What do valeters use when doing waterless car cleaning? I'm sure they don't use a dry sponge? What kind of chemical do they use?

not on my car they won't -

http://www.go-waterless.co.uk/waterless-car-wash.asp

[Edited on 15/7/08 by Mr Whippy]

Sounds like a good idea, but I would want to see it being demonstrated on someone else's car before I tried it on mine.

TBH i think its a bit of a gimic, and i know a guy who was trying to push this service locally to me a few years back.

Asside from the fact that its probably not that good for your car (grit scratches etc).......how much water is used in the production of the chemicals? Can't imagine that the chemicals are that great for the environment either.

Last year when we had a water shortage, I just used water from our rain water storage drum to wash the car. Some guy did come up and tell me there was a water shortage.......and politely got told **** off.

[Edited on 15/7/08 by Duncan_P]

I used to use it on my car all the time. On our type of car it beats washing with shampoo and water by a mile - mainly because the car doesn't fill with water cos you are hosing the soap off.

Gives a good finish too. I recommend it

Cheers

Mark

I never took a sponge to my old skyline, It had the meguires full treatment twice a year and then in between times when it got dirty I used a meguires product called quick detailer. You spray it on and wipe it off with a micro fiber cloth.

I was often getting compliments on the fantastic respray and people rarely believed that the paintwork was 13 years old.

I'll use it again on the indy when its ready.

Can't recommend it enough. I must stress though that you do need to quick clay the body first and then use the paint cleaner, then polish and then wax. Then quick detail after that for the next 6-10 months untill you feel like doing it again.

I have used "Greased Lightning's Spray and Shine".
Good to take to shows for a quick clean up.
Much quicker than washing.

I don't want to use it, I want to know what the chemical is so we can test our new product at work to check that it is resistant to it.