My car was filthy. I haven't washed it for at least two months. It was a little cold the other day, so I washed it really quick.

On the side windoww there were some streaks. Not too noticeable, but afterall, it works for me.

This product has changed my view in life.....hmm.....at least the car wash portion of it

 

man that's nothing.. i haven't washed my car since i went out on a date which has been 7 months.

 

I am sorry

 

I found the system to work pretty well. It does help to use their soap, though.

It seems to me that on the rinse, they are merely filtering the water -- not adding anything to it. Anybody know for sure?

I would think that if that's the case, I sure would like to pick up a larger filter housing (industrial or residential) with reasonable filter replacement costs and have filtered water available for rinsing the car.

Sound stupid?

 

It is definitely important to use the mr clean soap. the filter helps, but it alone probably wont do the trick. The way i understand it (as a materials physicist), the soap has a polymer in it that decreases the surface tension of the water. This does two things: 1) when there is a lot of water on the car, it speeds up the process of the sheet of water running onto the ground. 2) when the sheet gets sufficiently thin, the water forms tiny spherical beads which continue to roll off the car while the bead evaporates over its large 3dimensional surface area (as opposed to the 2dimensional surface area of sheet). This is in contrast to the huge beads that you see when you normally wash your car. The big beads stick around for a while and collect a lot of dirt, only to leave it behind when the water evaporates. The polymer does a lot to make the car dry quickly before dirt starts to cling to the water.

Since the water is deionized by the filter, when the bead evaporates, there is little or no residue to be left behind like calcium and magnesium which is in your hard unfiltered water. Also since the beads evaporate more quickly than a sheet, there is less time for dirt in the air to cling to the water and get left behind when the water evaporates.

The trick to hand drying is that when the water soaks into your towel, the dirt soaks in with it. That's why towel drying works. However, if you can just get the car to dry before there is any dirt to worry about, you get the same effect. Using CLEAN water (with the filter) and making the car DRY QUICKLY (with the soap) will give you the same effect as hand drying.

 

yea, as long as the filter is in good shape, it shouldn't leave any water spots... what i do is after a wash, i rinse off the soap first with the regular spray... once all the soap is gone, then i do a rinse using the mist.... Works perfect everytime... I feel better not towel drying my car.... no friction= paint will last longer! lol i know, alot of factors come in, in regards to maintaining that off the showroom paint condition, but i like to think this is helping out somewhat. lol

 

A buddy of mine tried it on his Z06 and it stripped most of the wax off, had to re-zaino the whole car. Not sure if this is a problem with everyone though.

 

I tried it on my mom's Jag and even with using a sponge after spraying on the soap it didn't take all the salt off. I'd have to say that the drying did go quite quickly where all the salt got taken off. I'd certainly try it again but I'll stick to a regular car soap for my S. Not because I dont think Mr clean is safe but just because I like taking the extra time to do a really good job on my car.

 

btw, i just picked up the Mr. Clean Pro Series for $29.99 at Walmart. It's different from regular Mr. Clean cause it has the JET STREAM and comes with a case + mitt.

 

I found the soap is not good for heavy duty dirty removing. For my S, it is perfect. My S is never very dirty anyway.

The bottle of soap only last for three washes. (I guss that is how they make the money).

I wonder how long the filter last.

I have discover one benefit though. Since you don't need to hand dry your car, you can wash the car at night and let it air dry.