I know this topic of discussion was covered before but I just want to share my own recent experience.

This past Thursday (2 days before the g2g) I decided to wash my HHR. I was out of the Mr. Clean soap so I decided to use Blue Coral in the Mr. Clean Pro
Wash-N-Dry. I read here and on other forums that it doesn't matter what car wash soap used the end result would be the same (as long as it is a good quality soap). After I washed the car using Blue Coral (great quality stuff), the car dried up pretty nicely, however, there were many water spots left behind. Not so many that it looked horrible, but enough that I had to take a damp micro fiber towel to get rid of them. Well, today (after getting blasted by love bugs) I decided to re-wash the HHR. But this time I went out and got a Mr. Clean Auto Dry soap refill. I washed the car just as I did day's earlier and let it dry. I just went out and looked it over and there are about 90% fewer water spots using Mr. Clean soap Vs Blue Coral. Both wash jobs used the same Mr. Clean Pro Wash-N-Dry unit, hooked to the same water source, using the same filter (Mr. Clean Soap had the disavantage of the filter being used before), the Mr. Clean soap also dried quite a bit faster, and it's a bit cooler today than last Thursday. But both times after I washed the car I moved it inside the shop so that it could air dry and not dry in the sun. Anyway, like I said, I just wanted to share a real time washing experience....so flame away if you must. -Dan

 

Sounds like Mr. Clean soap does much better than the other. I take mine to a car wash that uses some stuff that works really well...not sure what it is, but I love the results.

No flaming from me.

 

I personally use some random soap I found in a giant bottle in my garage the familiar had gotten for their cars, it dries fine after the filtered wash as long as I make sure I got alllll the soap off before the filtered wash.

 

I use the Mr. Clean system when I know I'm not going to have time to do a proper drying. I've used it several times with great results. NO water spots, and that's leaving it in the driveway.

 

After washing my cars, I use an electric leaf blower to blow off the water. This also works to get the water out of crevices and from behind moldings. You know- the places where the hidden soapy water runs down the side of the car and dries the first time you pull away after wiping the car!

Steve

 

I'm being lazy here ( I could google it ), but what is the MR Clean washing system?

I get so many water spots, I hate looking close at the car. The water here is so mineral laden, that I have to chisel off the mineral growth on my faucets!

I used a towel to dry the car yesterday and it had been used to clean chrome or something prior, so it left a white streaky film on the car after washing. I should not have used that towel, but it looked clean. I have a fresh pack of micro fiber ones and will use them next time.

I

 

It uses a special soap when washing the car, then filtered water for rinsing.

 

This is My secret weapon against water spots. Got it at J.C. Whitney, About
$39.00. Works GREAT. Electric.
Believe or not, I`ve actually posted pics alone, but...

 

Damn! It IS him!



Thanks for the head's up. Is it actually made for cars, or just works well anyway?

 

THANKS FOR THE PICS

Looks small and handy. I will look into this as the spots drive me nuts! It is getting so I cannot actually ever get them off and they are compounding on top of each other

No matter what soap I use,I always get spots and I'd like to apply some Zaino or such, but never get the car clean enough. Time to go to the car wash I guess.

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