Why rinseless wash is better than a regular car wash.

In this video we explore the reasons why a rinseless wash is better than a traditional soap and bucket car wash, and how it can be helpful to those in challenging conditions. I'll then wash my SUV and see if I can keep clean and dry while doing a wash. Finally, I'll explain why nobody should ever tell you what rinseless is "the best". (DIY Detail video mentioned • DIY DETAIL RINSELESS W... )
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[@T-BoneTodd]

Couldn’t agree with you more Mike! Your channel is becoming my favorite for RinselessWashes! Keep up the great IN-DEPTH tutorials!💯💪🏼

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@pigeonpoo1823]

My favourite things are 1)i don't make any noise, so i can clean my car in peace at 5am😂 2) chasing f*****# drips. Drives me bat sh1t crazy. 3)great for interior wipe downs, so bye bye Pol Star 4)time saved. It gets boring spending 2-3hours cleaning a clean car 5) spending less on DI water. 6)rw works great as a household cleaner. 7) neighbours wondering how he cleans his car without a pressure washer. Gotta be worth £1m, surely? [Yes, and don't call me Shirley]

[@matsudakodo]

Number 6...I am finding rinseless wash replacing my glass cleaner, and even my floor cleaner! Who would have thought.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

@@matsudakodo take care with using RW as a floor cleaner. I thought CarPro Ech2o's added silica was just marketing bs, until I damn near slipped into the toilet😂

[@matsudakodo]

@@pigeonpoo1823 haha, I'm using DIY Detail so no issues there

[@HoosierDaddyDetailing]

Really been digging these videos you've been releasing...thanks for all you do for the detailing community ❤

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

You are so welcome, and thank you!

[@superstring101]

Nice video! Thanks! 🙂 I've been rinseless only for over 5 years now. Love it!

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

Nothing like Rinseless 👍🏼

[@rayvalero8580]

Was skeptical until last month. Now I love rinseless! This is slowly becoming one of my favorite car detail channels too. Keep it up!

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@matsudakodo]

Seems like you have a pretty good process there. My only modification is to spray the front with bug remover. Also, I fill up the sprayer with my tire inflator because I got tired of pumping 😂

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Yeah I break out the inflator for my wash kegs and the foam pro 12. I keep looking at a Milwaukee compressor since I have so many batteries, but the Ryobi I use keeps going.

[@diydetailofficial]

Good content

[@scottcampbell4585]

You guys are the beginning of this restless modes 🎉

[@bryanCLXT]

I was watching diy detail speaking on rinseless service for customers. making (120/hr) and now I'm here woot woot cheers from denver

[@Richard_Details]

Hello from the UK, I use Absolute Rinseless in the summer to remove light dirt. I was sceptical at first as I thought I'd scratch the paint but it's a decent quick method for cleaning my car on a weekly basis, without getting the pressure washer and all the other gear out

[@nomenessuno2463]

The biggest advantage of rinseless I have found is time management. I can 1) wash my car anytime since I can do so in the garage. 2) since I can do section by section to completion I can multitask other chores if needed. Because of this, I wash my cars often ( weekly), and therefore the washes are super easy and quicker.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@DAT-TEXAS-DUDE]

​@@TheOutdoorDetailer How would you compare them products on the video to the Bead Maker from P&s I believe . I could be wrong on the makers of product

[@TheFornesto]

@@DAT-TEXAS-DUDE Bead Make is a different type of application, that you use afterward on a dry, clean vehicle. It helps keep the car glossier and cleaner for a longer time.

[@user-tg3gv6ty9v]

Rinseless has become my go to

[@elonsus9747]

Rinse less is all I use on my car. Haven’t touched soap in a while. I may use an APC on the lower panels and wheel wells. I use a Ryobi power washer. It’s 600 psi and plenty strong for me. It can be water fed through a bucket or hose. No power cords to worry’s about.

