Mr Clean auto dry?

[Fitty Cent]

Has anybody used the mr clean auto dry crap? If you have does it work good?

[Vector]

I use their car wash solution, but I did not buy the entire kit. It works very well at sheeting the water off 95% of the car surfaces, so you don't have to hand dry. You have to make sure you get it really lathered on the surfaces though. I mixed some of the car wash solution to about a 1/4 ratio to water, put it in a spray bottle and after rinsing the car, spray it on the surfaces, follow with a quick scrub with a long handled wash brush, rinse and it looks great for a quick, no bucket wash job. My advice: just buy the car wash solution, unless you have water in your area with a lot of minerals or other pond scum in it. I do like to hand dry my car when I have time, because I can take care of tree sap, bug splat stuff before it gets too deep in the paint.

[Steve Moran]

It is supposed to be a form of water softener that is mostly how it dose the spotfree dry

[tigerl39]

Steve; I bought the kit but it sits in the shop as I didn,t like it.It had no pressure to spray it off and it didn,t soap up much for me. I found it wasn,t worth the 35 bucks I paid for it. I bought so I could wash my car before a car show when I,m in a hurry but it never worked out. Good old bucket and wash mitt still works the best. Just my 2 cents worth anyway

[Steve Moran]

tigerl39.
I agree with you hot water and elbow grease works great. when I wrinse with hot water the metal is hot enough that it evaporates quickly, lastly the hot water is unbeatable for getting the surface clean.

[CobraConti]

i read somewhere one time that hot water will strip the wax.

[Vector]

from the Mr. Clean Auto Dry web site:
A Note to the Naysayers:
Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash does not strip wax. Mr. Clean AutoDry doesn't leave behind a film, just a thin, temporary layer of the Dry Rinse Polymer molecules, which are replenished each time the car gets washed. These do not strip the wax, or harm the paint or clearcoat in any way.

[Steve Moran]

I guess I was never fond of wax build up

[RJ Sclafani]

I say it sucks, but if you are really REALLY lazy, get it, it saves you the hassle of not putting soap in a bucket and drying the car off. I wasn't satisfied with the results, way too many water spots (yes, I did it right) I prefer the old fashion way unless I'm really in a hurry. HTH

[Philip]

Meguiars Gold Class car wash and the traditional bucket and mitt or giant cellulose sponge. In the shade, of course, and take the sprayer off the hose to give it a solid stream of final rinse water. Most of the water sheets off and an old worn out 100% cotton terrycloth towel will take care of the rest. You pay 5 bucks for a little bottle at the Pep Boys or wherever, but Target sells it $9.99/gallon and Costco's have it $8.99/1.5 gallon. Looks perfect every time.

[gadget73]

If you have really bad water and happen to own a dishwasher, sneak a few drops of rinse aid into the wash bucket to help with spotting.

[jmueller44]

I just don’t believe that car soap doesn’t remove wax, so the only time I use soap is just before a wax job. Currently, I like Maguire’s Gold for the pre-wax wash. Between waxings, which average about three per year, I wash my Mark once a week with plain water and a wash mitt. After washing, I dry with terry toweling.

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[Davemutt]

Hey, that's a nice looking Lincoln!

[jmueller44]

Yeah, I bet you wish you had one just like it. :D :D

[Davemutt]

:D

[OneWayStreet]

quote:Originally posted by RJ Sclafani:
I say it sucks, but if you are really REALLY lazy, get it, it saves you the hassle of not putting soap in a bucket and drying the car off. I wasn't satisfied with the results, way too many water spots (yes, I did it right) I prefer the old fashion way unless I'm really in a hurry. HTH

I also think this stuff sucks! Used it on our daily drivers, the wax that WAS on them ended up on the driveway outlining where I washed the cars! :mad:

Then I used it on a REAL dirty '88 Crown Vic I just got. Ended up washing it again with car wash.

Save your money and buy regular car wash.

[towncardad]

I really like it - my Town Car and Mini Van dont spot at all with it. But, I agree that the soap doesnt suds really well. Lately I have used a bucket w/Meguiars soap and then used the Auto Dry for rinsing and spot free.

[Desert Stallion]

My sister tried it once when it first came out. Ended up spending three times as long as it would've taken to just wash the car by hand in the first place to get all the water spots out. :rolleyes:

Admittedly, here it's a little different washing a car than anywhere else I'd wager. During the summer, when it's 110* in the shade, and you've had the car in the garage for a couple hours just to cool the sheet metal off enough to keep the water from steaming off the instant it hit (slight exageration), not to mention that our water has so many minerals and chemicals in it you can cut it with a knife...

But yeah, another vote for 'this stuff sucks rocks.'

[MichiganTeddyBear]

I Haven't tried it, thought about it tho.

the hard water thing is probably the big key.. if you can walk on your water, it won't work well for you.

I regularly walk on the water comming out of my taps.. of course its straight well water, and somedays smells a little like my septic tank! LOL