Great video guys , I have been using a Rinseless sponge with very good results, I myself use 2 buckets one with Rinseless and one with water, after capturing the dirt with the sponge, I dip it into the bucket with water and squeeze it out , then back into the Rinseless, reloading to continue the wash , I’m very impressed with your towel method, really good demonstration, guys but the real star is slick X , just a shame it’s not available in the uk 🇬🇧.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. We'll be demonstrating the sponge and two bucket method next, which is great method! My personal preference is the use of luxury microfiber towels for efficiency and re-use of my SlickX rinseless solution, we wanted to show both methods work just fine and people can choose the methods they feel most comfortable. And yes, we would absolutely agree with you, the real star is SlickX. We hope to be getting this across the pond real soon.
I use the two-bucket method using a rinseless wash. One bucket diluted 256-1 the other bucket has a higher dilution just to help remove the dirt. It's amazing how dirty the water is from dipping my sponge in before going to my main bucket of rinseless. I prefer not to use dirty water while washing my car.
great method but quick tip make sure to put some of the solution in your rinse bucket too so that it’s actually cleaning the dirt off the sponge before putting it back into your wash bucket
I started doing rinsle-less with Autofiber Double Flips and quite enjoyed it, now I've switched to the Rag Co USS and it's a gamer changer, easily the better option for me, I go back to the bucket to clean out the sponge and pickup fresh solution when ever I want to, I don't feel tied to using a cloth until it's 'done'.
Great Video. Just getting back into Car Detailing and learned a lot in just watching this video. Thank You and will be up all night watching all of your videos.
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. Will you primarily be detailing your own cars or will it include client cars? How long have you been doing rinseless washes?
@@ripclean Just doing my own cars, Wife just got a Black 24 Pathfinder and want to keep it Spotless. Never did a Rinseless wash as that wasn’t around when I did detailing on my own and a few close friends cars, or at least I never heard of it then.
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment. Great question. Typically you can rinse the sponge several times in a clean 1/2 bucket of SlickX, ring it out, outside the bucket and place it in a closable storage container of Ziplock bag to keep moist in-between washes.
Have used both methods, I always return to using as many towels as needed. Considering I have limitations to water at my rental property I tend to purchase distilled water in my bucket and love getting multiple washes using with this method. I've boughten enough rinseless towels that I don't mind spending the time with laundry because I typically let me towels dwell in microfiber detergent until it's time to do a bulk wash. I most certainly would use a sponge when necessary, and as a matter of fact I own two. It boils down to preference or job!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. I absolutely agree with you. I'll use both depending on the situation, sponge or plush microfiber towels. Microfiber towels are my preference. And yes, it comes down to preference. Before SlickX, I used distilled water, but we found out in testing prior to release that SlickX did such a great job conditioning the water, 99% of the time it hasn't been necessary to use distilled water unless we're mobile and the customer's water is really hard. Still not a bad practice as a preference to use distilled water. We of course use our RipClean Ultra Plush Satin Edged premium microfiber towels, and like you, will wait until we've used about 9 to 12 and then wash them separate from our other microfibers to prevent cross contamination. We'll let them dwell in between washes in an extra bucket with SlickX at 256:1 until ready to wash. When ready to wash, we also wash with a microfiber detergent and dry on low heat. It sounds like you have a great process going. Let us know if we can ever answer any questions for you. Thanks again!
I love using the dedicated rinseless sponge on just a lightly "dusty" or very lightly soiled vehicle, which is about 50% of the time for me, but for a little heavier dirt, I like using a few good quality microfibers as it definitely gets more dirt off the surface, but you really need to watch what you are doing and frequently rinse and flip your towel when using a microfiber. I've micro marred my car on more than one occasion with a microfiber, but rarely caused any problems with a sponge as long as it's rinsed frequently. One of the best grit guards in my opinion is the Chemical Guys one. Believe it or not, the conical shape of their cones blocks out the grit WAY better than an original grit guard in my opinion. The Detail Guardz ones would be my second choice which I also have. I absolutely love using rinseless washing as long as you use good washing techniques, you won't have any issues as long as the dirt is LIGHT! Heavy dirt always requires a pressure rinse and bucket wash in my opinion but if you stay up on your vehicles with rinseless every week, you probably won't need to do a bucket wash very often.