[@IamDetailedAF]

Rinseless has changed the game in so many ways. A lot of that goes to Yvan with DIY. He convinced me and now its one of the main ways I wash, especially when it comes to ceramic coating maintenance. If you want one more cheat code to your setup is a Keg Sprayer.... that added pressure really makes a difference. BTW, Yvan in person is exactly the same as he is on video... super informative and treated me like a friend, even though I was a random detailer at a event. One quick note: How you made the video fully dressed, is exactly what I do when the family wants to go out, I run outside and rinseless right before we go out as a family if its last minute. WELL DONE!!! A true DIY/Detailer would know what I am talking about. 🤣🤣

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

I have 4 keg sprayers, or as I call them, wash kegs. I try not to always use them because I want to make it simple for the average person to understand the process and how easy it is.

[@bris3513]

Good to see that you have the Gloss Shop Sublime and McKees N-914 V2 rinseless in your hands. I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on those products.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

The Sublime has apparently been out for several years. A subscriber asked if I'd ever tried it and so I ordered to test. We shall see how it fares.

[@alexpope5327]

Great video. You are my spirit animal, I use the exact same procedure, and for the most part tools as well. I love RRW, the IK multi 360 is awesome, I do prefer the Safe sponge, although I do have the Legacy and like it as well. I don't necessarily believe that Rinseless is "Better" than a traditional wash but I do love it as a great alternative. I do love a good Foam party :) and much prefer cleaning wheels with traditional soap. But for me I love Rinseless on my daily driver every few days as a quick clean..

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Thanks for the comments! As far as better, I don't men the results aren't similar, but that the overall experience is better. I say this because of the many positives for rinseless outweigh the few positives for standard soap and water washes. (only one I can think of is high and low PH formulas)

[@KiranPatel-fk1pg]

The issue is that you never really get to flush out the dirt from cracks and crevices etc without any water. I don't rinseless is bad at all, but to truely clean your car you need a pressure washer imo, especially for wheels. Rinseless cleaning wheels is nonsense.

[@davidblalock1709]

The last month I've been doing a hybrid wash. I foam down to pull most of the junk off the car, then follow with a rinseless. It's been great so far since it's been a million degrees in Florida.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Hybrid may be a favorite to be honest, because you get to play with your pressure washer and foam canon but immediately dry when done washing.

[@davidblalock1709]

@@TheOutdoorDetailer being a mobile guy, the foam cannon always gets people talking. It's also my favorite part about washing a car. Lol

[@DetailsNMe]

Hybrid washes are now my all time favorite washes!! Best of both worlds!!

[@trifin5772]

Another great video. Not everyday you see someone washing a car in cowboy boots and dress shirt!

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Right?!

[@nomenessuno2463]

I actually measured the amount of water used in a car wash using a pressure washer. It is actually very efficient... at least the way I do it; it takes 1.6 Gallons for a Tesla 3 that is maintained weekly. I use a cheap craftsman portable pressure washer with a mjjc v1 foam cannon 1.1 mm. Foam straight on and I don't use a bucket, just use 2 microfiber towels that I wet with the foam cannon ( I just place them on the windshield). I usually do Rinseless, but I foam when I want to clay and reseal with tec582 (which I also use as a drying aid for my Rinseless washes).

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

I'm curious to know how you can do it with that little water, considering even with a 1gpm washer that's only 90 seconds of water in total, to wash all the soap off the car. Given where it goes in between body panels, I suspect you have a lot of built up residue.

[@nomenessuno2463]

@@TheOutdoorDetailer I was surprised myself. But I used the smart meter imbedded in my utility junction. I guess it is because my cars are stupid clean and sealed. I foam without pre-rinse, I just wet my 2 microfibers placed on my windshield while foaming nd don't need a bucket, and rinsing off the soap which for the most part dripped off from dwelling gets blasted off with the sheer velocity of the water/air coming out of the pressure washer. I found in cleaning stuff in general, regular consistent shorter maintenance periods is very efficient.

[@nomenessuno2463]

Equipment: CRAFTSMAN 1800 PSI 1.2-GPM Cold Water Electric Pressure Washer from Lowes; 50 ft uberflex hose; mkillans pressure washer gun using the white 40 degree tip.

[@elonsus9747]

You can also clay and seal using a rinse less as well. Even more efficient! I use a Ryobi 600 psi power washer. That Craftsmen looks good too.

