OK so years of low rain and longer years of mis-mangaed infrastructure and no planned growth have caught up with Georgia! Last week they did a total outdoor ban on water usage. I have never taken my car througha car wash or even let anyone else wash it! I just got a 08 Type-S 4 weeks ago and I usually wash it every week. So now I am faced with some issues. fortunalely I when I bought it I di NXT paste then the following weeknd did Meguiars #21 with Polycharger. The finish is awesome and seems durable for a while. I could lug my stuffto those wash it your self washes, btu the reality is that if the the next few months don;t see an improvement they will start cutting even the paid car washes. Do I just run it through a brushless car wash for now? Do you guys wash your own cares or run them through the car wash?

So I'm thinking of building (yes this sounds nuts) a mini enclosure in my garage/basement to be able to wash my car indoors and thus avoid the total "outdoor" ban. My only real issue is the garage floor is not perfectly pitched, so I some how need to build it up so it pitches entirely toward the door so water will run out. I can hang landscape plastic on 3 sides and ceiling to prevent spray from ruining the house. Any suggestions on how to build out say a 2-3 inch subfloor to hold the car and pitch it toward end wheree it will taper out? I'm thinking some type of expoy somtihng, not sure laying a thin layer of cememnt over the floor will hold up without cracking?

How nuts am I? Any others in similar water ban areas?

 

Optimum NRWS is your answer.

http://www.prestostore.com/cgi-bin/s...629&recview=11

 

One step further.....

 

Assuming you go your route how are you going to hide the fact that there will be gallons of water pouring out of your garage? What are your neighbors like?

 

I thought of that, based on my garage layout and pitch of property I can channle it out the side, my garage does not face the street, but the side of my property so the water would not really be visible. I'm also looking into well water, but I hear drilling a well is rather expensive.

 

Anyone really try this stuff? If this works it coudl be a great answer.

 

well water = bad, i got well water on my old car from a sprinkler system and it etched the paint, discolored it and made it stink. It took me about 3 details to get most of it off. But I sold the car later. I would get the stuff excel suggested or if you want to build the enclosure, build a false floor with water proof liner that is rasied about 5 inches from normal height at the back wall and about 3 inches on the back near the water exit, you can get a steel gutter and route it somewhere else where no one will see it. Also if anyone asks, its for oil changes and car maintance.

 

I do!!
Do a quick google on it. You'll be surprised at all the threads on it........Its pretty big over at Autopia.....

 

yeap ONR is your friend!!! i use it alot during the winter because it is too cold here to wash the whole car.. so not i can do touch ups...

 

So does this ONR do anything to remove the wax or sealant, it says it bonds tot he paint to help left the drit, sounds like that is contrary to my Meguiars #21 sealant? Will I be waxing/sealing my paint more often or no difference?

 

No, its harmless to waxes and sealants.

 

OK well I guess I'll order some of this ONR and give it a shot.

 

OK tried ONR today and I am mostly impressed. It did a good job on my lightly soiled car, and a medicore job on my friends dirtly dark red Mitsu. So the process I used was this:
- 1/2 gallon sprayer with 2-3 oz of ONR to presoak car
- 5 gal bucket with 3 gals water and abotu 3-4 oz of ONR
- 5 gal bucket with water to rinse mitts.

- I presprayed the car then used the 3 gal ONR mix and a mitt to wash the car, dipping mitt ever panel or so in the ONR mix, it did seem to remove a lot of dirt
- I then rinsed the mitt in the water bucket and di another pass with just water soakded mitt to help remove an ONR residue and left of dirt.
- used terry towel to dry

On the Dark Red Mitsu it looked as clean as a normal wash but I noticed the terry towel was fairly dirty telling me the ONR did not remove as much as I would have thought, even though the mitt looked clean as I was washing and rinsing

On my silver 08 TL-S the car was lightly durty, more dusty nd the car looks good. The terry towel was not dirty at all except where it woudl normally get dirty when I dry near exhaust and under bumper.

Some observations:

- I basically edused less than 10 gallons to do 2 cars with the extra buckets and rinse.
- The Acura brakes dust horribly and the ONR did an OK job, but not as good as my regular wash and rinse. With that much dust I don;t think there is any substitute for lots of water to help float/rinse the dirt away.
- Not sure what polymers the ONR uses and what is left behind, but both cars have a very good shine to them.

ONR does what it says, probably 90% or more the same as a standard wash, but I profer a standard wash, but seeing as I'm in water restrictions this will have to do. I suspect when it comes time to wax, I'll find a way to do a regular wash.

I do recommend ONR and maybe with more practive I'll build a hugher confidence in it. I feel it is awesome on a lightly soiled regularly washed car.

Overall impressed and happy ONR user! I can recommend this process to others with water restrictions.

I did do the TL in my garage with minimal water ont he floor, although those damn Type-S wheels with the heavy dust do leave a mess on the floor.

 

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