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Simoniz Self Drying Car Wash.

 

This stuff doesn't work, plain and simple. I should know better than to think it would, but tried it anyway.

 

Says wash your car, rinse and walk away, no towel drying, no spots.

 

B.S.

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I always believed that nothing good comes easy. I was looking at these products with hesitation, thanks for the confirmation.

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Mr. Clean auto dry is the only kit that I know of that actually works. The filters are too expensive for the dry cycle so I usally just spray the car wash on, spray it off with regular water, then shamee the remaining water off by hand. The chrome/stainless needs to be hand dried with a towel for best results.

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I use the Mr Clean

 

Wet car regular spray , soap up an area to be washed and rinse on regular spray , do this until truck is washed. DO NOT RINSE SOAP WITH SPOT FREE SELECTION !

 

Now set it to spot free , Start high and move sprayer nozzle close to truck ( 2 or 3 inches) and move back and forth like a paint sprayer , It should take you 3 to 5 minutes to completely rinse it , when you get to areas like mirrors or window moldings pause a second to flood area with spot free spray because they will drip when you drive , but if ya flood them the with spot free water when it drips it will dry clean.

 

I am really impressed with it , the starter filter says 10 washes i got 15 easy before I changed it out.

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Im with Trevor, nothing good comes easy. After washing, ( I always go to a close by carwash ) I use the spot free low pressure rinse, then its Meguires detail spray and microfiber towels all the way to dry town :confused: 1 spray bottle lasts me 3 washes, I use it religiously :lol:

 

Heres a quick break down for my average wash:

 

1. Low pressure wash - mix of water and soap

2. Hi pressure wash - mix of higher pressure water and soap

3. high pressure rinse - high pressure water

4. low pressure rinse - spot free

5. meguires detail spray and micro fiber towls

6. invisable glass for windows and mirrors

7. random wheel cleaner and shop rag

8. black magic or some other tire cleaner and shop rag

9. step 5 for water that has dripped IE. mirrors

10. step 9 - once I get home

11. armor all interior - comes every few weeks after washing

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