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Optimum no rinse (ONR). It’s amazing. Also, it’s just a car as the guy above said.New to Tesla, just picked up two weeks ago
I live in Chicago, in a condo building don't have access to water hose.
How can I wash it ? I see a lot of duct on it?
Any expert opinions?
Thanks
thanksAs branky3 stated, a rinseless wash is your best option. I also prefer ONR but there are many rinseless wash options these days. Ideally you should not attempt in temperatures well below freezing (- 10 deg C) as the wash solution will potentially freeze to the vehicle surface before you have a chance to dry away. To make it more comfortable, use warm water to make the wash solution.
In addition to deal with extreme grit and grime consider getting the Hydroshot from Worx which is a battery powered pressure washer that is able to draw water directly from a bucket. Again use warm water (not hot water as it can destroy the pump/seals) in the bucket as pre rinse to remove most of the grit from lower panels before doing the rinseless wash. I personally use this method year round as it is very effective even though I have access to water from a hose as the total ammount of water used is very little (4-5 gal for pre rinse and 1-2 gal rinseless wash solution).
I did not replace that car. I still have it. Tesla it is just an additional carForgive me for asking a somewhat obvious question, but what did you do for the car you just replaced this model 3 with? Whatever you did there, do that, including "I didnt wash it cause XXXXX".
These are regular cars, you can do whatever you did before to do stuff like washing it.
I did not replace that car. I still have it. Tesla it is just an additional car
Actually you can clean the car without scratching it. It takes a heap of clean microfiber cloths, you fold a cloth into quarters then you roll the clean square to lift the dirt from the paint. Once you’ve used that quarter of the cloth, you move to a clean quarter. Using both sides, you get 8 clean squares per cloth. It takes practice but the cloth is never dragged against the paint so no scratches. The only thing that touches the paint is a clean microfiber surface. So you spray with the waterless wash then wipe if off with the microfiber. i use an aircraft product. It leaves the car clean, glossy, and without scratches.I also don’t use rinseless wash because it also damages paint if your car is actually dirty. It may be minor, but it is scratching. People say it won’t, but no amount of surfactant, lubricant, or any other chemical makes it ok to simply rub dirt off of the paint. I’m not saying it’s a bad product, but it’s a shortcut, not a miracle product.
Actually you can clean the car without scratching it. It takes a heap of clean microfiber cloths, you fold a cloth into quarters then you roll the clean square to lift the dirt from the paint. Once you’ve used that quarter of the cloth, you move to a clean quarter. Using both sides, you get 8 clean squares per cloth. It takes practice but the cloth is never dragged against the paint so no scratches. The only thing that touches the paint is a clean microfiber surface. So you spray with the waterless wash then wipe if off with the microfiber. i use an aircraft product. It leaves the car clean, glossy, and without scratches.
If he’s got a self healing film, he can learn the microfiber technique on those film covered surfaces. It takes more to time write about it than it does to learn to do it. There should be videos on line on exactly how to do it.
The wash I use is this: Amazon.com
When buying microfiber, I’d look for the cloths that don’t have the edge binding. That edge binding is not microfiber and can possibly scratch.
This wasn’t meant as a personal evaluation of your expertise, merely describing methods. I believe waterless can be done without scratches but it takes care. My white car will not show anything like the scratches that your black car will. Still I cannot see any scratches on mine even with strong light looking closely.I have sold many thousands of detailing products. I have designed custom paste waxes, designed custom microfiber towels, etc. So I’m not just stating this based off of third hand info. If there is dirt or debris on your car and you rub it, there is no avoiding micro-scratches. Rinseless wash greatly reduces, but does not eliminate scratching. You may not notice, but clean like that for a while and then take a good light to it. It won’t leave big noticeable scratches, but it is not as good as a proper wash. That’s fine for most people, but I choose to avoid it.
This wasn’t meant as a personal evaluation of your expertise, merely describing methods. I believe waterless can be done without scratches but it takes care. My white car will not show anything like the scratches that your black car will. Still I cannot see any scratches on mine even with strong light looking closely.
Alex77 doesn’t have the freedom to choose from all the options we have. I like a foam cannon and then a leaf blower to dry, but he can’t do that. I’d like to try the distilled water to rinse, but that seems exotic to me. Anyway Alex77 will need to choose.
I did not replace that car. I still have it. Tesla it is just an additional car
@D.E. Thanks. So, for this method, I just need to have :Actually you can clean the car without scratching it. It takes a heap of clean microfiber cloths, you fold a cloth into quarters then you roll the clean square to lift the dirt from the paint. Once you’ve used that quarter of the cloth, you move to a clean quarter. Using both sides, you get 8 clean squares per cloth. It takes practice but the cloth is never dragged against the paint so no scratches. The only thing that touches the paint is a clean microfiber surface. So you spray with the waterless wash then wipe if off with the microfiber. i use an aircraft product. It leaves the car clean, glossy, and without scratches.
If he’s got a self healing film, he can learn the microfiber technique on those film covered surfaces. It takes more to time write about it than it does to learn to do it. There should be videos on line on exactly how to do it.
The wash I use is this: Amazon.com
When buying microfiber, I’d look for the cloths that don’t have the edge binding. That edge binding is not microfiber and can possibly scratch.
@jjrandorin for my other car which is 2013 Acura TL, I go to a car washOk
So... what do you do for that car?
Ahh ok, yeah that makes sense. I mean, a car wash can put micro scratches in basically any cars paint, but with that being said, I will agree wholeheartedly that the paint on a tesla is not really the same as on an Acura, or a BMW (or quite a few other brands actually).@jjrandorin for my other car which is 2013 Acura TL, I go to a car wash
But for tesla, I don't want to go through car wash. Because, I am reading the paint on teslas are far from perfect.
I read the same thing but to me it is a car, not a work of art to sit in a frame and be admired over the next 2 centuries.@jjrandorin for my other car which is 2013 Acura TL, I go to a car wash
But for tesla, I don't want to go through car wash. Because, I am reading the paint on teslas are far from perfect.
@Randy-12 Like how you put it "not a work of art to sit in a frame and be admired over the next 2 centuries.", but when you pay almost $70K with all the adds, which dont work yet, it becomes like a piece of artI read the same thing but to me it is a car, not a work of art to sit in a frame and be admired over the next 2 centuries.
Drive it, Car wash it, do what you need to do for you.
For me in the winter, I use the corner automatic car wash then go home and park the car in the garage, the end.
Well I got what I paid for and everything works as expected.@Randy-12 Like how you put it "not a work of art to sit in a frame and be admired over the next 2 centuries.", but when you pay almost $70K with all the adds, which dont work yet, it becomes like a piece of art
I did not find you a tutorial on the “rolling towel” method. In general the waterless car washes are meant for a lightly soiled or dusty car. A dirty or gritty car does increase the possibility of scratches.@D.E. Thanks. So, for this method, I just need to have :
1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=tmc064-20
2. Microfiber cloth
and that's all, no water required. Am I correct?