Rinseless Car Wash - TLX

Washed the car today after a two week break where it was just too cold to venture into the garage to wash it - as such it was pretty dirty. Here's a brief snapshot of the rinseless Car wash method which is ideal in the Winter or for those who don't have access to a hose or may have certain water restrictions.

Fill a bucket with two gallons of water and add one ounce of Duragloss Rinseless Wash with Aquawax into the water. After mixing it up a bit I toss about 10 microfiber towels into the mix to let them soak it up.



Out into the garage. Since the car was pretty dirty (relatively speaking) I also put some solution into a spray bottle and sprayed it onto the car on the dirty sections to pre-soak it just a bit.

Next - take a towel out and fold it up into quarters:



Start wiping down the car - one section at a time.



After taking a swipe you'll notice the towel has grabbed a lot of dirt - you want to flip the towel over and use a clean side now. I washed the real dirty parts twice as the residue left from the first wipe-down had a trace of dirty water which is to be expected given the level of dirt on the car when I started.

After you clean a section use your drying towel and dry it off. I like to take a dry fluffy microfiber towel and do a quick buff too as sometimes you'll get a little streak left from the solution as it dries.

After you soil all 8 sections of a towel you drop it into a separate bucket and start again with a clean towel from the solution bucket.






That's it - takes me 45 minutes or so to do the whole car. If it was just light dirt and warmer out it could be done in less time.

Here's a before shot:




And the after:





All done - she looks pretty good!