fyi: Dawn is commonly prescribed as a wax remover...

 

Mr. Claen auto dry works wonders for me! Good luck!

 

This system does work and we agree that the results are truly amazing if you are patient. For the first application we did use twice as much soap as they said which we feel was just not knowing about the lack of suds. Our MINI dried without ANY streaks or water spots including all rubber,vinyl, and windows.

 

Works well, only drawback is that the filters are not cheap and had to buy new filter after only 3 washes.

Filter changing will depend on how "chock full of minerals" your local water source it.

 

i haven't really found this as effective as i'd like it to be. Maybe, i need to wax the little bugger and then try it. but so far i've had so so results with getting it to dry all the way before it streaks. i've not waxed him in a year so possibly that would help?

 

I thought the Mr. Clean car wash kit did a fine job. Don't know about that waxing though. Had always thought that once you waxed, you always had to wax. Maybe this sounds like a dumb girly question but why wax at all unless you're looking for a very shiny car? or are you detailing for show?

 

The real purpose of wax is to protect the paint. Much of the shine comes from first polishing the paint. The wax is the protective layer that goes over the polish. You can also buy products that serve as both a polish and wax.

 

Do the combination polish/wax products do a decent job?

 

If you are short on time, they will be adequate. I'd recommend Klasse all-in-one. You can get it from classicmotoringaccessories.com.

If you're looking for something more readily available and easier to use, the Mothers line includes an all-in-one as well...I think.

Get yourself some good foam applicator pads and microfiber towels for buffing...that'll make things much easier.

Good luck!

 

Doesn't work for me (and I bought a second filter too). Maybe because I'm Zainoed? Too much water beads. Try this instead. Take the spray head off the hose and rinse instead with a sheet of water. Dry your car with sheet of water. It's less expensive (although uses more water). Kink the hose to control water flow.

-BruinToo

 

I'm Zaino'd and the Mr. Clean system works for me. Must be something else that's making it not work for you. You're using the Mr. Clean shampoo too, right?

 

Mr. Clean works for me too as well. Made my wash mitt dirty as hell though. The soap that comes with it is kind of strange, doesn't sud as much as I would like. Oh well, I like the fact that I wont have to worry about scratching the paint when drying the car now. P.S. I have zaino on the car as well

 

I used this product for the just the filtered water. I wanted to test the theory of filtered water solving the water spot problem. It sure does help. It reduced the spotting. I am thinking of getting an inline household filter and make so that I can split the faucet with diverter valve to either to water my lawn with straight tap water or to this filtering system for washing the cars. I saw filtration systems for campers that might work. I also say an inline filter for the house for under $50. We'll see.

 

The Mr. Clean system works on the principle of deionization -- not just filtration. The household filters you're referring to do not deionize (there's no need for their intended application). If you want to get a proper inline deionization cartridge, it will cost hundreds of dollars and the beads inside will need to be replenished from time to time. So it makes more economic sense to just keep buying Mr. Clean cartridges if you really think it works.

After all is said and done though, a handful of microfiber towels are a much better alternative!

 

Don't know if I'd agree. As good as microfiber is, I can't see how drying the car with them could possibly be as safe as not rubbing the car dry at all.

That said, I'm starting to have my own doubts about the Mr. Clean shampoo. My mitt got dark just like others have experienced, but I just hoped that it was the soap getting the dirt off better.

But last week I stripped my car of its Zaino using Dawn liquid and the same mitt and guess what? The mitt came clean when I rinsed it. Since Dawn removes wax and polymers, I'm theorizing that the darkness that had collected on my mitt was in fact Zaino that the Mr. Clean shampoo had taken off, little by little.

I'm going to go back to Zaino shampoo, but still use the Mr. Clean gadget for the filtered rinse at the end. I understand that it won't be as effective without the Mr Clean shampoo, but I'm banking that it will prevent most waterspots and any left over will clean up with a final Z6 treatment after it dries.

 

The reason that the Mr. Clean shampoo works better is that it has a polymer in it that assists with the spot free drying. The polymer also assists in cleaning the car while producing few suds (fyi, suds really don't make soap clean better, they mostly give the illusion of it). The polymer that was washed of your mitt was most probably some of the unbound polymer from the shampoo.

 

On Roadfly one of the posts said the author had checked with Zaino and Zaino said Mr Clean was compatible with Zaino products. I've used it once on our post snow storm road grimed Miata and it worked great. On side did not sheet off and I had to use a towel but I may have been standing too close when I sprayed the mist. Much quicker than normal and the car looked terrific.

 

I live in a very hard water are and with a VR/B MINI, it was basically impossible to avoid water spots. The Mr. Clean system really made wash days easier! I'm a little concernced about the black stuff on my wash mitt afterwards, but looking at the car, it doesn't appear to be Zaino coming off. The plastic/vinyl protectant does seem to take a beating, however.

BTW I have dropped the dispenser, and I didn't do it in the interest of science! It survived my clumbsiness just fine

 

By "compatible" it means that it won't hurt Zaino or take it off.

Mr. Clean does leave a film on the car, however. That's what causes the sheeting action, obviously.

Personally, I see using it with Zaino quite defeating. It dulls the shine to some degree and you lose the slickness of feel that Zaino finishes are so famous for. I quick detail my cars frequently with Z6 and enjoy the beading that Zaino provides.

You also need to be sure you have removed all the Mr. Clean film before attempting to add any additional layers of Zaino or you will interfere with the bonding process.

Mr. Clean does work as advertised, though!

Just my 2 cents.

 

someone earlier mentioned putting 2 drops of Jet Dry in your wash bucket when washing your Mini by hand.....has anyone else tried this? interesting idea but not sure what Jet Dry would do to one's paint, polish/wax orplastics/vinyl

 

The soap container and filter that come with the kit are "starter" size, and good for approximately 3 washes. The refills are supposed to be good for more like 10 washes.

 

I've been using my Mr. Clean for a couple of weeks now and it works great on my Jet Black car. No spots every time I let it air dry, even when it was 84 outside in full sun (I normally don't do that).