Mr. Clean auto dry
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From: Imperial Valley, CA
Mr. Clean auto dry had to try this thing out. the very first time i used it, it was great. then when i got the replacement filter i have not gotten the same results. still good stuff though. has anybody used it to clean the engine? been thinking of it instead of spraying simple clean. anyone???
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From: Orance County, CA
I used to use it, had no complaints about it...the system works extremely well. Have not used it for a while, cuz Meguires Gold Class shampoo is too damn sweet!
However, thats an AWESOME idea to use it in the engine bay...****, gonna have to try that tommorow
However, thats an AWESOME idea to use it in the engine bay...****, gonna have to try that tommorow
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From: Orance County, CA
Thanks for the comments guys! I wash my car every week...sometimes it gets monotonous while im doing it, but once im done...I couldnt be more satisfied.
Hey msbz_ls1, you can read up what Meguires has to say about thier product here:
http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguia...&subcatagory=1 I dunno what I can say about it, not really sure how it gives my car the finish that it does, all I know its the best damn wash Ive ever used.
Once a month I use the NXT Tech Wash (its heavier than the Gold Class and helps strip old wax), polish with ColorX, the wax with NXT Tech Wax, the throw in another coat of Mother's Pure Carnuba wax. All by hand (cant afford a good polisher)
For the weekly wash I use the Gold Class shampoo because its pretty easy on wax, then I use Eagle One's Wax-As-You-Dry spray on wax...preatty neat spray actually, does a decent job and using it couldnt be easier: you spray it on the wet surface, then dry your car...thats it. I used to use the NXT Booster Spray Wax on my weekly wash, but that **** was 10x more work to use than the normal Tech Wax.
Plus, I alway felt that it didnt leave my car with the same shine and color depth that id have after doing my monthly. The Eagle One spray does seem to boost my polish/wax job to near "just polished/waxed" level 
Hey msbz_ls1, you can read up what Meguires has to say about thier product here:
http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguia...&subcatagory=1 I dunno what I can say about it, not really sure how it gives my car the finish that it does, all I know its the best damn wash Ive ever used.
Once a month I use the NXT Tech Wash (its heavier than the Gold Class and helps strip old wax), polish with ColorX, the wax with NXT Tech Wax, the throw in another coat of Mother's Pure Carnuba wax. All by hand (cant afford a good polisher)
For the weekly wash I use the Gold Class shampoo because its pretty easy on wax, then I use Eagle One's Wax-As-You-Dry spray on wax...preatty neat spray actually, does a decent job and using it couldnt be easier: you spray it on the wet surface, then dry your car...thats it. I used to use the NXT Booster Spray Wax on my weekly wash, but that **** was 10x more work to use than the normal Tech Wax.
Plus, I alway felt that it didnt leave my car with the same shine and color depth that id have after doing my monthly. The Eagle One spray does seem to boost my polish/wax job to near "just polished/waxed" level Trending Topics
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If anybody wants to try the Eagle One Wax-As-U-Dry product, there is a rebate for it here:
http://www.valvoline.com/pages/rebat...sp?rebateid=15
They will send you a rebate check for the purchase price up to $6.00 if it is purchased before the end of 2004.
http://www.valvoline.com/pages/rebat...sp?rebateid=15
They will send you a rebate check for the purchase price up to $6.00 if it is purchased before the end of 2004.
Also, if anybody wants to buy a Mr. Clean Auto Dry then we can get a $3.00 off coupon to use when we buy it:
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/4901/
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/4901/
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From: Haymarket, Virginia
Originally Posted by Cefiro
I wouldnt reccomend it I used it a couple times, and it will never look as good as washing by hand.
When it comes down to it, I use the mr. clean system to make my hand washing easier. I use it to wet the car down (no brainer there) and to apply soap to both the car and my wash mitt, but the good thing is, I can keep one hand on the mr. clean, the other in my nice wash mitt. Instead of using buckets, where you can contaminate your wash water when rinsing your mitt (unless you use the two bucket method), I find it eaiser to just rinse out the mitt with water from the autodry. Nothing gets contaminated, my wash is still done "by hand", and I don't have to worry about buckets. I still use the bucket when I'm doing wheels (they are always dirty with brake dust) but I don't use my wash mitt on them. I use meguiars hot shine wheel cleaner and follow that up with a 100% cotton terry washcloth.
No, I don't use the mr. clean wash solution, I use NXT wash in the mr. clean instead. I used to use the filtered water, but come on, I'm not gonna let my car drip dry...I'm too impatient to get working with other products, so I use the absorber to dry it.
Have a explained it well enough? I really think it is an awesome system to use for cleaning my car.
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From: Orance County, CA
Originally Posted by PendragonZ
Tech wax doesn't seem to strip my NXT. Dawn even has a hard time stripping NXT. I don't know how you've done it.
Anyway, you can always try washing the car with the Tech wash, going over the finish with some cleaner wax and going from there.
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From: North of Atlanta
Wax as you dry. This stuff works great I have a blackSS m6 that I bought used with 38,000 miles. It had some scratches in the clear so I wet sanded the whole car in sections and took 90% percent of the factory orange peel out and now it is slick but since the clear is so level and texture free it shows the finest of scratches. I hardly ever drive the car so it really never needs washing unless it gets bad dusty so I started using the wax/as u dry dilluted with 50/50 mixture with water and it works great that way as well. To me it's just as good as far as the shine as regular wax but I don't know how well it protects the paint. I also use it on all of the dark based vehicles that we detail unless of course they want it waxed.
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From: Orance County, CA
Use the Mr Clean Auto Dry today on the engine bay...
didnt really put much elbow grease into it (pretty much just spray the inside, then spray it with the soap, rinsed out the soap, then used the filtered water), it came out ok!
My car isnt a show car with a bunch of engine dress up in it, the engine bay is pretty stock except for the clear lid...but it is nice to have the inside clean.
didnt really put much elbow grease into it (pretty much just spray the inside, then spray it with the soap, rinsed out the soap, then used the filtered water), it came out ok!
My car isnt a show car with a bunch of engine dress up in it, the engine bay is pretty stock except for the clear lid...but it is nice to have the inside clean.
