacuum/blower from Adams which really helps in the drying process. Unless the car wash has electric outlets, I am screwed.

7. Drive home and finish with the windows and vacuuming and final details. I don't care if I wake up the neighbors cause they would proabably report me if I wash the cars in the driveways.

 

If anyone has ideas that would add to this plan, again, I would appreciate your help. This is the summer version of Adam's winter car wash video which by the way, I tried in January and was told to leave because I could not use a bucket.

 

If it sounds like I am upset, you got it. I am all for protecting our environment and believe we may need to do something, but no washing cars at all is a little extreme. The vehicles are huge investments and I take pride in not only how the car I drive looks, but I take care of everything I own. Why can't we was every other week or some other modified approach. As it turns out, going to the car wash will probably use more water. Maybe the water authority's web site a better news but until then, I will work with my plan

 

Thanks for listening to me rant and hopefully, I can get through this. Car washing and detailing is like therapy for me. Ashley, send my a bucket!

[Baron_Von_Awesome]

Hey Frank,

Thanks for that tip, I'll give the ONR(1/2 ounce?) in the Adam's Wash Shampoo a try this weekend

 

1oz./gallon - use it just as you normally would: standard concentration for both products. It's really incredible how slick the Adam's/ONR mixture makes the finish - you could wash with sandpaper and not make a scratch.

 

The No Rinse polymers also bond to all automotive surfaces and create a slick surface and act as a barrier to protect paint from marring. That is something that soap will not provide since surfactants in soaps have no affinity for painted or other automotive surfaces.

Just as an FYI: That's a comparison to dish soap...lol. Found that out by talking to an Optimum rep. Not to take anything away from the product, I love it - but that's just a meaningless comparison. Edited May 30, 2009 by Baron_Von_Awesome

[Team Adam's]

Not sure of the specific laws in your area, but I know when certain areas have water bans there is a loophole for mobile detail guys to keep working. So, if thats the case in your area simply apply for a business license, get some cheap business cards made, maybe get a cheapy magnetic logo to stick on a car door, then park one car out in front of the house with the logo on it while you wash another then just rotate.

 

I actually know a guy who did this when his area went into a water shortage ban and he was able to wash his vehicles at will b/c technically it was LEGAL. Heck, who knows, maybe you can even make a couple of bucks washing your neighbors cars who weren't clever enough to go this route

[mc2hill]

Thank Frank (again!), I edited the last bullet to specify 'dish soap'. BTW, I'm not a chemist, just a 'cut and paster' from Optimum forum.

[Bill-V8V]

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Sounds like a bunch of people I know :banana::banana:

[bobfred44]

My hose out front just blew a hole. I'll have a chance to get a new one this weekend.

 

I haven't heard of a band in Bethlehem. If it would help you stay out of jail you're welcome to come over. I'm 2 - 3 miles off the Freemansburg Ave Route 33 exit.

 

Jim

 

Thanks for the offer Jim. I think the Morning Call would have a feast if I went to jail for rinsing 2:30 minutes instead of the required 2:00 minutes. LOL. But what the heck, I once offered to pay $134 for mountain biking on state games land because it was 4 minutes before you were allowed. I told the game warden it was cheaper than a good day of golf............wait, there is no such thing as a good game of golf the way I play.