Touchless Car Wash's
 

Was wondering what peoples takes were on all the touchless car wash's? I don't have the chance to put the solid time into a nice wash by hand somtimes and don't want to half *** it. I haven't heard anything bad about them except when they don't work properly and say miss a cycle. But, could it harm the car paint or wax job at all? I try to hand wash it once every 2 weeks and in between goto the touchless car wash. Just trying to get others 2 cents on it.

I heard their soap are really really hard on the wax. Maybe apply a good sealant and make some test.

^Like what he said. What I do is just bring some Spray wax after it goes through the wash. Also another thing with touchless wash is that they don't get everything clean.

Just making sure i'm not doing some damage over time to it and its not hurting anything. I just hate seeing the car dirty at all and when I do even if I don't have time to wash it, its just nice stopping by the carwash for a quick cleaning.

Touchless car washes use harsh detergents to clean your car. Any paint protection (wax or sealant) that you've applied to your paint will be stripped off much quicker than normal. I personally never use them.

Run a hose over your car to loosen up the dirt before you head to the carwash... Yes, you'll be doing a little work, but at least they're taking care of the really dirty part...

You are MUCH better going with a "soft cloth" wash over a "touchless" wash. You can either use chemicals or friction to clean. - the chemicals used in touchless only washes are VERY corrosive to your car. I'm in the biz so I know what I'm taking about -

<insert standard recommendation of ONR here>

An ONR wash can literally take as little as 10-15 minutes(less time even than going to and waiting for touchless wash?), and then you can control it. Your protection will be stripped extremely quickly if not right away when you use the touchless washes. You'll wind up spending more time applying more layers of wax/sealant later instead.

But then you could induce more swirls to the car.

Where do they have a hose next to a car wash. Plus even the touchless wash prerinse the car with really high pressure water and when it still goes through the wash it still isn't clean.

Someone post a link for an ONR , i tried to find one for the OP but couldnt.

I have got traditional car washing down to about 20 mins./ car and good work out.

I use QEW, however the process for using ONR is basically the same.

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I take my wife's SUV to one of those handwash places.. then i get them to spray a quick detailer or spray wax after...

ONR/QEW FTMFW!