HOW I CAR WASH MODEL 3 Rinse less wash technique and tips by Tesla Tom

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[@nigelonamade8441]

Hi Tom, just got delivery of my Black Model Y 10 days ago, and I gave it my first wash using some of your tips. I didn’t have all the wash cloths yet, but will do soon. Thanks for sharing and I love your videos too.

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Awesome man! Enjoy!

[@rogerbradford6472]

Always good tips Tom...I usually spray hose first just to blow dust or wet heavier dirt to soften before cleaning properly...of course don't want it to get dirty in first place !

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Thanks Roger. If it’s really dirty to start with then yes a quick spray with the hose is helpful

[@tintuu6546]

You’re a champ Tom. Gona take nice half hour time to watch it tonight thanks for sharing. I got addicted to your voice lol

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Thanks for watching 👍

[@tintuu6546]

Thanks Tom, few quick questions. Difference between Costco towel and Amazon? Can I use this solution for white car? Is this solution frank mentioned? Also he mentioned 5 ml while you advise 7 ml. Will that be ok?

[@tintuu6546]

30 mil of liquid

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I’m just following the instructions on the packaging

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@@tintuu6546 The Kirkland brand is available at Costco also. Yes it can be used on all paint colours

[@EVBrief]

Great video Tom! I've never been game to wash without a thorough pre soak and rinse, but this looks the biz for a car with only a light coating of dirt!

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Thanks Jonathan! As you can see our car wasn’t super dirty to start with so this is an ideal ‘maintenance’ clean 💦🧼

[@PeterBachmut-wn3pf]

I found that the dry yellow Costco cloth can also be used to dry the glass instead of having to buy a blue glass cloth to do the same job. Fluffy side to dry the car body and the smooth side for the glass

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Yes absolutely. You can use the backside to wipe the alloy wheels down also

[@UncleJojo]

I think this method of car washing is known in the detailing community as the Garry Dean method. He also recommends filling some of the wash solution into a spray bottle to presoak the car. He would also use one face of the towel per panel rather than on multiple panels.

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Thanks for your comment Joseph 👍

[@evansc3580]

Joseph Trieu, you would need many towels to clean an average car. That shows commitment and I respect that.

[@matthewz7343]

Great video thank you

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[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Sad news for me, my detailer said there is a supply shortage and freight delays, my full PPF wrap is gonna be delayed another few weeks at least :( At least I have great tips on how to keep it clean in the meantime! Awesome work, thanks Tom

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Hopefully your wrap arrives soon!

[@tintuu6546]

Why do you need full ppf? Do you have so much money to spend? Give me

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

@@tintuu6546 because the car cost $100k I think it's worth keeping the paint pristine in case I decide to sell it later, and I like the look of the satin/matte finish, and it's self-healing from minor damage.

[@tintuu6546]

Mate 100k for car and 1/4th of that 20-25 grandes for ppf, wow wow, you guys have so much money to spend than people at some parts of the world live in 1 cent food a day. I would rather maintain car clean like TESLATOM and upgrade, that way you don’t lose money too and also get another new car and you don’t spend unnecessarily 25 grandes

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

@@tintuu6546 oof, not sure where you got 25 grand.. it will only cost 6 grand.

[@tintuu6546]

Tom I’m watching your videos multiple times and love it, I’m planning to clean it first time after 25 days now. Can you please do videos for internal cleaning, should be quick and straight forward; especially what products you use like baby wipes,abd where all you clean? Recommend touching camera lens too? If so just mr siga microfibres cloth?

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Thanks! Yes the glass towels can be used on the cameras

[@tintuu6546]

Thank you Tom. Can’t wait to see a quick interior cleaning videos with recommendations of product links in description too

[@pkerry12]

I just go to a touchless carwach then wipe down with many microfiber towels. Then i black tire it.

[@jeffcadogan2308]

Hello Tom,great simple car washing,too much fuss is made of washing a car.

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[@tintuu6546]

Do you also clean the exterior camera and lens using the same towel???? With water and solution?

