Cooter Tech

With the water restrictions being imposed on people in California. How are you going to keep your car(s) clean? Do you have to wait until night time so your neighbor does not rat you out as a water abuser? Just curious. They are doing it in our area, by raising the rates.

BWF07

Well according to some here on the forum, they never wash their car. A simple California duster and some detail spray.

I would think, that the car wash businesses will still be operational even if their hours are cut back. they do recycle the water and you can always use the self service ones. That is what i did here in Florida a few year back when we had water restrictions. I took all my stuff and only used the water to wet the car down, fill my buckets with water and then used their water to rinse the soap off.

Knob Jockey

Griot's Garage has a Spray on Carwash product that I've used in the winter.

Floats the dirt off and then you use micro-fiber towels to blot/wipe it off.

Certainly no substitute for a real hand wash but if you're sol it's a good option.

Hopperstien

Not in Cali, and have never used it. But love Adam's products.
http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-waterless-car-wash.html

jrose7004

My neighbor never washes his pick up truck no matter how dirty it is. He keeps it clean with some kind of waterless wash. Truck always looks great.

cuspid

Keep a lot of wax on the car and $2 car wash with spot free rinse

HBsurfer

I just wash my car when it is really dirty after a long weekend road trip or if I get caught in the rain. Most of the time I use a California Duster and a waterless wash. I did paint correction on my car last year and even without water, my car has no swirl marks.

pokerpro

If you don't drive in the rain and use it sparingly like a garage queen like they are meant to be, no one would have this issue.

z06clif

had excellent results this winter on my DD's with some waterless cleaner called FW (fast Wax) . But any waterless wax might do in a pinch.

Clif

0Killrwheels@Autogeek

Waterless and Rinseless wash .... Ultima and Optimum are favorites.

http://www.autogeek.net/waterless-ca...-products.html

Boomer111

I only wash the car maybe every 6 months now, no issue for me.

Worse are the people that use water to wash down their driveways.

Eco Summit in the Sierra Mountain Range had no measurable snow back this year at the end of March. First time in 75 years of data gathering.

Southern California waste lots of water, of which they have none.

RocketDawg

Unless I'm mistaken, the Bay Area (and all of northern California) gets a lot more rain than Los Angeles, San Diego, and the rest of southern California. They're basically a desert down there, made livable by Mullholland's viaducts (or whatever they're called). One problem is that almost all the precip comes during the winter, and if there is little in the winter, you're screwed. And 40M people trying to use the little water you have is a definite problem.

Jcbarr25

I was thinking about this. Probably use waterless car wash products. Meguiars have products that I'll probably look into it. Also, you could use a car wash since they recycle water. Just don't use the brush.

LS14ME2

Can someone explain how the rinseless wash works? Can you do the process in the garage?
I watched the Autogeek clip and it seems easy enough, but what if the car is actually pretty dirty?

whit1

That video was and Is a joke. Gee, any product will work Great on a car already detailed and spotless.

Let's see them do that on a Vette thats dirty with dirt kick up on lower panels hood etc. No way are you going to Not scratch or swirl the paint.

Sorry. But if u believe that works I'll sell u some land on Mars.

LS14ME2

I did edit my original to rinseless... agreed the waterless is a detail but the rinseless is a bit more believable but I think I would use on my other cars, the vette, maybe not..

FLFlyer

Works great. Been using it a couple of years washing cars in the garage. Only needs a couple of gallons of water.

phileaglesfan

And next year there will be floods. We have droughts in Utah and everyone panics then the floods come the next year and they beg us to use water. Last year they were about to shut our irrigation water off early. Then they said we saved too much so please use it more.

Bill Soda

This state is nothing short of screwed up. Yes, there is a water situation. Supposedly, it hasn't been this dry in literally hundreds of years. They asked for water reduction months ago, which I have accommodated. Washing the Vette less has been one of the things we do in this house. Residential water use is a relatively small portion of water consumption. The main water "guzzle" is agriculture. It is a Huge percentage of water use.
Also, there is inconstant water restriction from town to town. One city near me (not naming) has met previous water reduction, therefore they have no current restrictions...go figure. Nothing is mandatory yet, just voluntary. There are some neighbors just plane stupid and selfish still pouring water in the street. They won't change their behavior until they turn on the faucet and nothing comes out.

Guess I"ll just fire up the compressor in the garage and dry clean the Corvette.

Cooter Tech

I was thinking the same thing, do it on a dirty dusty car! I live on a dirt road and there is a lot of dust and big bugs that dry on a car like glue. No way would I do that to a dusty clunker, much less my Corvette. I also have a well, so water at this time is not a problem yet. I am sure the powers that be are trying to figure out a way to tax people with well water.