Thanks for watching and commenting. You are correct proper technique is crucial. One element overlooked by many when rinseless washing is the quality of the rinseless solution as part of that technique or process. A rinseless solution not only must emulsify (breakdown) as well as capture (encapsulate) the dirt. It must provide a sufficient barrier of lubrication for the contact wash, while leaving negligible added waxy protection. This is an extremely delicate balance in a bottle. More chemical engineering than most people realize. We would agree, when using a dedicated rinseless sponge a grit/dirt guard it's essential when the sponge is being rinsed in the bucket. The other factor is the quality and forgiveness of the microfiber towel. I'm always surprised by those who use a standard pile microfiber towel to conduct a rinseless wash. It certainly increases the risk of marring, especially if using an inferior rinseless product. It sounds like you have a great process in place. Let us know when you get a chance to try SlickX. We welcome your report.
Great comparison, thank you. As covered in the comments already, the cleanliness of the water isn't how we should judge. What's not clear in the video is how many microfibres you used?
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment. The cleanliness of the water is not a judgement of quality, simply a comparison using both methods, which both methods (sponge or microfiber) are effective. It just comes down to personal preference. In terms of how many microfiber towels are used, that is dependent on the dirt level of the vehicle being cleaned. This car would take 5 RipClean Ultra Plush Premium microfiber towels to clean the body, which is typical given each towel presents 8 total clean wiping panels when folded as we demonstrated in the video. We'll use no more than 3 of our standard pile microfiber towels to clean and dry the tires and wheels.
I don't really understand the conclusions when it comes to compare both buckets: Being the sponge bucket water way dirtier doesn't mean that it removed more dirt from the car?
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. Good observation. The objective and conclusion is not that one removed more dirt than the other. Both methods do a good job of removing the emulsified and encapsulated dirt. It's really about what happens to the dirt in a single bucket example using either method and as a result of seeing this demonstration which method would result in a cleaner car in the end? A bucket with clean solution or a bucket with slightly contaminated solution? There are varying ways to do a rinseless wash. Our series will explore each of these ways to allow the viewer to see and decide for themselves which is a better method. My preference is the single bucket and the use of RipClean Ultra Plush microfiber towels because I'm never re-introducing contaminated water back into my solution and any unused SlickX solution can be saved, stored and reused for the next SlickX rinseless wash. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Great question. It's actually just the opposite. SlickX breaks down/emulsifies the dirt and allows it to be safely carried away from the car surface on to the Ultra Premium microfiber towel. As you can see in the video, once I have used every panel of the Ultra Premium microfiber towel, I set it aside. I do not reintroduce into the bucket or on the car. I wash the towels later. SlickX does what it is supposed to do, emulsify, encapsulate and lubricate. The Ultra Premium microfiber towel does what it is supposed to do which is safely remove the dirt from the car surface.
Great demo thanks. I’ve been using the sponge method and have been happy. I was curious about the microfiber cloth method. May I ask, where did you get those clear buckets? Also like that bucket cart.
Thanks for watching and for your question. You can absolutely use tap water. SlickX does a great job of conditioning and softening the water. No need for distilled water but no problem if you want to use it either.
Cost per use may be lower for the towel method but you have to invest a lot more $ in towels and then you have to do laundry afterwards. And I wouldn't use towels soaked that heavily in the interior. Overall the towel method is more expensive and takes more of your time. That is my conclusion after doing it both ways.
Thanks for watching. Great comment! Yes, it comes down to personal preference, and yes, great point, you will have to wash the towels when using the microfiber towel rinseless wash method, which I wash with my Hercules drying towels after I have used 12 or more Ultra Plush microfiber towels. And yes, those 12 towels will cost me initially up front, and we only use them on the exterior. For interior and wheel and tire, we use the our standard pile microfiber towels and they don't need to be that wet. It does come down to where you want your advantages. It sounds like you have a great process! I'll use either method depending on the circumstance and conditions. Thanks again for watching and leaving comment. More rinseless videos to come!
Great video, guys. Thank you!! My concern is going through soooo many towels if washing multiple cars. How do you wash your wash towels? They are very, very dirty and so I’m curious if they come clean with your wash method or is there residual dirt (off colored) after washing.