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Yes I clean the cameras with the cloth towels

[@RobertMacCready]

Hi Tom, Great video. Do you have a video, or info, on how to clean the dirty towels?

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Thanks! I just give them a rinse, pick out any macro dirt and then throw them in the washing machine

[@RobertMacCready]

@@LudicrousFeed Thanks!!!

[@turbomax2001]

Why have you opted for rinseless wash instead of standard washing methodology? I feel you are unnecessarily introducing micro marring using this method, unless of course you have some sort of water restriction. Also worth noting that swirl marks are not actually circular; they are actually straight lines that appear circular due to the way the light reflects off the surface. So you won’t avoid swirls by washing in straight lines. But thanks for sharing your method.

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Thanks for your comment. I guess at the end of the day it’s about achieving a balance between minimising swirl marks yet achieving an acceptable finish 🤷‍♂️

[@WEDEL01]

@@LudicrousFeed Very little chance of introducing marring with ONR. Whatever slight marring that MAY be introduced, will be removed the next time you polish the car. I have watched many videos on ONR, including those from Yvan Lacroix, the former Guru at Optimum. His opinion was that you have much more chance of marring using the 2 bucket method with traditional car wash, as the car wash has no lubricating properties. I prespray the panel(s) with the ONR solution before washing with the Big Gold Sponge. So quick and easy!

[@tintuu6546]

Questions: you use glass towels to clean cameras I suppose? Also for the interior rear view mirrors, steering wheels, seats and on top of dash or trim abd even the glove boxes and Center consoles and USB ports front and back and the lights, what do you recommend. Can you please do a detailed video like this for the interiors? With the products in description

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Yes glass towels for cameras is ok (they’re behind glass anyway). If I clean interior, I just use microfibre towels usually and Dyson handheld vacuum for carpets/floor mats. - May do a video next time I do a full interior detail

[@tintuu6546]

Thank you and you mean two laundry bags one for green and one for yellow and put both bags together into same load? I’ll reuse earth choice washing liquid from Woolies?

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@@tintuu6546 yes you can use laundry bags for both types if you want to be extra careful

[@tintuu6546]

How did you put the car into cleaning mode you talked about? Whrre that setting? I know one for the screen protector installation or cleaning

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Settings >> Service >> car wash mode

[@tintuu6546]

Cheers Tom. Btw I ordered everything you put from Amazon. Just that I don’t need 1 gallon liquid so ordered 32 oz

[@tintuu6546]

What’s the recommendations of how to wash these towels after use ? Both glass towel and yellow one.? I believe we should wash glass and body towel Seperately

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Laundry bag for green glass towels and they can be washed together with the yellow towels. Give the microfibre towels a quick rinse before throwing into washing machine for best results. Do not wash with any other fabrics/clothes.

[@tintuu6546]

Sure thank you, look forward to the video and especially please cover any wipes should we use for steering wheel, seats etx and also read view mirror. Also all consoles and glove boxes

[@tintuu6546]

Including front and back coffee cup holders or arm rests and other small storage and lights and stuff please touch base all these parts

[@balu2gani]

hey Tom..thanks for this video. Any recommendations for cleaning interiors?

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Hey Chandra! I’ll have to do a new vid for interiors 🙂

[@EVBrief]

Hey Chandra, check out some interior cleaner (I use Nextzett interior cleaner, which doesn't leave a glossy residue) with a microfibre cloth, followed by a once over with aerospace 303 UV protectant 😉

[@balu2gani]

@@EVBrief thank you. I will give it a try

[@shashankyadav4244]

I don’t see any reason why you can’t use ONR for interiors. Many detailers have talked about it.

[@balu2gani]

@@shashankyadav4244 thank you

[@tintuu6546]

Do you also do cycling? I see cycles at your shed 😇😻

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We enjoy cycling together as a family 🚴

[@ScottRawdin]

Perfect, thank you.

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[@LarryRichelli]

did our detailer teach you to go back and forth cuz I had three different detailers tell me not to do that. One swipe over in one direction and then below that another one swipe the other but neve back and forth.