[@Tigerbergslim]

Great video. Nobody ever wants to give Chemical Guys their props for those great buckets 🪣 👏🏼

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

The worst part is that if you want the real clear buckets they are near 40 dollars!

[@Tigerbergslim]

@@TheOutdoorDetailer I like the Chemical Guys buckets...I just wish they had measurements on them

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Doing a short today. Sams Club has a bucket with measurements for 3.98 right now. I know it's not the same, but I always hold back in case I need to refill my sprayer.

[@walterhahn4130]

Ha… I feel the same way to a degree. As maintenance, for sure. But, you do have to give the car a good blast every month. Weekly though, rinse-less is ideal. I just don’t do an old school bucket wash since getting coated. If I take out the pressure washer, I’ll just foam up with Gyeon Foam, or Reset, rinse it off, then go to the rinse-less. And yes, less concern about water spots.and the rinse-less pretty much acts like a drying aide.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Don't have to give anything a blast every month unless the conditions warrant. In the summer here I'm currently in a drought. When it rains I just have some dirt on the paint waterless in door jambs and rinseless everywhere else. I have a pressure washer, but only for doing videos. In winter though I would blast out wheel wells and other crevices where I get salt build up.

[@walterhahn2077]

@@TheOutdoorDetailer too many trees around the driveway. Debris gets into every crevice.

[@scottcampbell4585]

This is all i do maybe 3×4 times a year car soap on cleaning and the rest is rinseless wash .Yes the IK have the trigger lock

[@jeffmutter2286]

I think rinseless wash has a shinier finish too due to the polymers and surfactants. When I dry it, the paint pops. I use DIY rinseless.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Some soaps do that as well. P&S Radiance is AMAZING looking but it does leave some protection behind. It's super slick too.

[@Binfordtools6100]

Are you using plain old water with the rinseless neutralizing the minerals? I am constantly buying distilled water gallons for rinseless, as most of the time I'm working in the sun and do not want any chance of real water spots. I also use the Ryobi EZCLEAN 600 with rinseless to rinse down the car before I go in with a sponge, which really helps remove anything on the panels and is pretty quick to do.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Only time I open the gallon jugs is to mix in spray bottles. When I mix my wash it's straight tap water. Never had a water spot.

[@bris3513]

You can get a 32 cup or larger Zero Water filter dispenser. The 32 cup model dispenses a gallon of water at a time and you can store more water in jugs. It's more economical than buying distilled water from the store.

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

If you live in a more rural area, they always have water machines around that will dispense purified water for about a quarter a gallon. Far cheaper than even the ZERO Water. (I have the large Zero Water as that's what I drink.)

[@vicjensik5985]

How do you deal with over spray on other panels like the roof after your finished with that section?

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Just wipe with the drying towel if you get any. In the video the wind was coming from the drivers side. I did the passenger side window first. When I did the drivers side I just made sure I used my drying towel on any overspray. Same with my roof.

[@IvanLopez-jp7gz]

Thank you. I received the box yesterday. I have a question. I don't have a garage, you think I'd be able to put the coding In my driveway, and also I'm gonna be using diy. I n d con with their towel end panel prep, you think that's okay

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Driveway for application is fine. I can't apply any coatings in a garage. You will need to make sure you use some type of decon wash and a light polish to make sure there are no sealants of any sort left on the surface. If you do not, you may not even get a month from the coating. Prep is key for any ceramic coating.

[@metrock_409]

Love your videos. Here in Australia it gets extremely hot and we have water restrictions. Ive just discovered waterless wash and wow what a time saver. I've been using diy as we don't get alot of products here. Was wondering which one you would recommend for outside with our heat. Once again thx so much for your videos

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

Try P&S Absolute if the DIY isn't near you. The absolute polymer spots wipe away easily.

[@metrock_409]

@TheOutdoorDetailer yes we have that. Just haven't used it. In your opinion what's better for working in the heat. The p@s or diy.

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

First!!!!

[@danb2837]

So you rinse before using the rinsless wash so you don't have to rinse? Makes sense. 😅

[@TheOutdoorDetailer]

With ANY wash, you always make sure there's no grit before your contact wash. Rinseless is called that because you can dry immediately after as you don't need to rinse away any soap.