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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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Default Just tried Mr. Clean autodry car wash kit.

The fear of swirls have driven me to buying a Mr. Clean autodry carwash kit today.

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-Decent. Didn't exactly eliminate all waterspots but i may just have hard water. Figures. Although i was impressed with the sprayer gun.





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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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i have one, its great even though the soap and filter are a little expensive.
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 12:36 AM
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Tried it awhile ago on my VW, it took forever to try and rinse the car with the damn thing. I ended up letting it collect dust and eventually threw it away. I switched back to Meguiar's nxt car soap, which helps prevent water spots along with a whole host of other goodies to wash my car.
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 02:53 AM
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Or you can take the end off the hose and barely let the water run out of it and go over the entire car after your done washing. That will make the water sheet, and in doing this, take off a good 95% of the water with it.
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Neothin
Or you can take the end off the hose and barely let the water run out of it and go over the entire car after your done washing. That will make the water sheet, and in doing this, take off a good 95% of the water with it.
Been rinsing my vehicles this way for years , as long as you have a good coat of wax on your vehicle this technique will work every time
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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I keep a Mr. Clean around for the winter months to rinse my car off between rain storms... Other than that, there's no shortcut to a good carwash.

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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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yeah - the spray guy is slow for rinseing....I still use the soap as it seems to be the key factor in the whole process besides the filter....but the soap works good...it sheers right off the top.
Old Oct 21, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute you know...
Old Oct 22, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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it is an ok product....not perfection though
Old Nov 26, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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i was about to get one of those things
Old Dec 3, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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I had pretty good results with mine.
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I've been using mine since I picked up my RS2 in June, it has worked flawlessly everytime. I love watching the water sheet right off the car with the filtered rinse.
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