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Sure, the less contact you have with the car, the less swirl marks you will have

[@robertgerritsma7310]

Tom does the ceramic coating void the trsla warranty like the wrapping?

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I don’t think ceramic coating would void the warranty but I’ll double check

[@GeorgeWPritchard22]

Great Video Tom!

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Thanks!

[@Reddylion]

Nice. Do a touchless foam wash video.

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Foam cannon!

[@Reddylion]

@@LudicrousFeed ya.

[@pedroqueiroz2000]

Great stuff. I was just googling how to wash a Model 3. When I saw your video in my feed I assumed it was fishing out an old one, but no, just uploaded! Thanks for all the good tips

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Pleasure and thanks for watching!

[@garybean2205]

looked easy enough that I could probably manage to do the same with my car. How often do you wash the inside windows and I presume same as the exterior or do you just use the glass towels for the inside?

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For the inside I don’t do as often - only if I see massive fingerprints from the kids 😂 I normally just use the glass towels for the inside

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Just wanted to let you know the Amazon link to the wash bucket results in a "Can't be found" error page. But I've ordered some Optimum wash and microfibre cloths you linked :) Will pick up some cheaper buckets from Autobarn or something.

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Why Autobarn? Well, I found a different bucket on Amazon for about $30 but the shipping from the U.S. was *$90* !!!! and also not covered by Prime. No way, for a 900 gram piece of plastic, lol. Even the shipping on the rinseless wash was free, and that's gotta be close to 4kg.

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Will see if I can link another grit guard 👍

[@WEDEL01]

Repco is the place for buckets. 1 X 20L bucket, 1 X Grit Guard, 1 X gamma Lid = $15!

[@mvintage5789]

Hi Tom, thx for your videos. The delivery fees for 1 gallon needs AUD44.18 from Amazon. Is it available in AU? I'm Brisbane.

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Thanks! International Shipping is free for purchases over $49 with Amazon Prime membership

[@stevennhan5135]

Thanks for helpful video Tom 🙏🏻 where can we buy that no rinse csr wash liquid in sydney?

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Looks like there may be a place called ZAS in Alexandria that do pick up

[@brianmagill3069]

Good video, but as already observed, your car looked spotless before you started. I am experimenting with this technique after watching your video 5 months back demonstrating this method by your detailer. On my dirt road my M3 gets very dirty and apart from hosing down first, I do NOT wring out the towels before wiping over the car, but have them sopping wet. This is how your detailer advised. I wouldn’t dare rub as hard as you with a a damp microfibre on my dark blue car. The detailer said 5 minutes to wash a Tesla using this method. In his dreams! Like you, it takes at least 30 minutes. This is because you need to go back over the car, a panel at a time, with a damp microfibre and then a dry microfibre. If not the process leaves a lot of streaks. Bottom line for me. It’s not much quicker than a hose down, a quick 2 bucket wash and a towel dry. And I feel less nervous about accidentally rubbing some grit into the paintwork. PS Get yourself a small step stool for cleaning the roof. Much easier.

[@LudicrousFeed]

Thanks Brian, appreciate the comments. As I mentioned, the amount of time this technique takes does depend on how dirty your car is to begin with. As you and others have said my car was quite clean to begin with BUT to be fair it has been ceramic coated and I do clean/wipe it quite regularly hence never really letting it have a chance to ever get that dirty 😉 Good point about the towel being sopping wet: I guess it depends on how dirty your car is to begin with. My bottom line: I use this technique for a ‘maintenance’ wash to keep it shiny every 1-2 weeks. Thanks for the tip about the step stool 👍

[@batticha462]

You're kidding! you are trying to clean a very clean and shiny car

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I like to keep a high SoC (state of cleanliness)

[@WegrennerX]

This is what i use: .

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🙂👍

[@tintuu6546]

11.13 you breathe so much; are you not used to it? You seem like very tired

[@LudicrousFeed]

Haha try vlogging and washing a car at the same time 😅

[@tintuu6546]

Completely appreciate your efforts and enjoyed watching full .

[@ElectraRC]

You Wash a car? WHY?

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I like shiny cars?