ONR - I'm a believer now

[EY2K]

Another shout out for Optimum No-Rinse wash. Never heard/used it before owning a Tesla, and oh boy I wish I had. This stuff is amazing. I just did a maintenance hand wash, and it only took 20 minunites. 20 minutes to get my car sparkling clean including the windows! That's nuts. The key, of course, is work one side at a time, and wipe down along the way so that the water doesn't have a chance to dry and form spots on the finish.

Great product, highly recommended.

 

[Sideman7]

It's the only stuff I've washed my car with since i got it. Love it and can wash the car inside the garage.

They key is to make sure you have enough clean towels to use.

 

[rogersmj]

I love ONR. I've used it for years on my ceramic-coated cars. 90% of the time, this is how I wash — with a properly coated car, and doing an ONR maintenance wash once a week or so, yeah 20 minutes and you're done. And I can do it year around inside my garage. In the winter I might just occasionally take my car to the no-touch car wash to blast off the heavy stuff, then do ONR at home.

One tip on the drying front: get a quick detailing spray like Griot's Speed Shine and use it with your drying towel as a drying aid. Works wonders to help prevent spots.

 

[zoomer0056]

Ive heard of this. What are the steps?

 

[Mulkogi]

Very interesting.. might give it a try

 

[rogersmj]

Ive heard of this. What are the steps?

I'm sure there are tons of YouTube videos showing it but basically, as long as your car isn't too dirty:

1. Get two buckets; one with water + ONR, one with plain water (for rinsing your towel/mitt)
2. Wipe a panel with the water+ONR (from the first bucket) on your towel. Rinse the towel in the second bucket.
3. Repeat #2, folding over to a clean section of your wash towel and changing towels periodically as it starts to get dirty. How many wash towels you'll need depends on how dirty the car is.
4. Dry with a drying aid (e.g. the Griot's Speed Shine I recommended above) and a soft microfiber waffle weave towel.

Basically the ONR acts as a lubricant that traps and picks up dirt. Do not scrub — I use basically no pressure at all. If you have to scrub to get dirt off, you should (a) ceramic coat your car, (b) do a more intensive real wash with a full hose/foam cannon setup.

 

[EY2K]

I use one bucket wash with ONR because ONR themselves says that their product has molecules designed to trap and bring dirt to the bottom of the bucket. You'll need one of those wash bucket grit guard however. I've used this one for the past 9 years successfully in a Homer bucket.

To each, their own though. So YMMV.

Amazon.com

 

[rogersmj]

^ Yeah and it does a decent job at that, but IMO two buckets is even better, and if you have two, why not be extra safe?

 

[bugek]

for the paranoid, use 1 towel per panel. towel can be folded to have 8 clean sides. ie very low chance of cross contamination/swirls

 

[Big Earl]

Towels? I use a bucket wash method with a microfiber wash mitt, then dry with drying towels. It usually takes 2-3 towels to dry the whole car enough to prevent water spots. I've been using ONR since I got the car 5 years ago, and I love it. 190,000 miles and still looking pretty good. There are some swirls from hasty wash jobs on the road, and that one time when hubby decided to help.

 

[qpalzm]

I use the ultimate black sponge and i don't know how, but ONR + UBS hasn't caused me any swirls. This video helped me with getting the process down:

 

[csrpenfab]

I use the ultimate black sponge and i don't know how, but ONR + UBS hasn't caused me any swirls. This video helped me with getting the process down:

I was lucky enough to attend a "Tech Day" with my Porsche club at The Rag Co. headquarters here in Boise Idaho. They washed a very dirty 981 Cayman using the ONR method in the video above. I was sold! I now wash my Boxster S only with ONR and a grit guard bucket. ONR even does a fabulous job on the canvas top. Two thumbs up to the Rag. Co. if you need great deals on quality microfiber products too.

 

[SlvrDragon50]

I use the ultimate black sponge and i don't know how, but ONR + UBS hasn't caused me any swirls. This video helped me with getting the process down:

This was a gamechanger for me. I bought a pressure washer only to discover how effect ONR + big red sponge in my case works. Will still use the pressure washer for the wheels though.

 

[zoomer0056]

This was a gamechanger for me. I bought a pressure washer only to discover how effect ONR + big red sponge in my case works. Will still use the pressure washer for the wheels though.

I bought the sponge but I don't use it any more. How can a sponge with all those cuts collecting dirt not scratch the car? People use it and swear by it, but how does it work?

 

[SlvrDragon50]

I bought the sponge but I don't use it any more. How can a sponge with all those cuts collecting dirt not scratch the car? People use it and swear by it, but how does it work?

No clue how it works, but I find that it does great without scratching the car. People are willing to do it on cars far more expensive than mine.

 

[zoomer0056]

No clue how it works, but I find that it does great without scratching the car. People are willing to do it on cars far more expensive than mine.

Do you clean the sponge, or is it a throw away?

 

[SlvrDragon50]

Do you clean the sponge, or is it a throw away?

You can clean it after some time, but you just keep using it.

 

[jjj784]

I also use it as windshield wiper fluid. 1oz to 1 gallon of water. cheaper than buying the pre-mixed stuff.

 

[SlvrDragon50]

I'm guessing this is not winter friendly?

I also use it as windshield wiper fluid. 1oz to 1 gallon of water. cheaper than buying the pre-mixed stuff.

 

[erik23]

I have never used a hose or pressures washer in 2 years since discovering ceramic plus waterless wash. It’s a life changer.