Stopping water marks on sapphire black?

scottbt said:
PaulN said:
200+ litres on one car is sorry insane....... You sure you've not got 1 too many zeros? Lol :wink:
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Not at all Paul.
If you were paying in excess of say £300-£600 would you want your car dry washed without pre rinsing?
I think its a safety zone on the job for me.
If its maintenance washing then average is 50-75 ltrs dependant on dirt build up.
Remember, some of my clients dont clean there cars so 2 weeks heavy soiling equals quite some grime.
If I changed over to one bucket sponge and dry washed then used a rinse aid, 10ltrs is sufficent but im not about to verge en route to cowboyville :D
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I still stink its alot of water. How bigs your tank in your van?
 
175ltr + 2 buckets carrying 15ltrs each ergo 200ltrs in total for wash stage.
I only carry whats neccesary tbh.
I will add that a large amount of my details are done on X5's and range rovers, maybe slightly less water is used on standard cars.
I would hazzard a guess taht with pre rinsing, foaming etc and final rinse you could probably get away with using 125ltrs at a stretch.
 
What filters are you all using? I'm looking to get an inline filter for the final hose down and was planning on this bad boy:

http://www.monzacarcare.com/products/?category_id=6120&search_mode=view_item&product_id=1479&start=0
 
The monza filters are good from what ive heard but are only limited to a small amount of water.
I cant quite remember wher I had seen it but some places do RO filters that last far longer and give plenty more ltrs water filteration for good money.
 
Cheers for your responses chaps!

Think I will start down the quick detailing spray route first, then possibly consider the inline filter.

Shipkiller, in answer to your earlier post in my thread.....I use Meguiars gold class shampoo, Autoglym super resin polish, followed by Meguiars Gold class liquid wax.

In actual fact just spent 2 hours doing the above, and now it is absolutely p**sing it down! Typical!

Still, the water beading is impressive!
 
shiney

I also NEVER let any section of the car start to dry while washing. I was a section, rinse that section and wet down the entire car again. Then after the car is completely washed, pull it into the garage to start to dry it. If you don't have a garage to do this, make sure you are not doing it in direct sunlight. I do like the idea of a deionizing filter that some have suggested. I can wash a Z4 in 20-30 minutes.

On my wife's black Z, I use Pinnacle Sovereign or Pinnacle Signature Series II wax after I apply a sealer. It really resists water marks and is killer on a dark car.

Of course, both cars get waxed at least every two weeks.
 
Depends on what your definition of overkill is....

For the last month or so, I have been waxing the Coupe' every Saturday morning....

It takes about three hours... Start at 7:00 and finished by 10:00 or so. By then everyone in the house is up and moving around...
With a new coat of Pinnacle, dirt just does not seem to stick to the car....

Washing and waxing our cars/truck is a very relaxing way to unwind and de-stress.
 
Shipkiller said:
Depends on what your definition of overkill is....

For the last month or so, I have been waxing the Coupe' every Saturday morning....

It takes about three hours... Start at 7:00 and finished by 10:00 or so. By then everyone in the house is up and moving around...
With a new coat of Pinnacle, dirt just does not seem to stick to the car....

Washing and waxing our cars/truck is a very relaxing way to unwind and de-stress.
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I hear you. I wash mine once per week but only top the wax up every third or fourth week. Every 4 months I strip it back and clay, polish, wax etc for a completely new application.

Agree with the unwind and de-stress comment although I'm not sure my family would agree. They don't understand :)
 
ive used rainwater for years now, dont chamois the car anymore and never get water marks on it.
 
Ace,
You must have different rain than I get!!!

As said yesterday topped up the already frequently cared for paintwork with a coat of AG SRP and Megs GC Wax. It rained here for a few hours after.

Just looked at the paintwork and the rainwater has made it look horrendous....loads of dried water rings (from the big beads) nearly as bad as just tap water rinsing and leaving it.

Off to halfrauds for some quick detailing spray.
 
UPDATE..... I posted on 24 Sept saying the rain water had left orrible water marks! But in the last 2 weeks the car has only been driven in the dry.

Today I washed the car, and I gotta say it was a pleasure. Maybe I have reached a significant layer of wax that makes the job so much easier.

The megs gold shampoo slipped onto the paintwork, after rinsing no panels seemed to dry before I could get to them. Microfibre dried with no streaking.

I think the decent build up of wax is the key
 
I also use rainwater. We have a water but for rain coming off my workshop roof. I also live in a hardwater area. All I do is tip a watering can or two of rainwater from the but over the car once cleaned, leather or microfibre it off,and it's job done, no streaks or watermarks.
 
:o rainwater i take it this is not for real crikey if i washed my car with rainwater it would be covered in scratches we often get sand in the rain here.

Shiney you gone down the claying route yet that gives the paint an even better slickness very easy to wash the mit just glides over the paint so different to other peoples cars i have washed before a detail like trying to drag the mit across a breeze block

Recomend this QD for after washing leaves a nice glossy wet look http://www.seriousperformance.co.uk/Products,78,toView_772.html
 
Starting to change colour at inlet end after about 15 times ....I use at end of process just to spray water over cars and then blow water off with a leaf blower

ps am in soft water area
 
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