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Well, I know that lots of you have seen the comercials, and say to your self, this is too good to be true!. Well, it's not. I first saw something like this about 3 years ago on an info mercial, but never could find it to buy.
Then I saw the Mr. Clean Auto Dry commercial, and said what the heck, go for it. Well, I did.
To my suprise, it actually works really well.
I washed my car using only the soap and water provided by the mr clean autodry.
First Step:
Rinse. This has a power ful rinse spray that pushes off built up dirt rather well. Gets the car wet quick, and ready for the suds.
Second Step:
Soap. The Auto Dry has a built in feature with a low pressure suds spray. Using the Mr Clean soap, you spray on, rub down, and then rinse off using the first step spray.
All this is normal wash procedure, but that is where it stops. And the really cool part happens.
Now you let the car drip dry real quick. about a minute.. less time if it's hot out. Now switch is to clean rinse, and starting at the top, thouroghly rinse the car off making sure to spray all joints and possible water build up areas really well and then let the car drip dry. And to your suprise, there will be almost ZERO water spots.
I am very happy with this product. Especially since it saves on the drying times, as well causes less rubbing and time to creat scratches on your paint.
You can get this from MR. Cleans web site and comes with a 6 wash ctarter kit.
The other nice thing that Dan forgot to mention is that it comes with a full money back guarantee if you don't like the results. They are selling it with a "no-risk" trial period. I have used it as well and so far it has worked as expected.
I guess the kit is good for people on the go or people with hard tap water.
After a normal wash with normal car shampoo, rinsing your car with tap water
and then with some cheap distilled water in your favorite large spray bottle will
leave almost zero spots too. might be cheaper (?).
>>I guess the kit is good for people on the go or people with hard tap water.
>>
>>After a normal wash with normal car shampoo, rinsing your car with tap water
>>and then with some cheap distilled water in your favorite large spray bottle will
>>leave almost zero spots too. might be cheaper (?).
During the winter I go to the do-it-yourself touchless power wash and they have a 'spot-free rinse' which must be similar to the Mr. Clean stuff, as it works quite well. Often I'll wash the car at home w/out rinsing, head for the touchless to finish up, then rip out on a freeway for a bit to get most of the wet gone. It's not showroom perfect but it's surprisingly good, considering how often a car in Oregon sees rain during most seasons of the year. Costs $2.00 a wash. How much is a Mr. Clean kit?
Yeah, it takes me way longer to dry my MINI than to wash it.
There are some notorious cracks and crevasses, though, which don't seem to dry w/o lots of strategic hand drying....side mirror bases, side vents, base of A-pillar, lower edge or rear light cluster, grill, from corner of doors, AND what about door sills?!?!?!
I imagine the unit hooks up to a hose. If so, I'm out...don't have one. I go to a really ghetto neighborhood hand car wash. I do the whole car for $1, but I take a lot of my own stuff. Two quarters to wet down the car, two quarters to rinse. For the rest I use the bucket.
Also, a 6 wash starter kit wouldn't last me that long. My MINI sleeps outside.
Maybe what we need is a high pressure air compressor to blow the water droplets
off before it drys. (?). i always get water drip marks on my rear bumper after
a wash no matter how well i wipe down under the tail light and bumper.
i even stick a papertowel between the parting lines to soakup the remaining water.
Problem with our boot design is that after you drive it, there's already
dust building up on the rear bumper so you can't just wipe it with a towel.
I need to pull out my detailer spray and then mist wipe, etc.
>>>>I guess the kit is good for people on the go or people with hard tap water.
>>>>
>>>>After a normal wash with normal car shampoo, rinsing your car with tap water
>>>>and then with some cheap distilled water in your favorite large spray bottle will
>>>>leave almost zero spots too. might be cheaper (?).
>>
>>During the winter I go to the do-it-yourself touchless power wash and they have a 'spot-free rinse' which must be similar to the Mr. Clean stuff, as it works quite well. Often I'll wash the car at home w/out rinsing, head for the touchless to finish up, then rip out on a freeway for a bit to get most of the wet gone. It's not showroom perfect but it's surprisingly good, considering how often a car in Oregon sees rain during most seasons of the year. Costs $2.00 a wash. How much is a Mr. Clean kit?
I only paid $19 for the kit. Which is really cheap.
Highway speeds work great to dry the MINI too, although you should at least wipe down the boot to prevent more dirt from accumulating on the wet rear end
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It's like a cellular phone. They will give the darn thing away as long as you sign a 2 year service contract. With this Mr. Clean product, you have no choice in what filters to purchase. Only Mr. Clean filters will fit. They got ya' !!!!!
Personally, I have found that it is easer and faster (for me) to have my guy do. He brings the spot free water with him and does inside and out for $15.00 and it takes him about an hour to do all. Not a bad deal as he does an excellant job.
I tried it, but I used car shampoo and a sponge as well, so it didn't work as well. Next time I'll try a new sponge and just use the soap that the dispenser sprays on the car. Its nice to have a soap gun anyways, even if I don't use it for Mr. Clean. Had to take the rubber seal out, 'cos the hose would keep popping off and soaking me, lol.
I have well water, which has more than a bit of suspended minerals and other spot causing issues. The Mr. Clean system is good for 2 washes per filter, before they are clogged. Not very cost effective, unfortunately.