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. I think what you may be referring to is residual staining, where the towel is washed, and cleaned but still looks somewhat dirt stained. To reduce this residual staining, for us, after a SlickX rinseless wash, we will put the towels in a separate bucket filled with SlickX at 256:1 dilution ratio and allow them to soak in the bucket until we are ready to wash them. We'll usually wait until we've gone through 12 our more Ultra Plush Microfiber towels and a couple of Hercules drying towels and throw them all into the wash together. We'll always wash in cold water, use a liquid detergent that doesn't have fragrances or fabric softeners and then dry on low heat. The quality of the microfiber will make a big difference as well. How many towels do you typically use during a rinseless wash? Do you prefer a single bucket or two?
its not a fair comparison one bucket sponge vs one bucket mutiple towel . but overall great video. where can i get slick x product? hope this will raise awareness bout rinseless washing
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment. We wanted to demonstrate both methods using our Ripclean Phantom Clear 5 gallon buckets, so viewers could see for themselves and decide just as you did. You can purchase SlickX, our Plush microfiber towels and Phantom clear buckets on the Ripclean.com website.
As can be seen by the difference between the two buckets, the sponge is designed to releases the dirt more than the towel. I prefer to contact the paint with cleaner media, so the sponge is my preferred method. Microfiber towels are designed to grab and hold dirt. I will be testing doing the initial wash with a sponge followed up with a towel. Best of both worlds. Rinseless wash it too inexpensive to try and conserve IMO.
Thanks for watching and commenting. You’re correct the rinseless sponge does a great job of releasing dirt, that is why once all the panels of the Ultra Plush microfiber towel has been used, it’s not introduced back into the SlickX rinseless solution in the bucket, which is why the SlickX solution in the bucket is always clean and can be reused on the next rinseless wash.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, that is definitely an option to use 1 liter for the pump and 1 liter for the towels. A person could use the Hercules drying towel to wipe the interior, it would certainly do the job. We prefer a tighter weave of microfiber for interior wipe down, but that's our preference.
Great video, I like to use the multiple towel method although I also have the Big Black Sponge. In my opinion the rinseless wash isn't worse than the 2 bucket method!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Do you find yourself using the multiple towel method more or is it just situational? When you do use the sponge, are you using the one or two bucket method?
Wait so you are saying that removing the dirt from your car and keeping it in the solution is worse than a rag that now is loaded with dirt that is being held in the towel? That makes no sense. I want dirt away from my car not in the media that is contacting the paint.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Make sure you go back and watch the video thoroughly to understand the two different methods and their advantages. When wet-wiping a SlickX treated surface with a a clean Plush Microfiber towel that is soaked in SlickX, the towel would not be loaded with dirt. Each towel has two sides. Each side when bi-folded will have 4 clean panels per side to wipe. Each single panel will have five clean wiping sides, when including the center of the of each panel. You should not be wiping dirt across your car when done properly. After you have used all 8 panels you discard the Plush Microfiber towel to the dirty pile or empty bucket. You never reintroduce a dirty towel into your clean SlickX solution. Hopefully, that helps. We use either tool (Sponge or Plush Microfiber towel) depending on our customers and the situation.
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. Using both sponger or microfiber methods, do you prefer the single bucket or two bucket for your rinseless process?
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. That is my conclusion. Which method do you use sponge or plush microfiber towels? Do you use a single bucket or two bucket system? We'll be demonstrating the two bucket system in our next video.
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. A WIN for the sponge! It all comes down to personal preference doesn't it. Why do you prefer the sponge? Do you use one bucket or two? We'll be demonstrating the two bucket SlickX rinseless process in our next video.
@@ripclean Having explored the subject with my own experiments i have concluded that both methods work equally good but the microfibre towel method is way slower for me, introduces the additional process of washing the towels (and adding usage of yet another product - a washing solution) wich is tiresome, with the sponge i just dump it in the bucket of DIY Rinlsess and thats it.I wash my car weekly and the amout of time i spend on it is already great, adding time to it or additional steps is not effective for me, besides in all my time with rinsless i never added micromarring of any kind (at least not visible to my eyesight), and even if I did I polish my car after a year or two, but im using a different sponge (DIY Legacy Sponge). Mind you these are my conclusions - with my method of washing, as i know it differs from person to person.
