Dealing with Drought.

[SiriusRIMZ]

Well Its September, and the DFW area is under a severe drought. Washing cars is prohibited in your driveway, and only allowed if theres a saftey hazard (ie: mud, cant see through windows).

I have QD'd my arse off this summer, and beared the 105+ heat. I have gone through two large bottles of QD in a matter of 3 months. I have not had a full wash since mid-June, and it doesn't look like theres going to be any drought relief soon. Infact they are about to go to stage four water rationing. Its pretty bad, no landscaping, no washing cars, hand watering once a week after 6 pm.

How do you guys cope with the drought. Its about to come up on fall in Texas, and its normally my best time to detail, and great buisness, but now I have NO buisness anymore. I have done 3 interior details in the past two months, and thats it. I'm also about to start competing in Car Audio (SQL) shows, and my paint, I fear, will look horrific.

I'm in need of some advice. How do I deal with this drought.

... and yes I have thought about using the water from my pool, but I doubt the bromine would be good for the paint :D

[Murr1525]

Better throw some mud on your car.

[kboxer]

They cant prohibit car washes from making money. Hit the local wash with a bucket or the local detailer you can trust. At least from my experience when there was a drought here in PA they did not stop businesses.

[qadsan]

Originally posted by SiriusRIMZ
...I'm in need of some advice. How do I deal with this drought...

Have you thought about using a product like Quick & Easy Wash from Protect All or my new favorite which is Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine? With just a few gallons of water, you can safely wash & dry a vehicle.

Maybe Meguiar's will be introducing something similar in their new product announcement :xyxthumbs Or maybe you can already do this with Hyper-wash???

[SiriusRIMZ]

All the detailers based out of their houses or without mobile detailing tanks are suffering. Its absurd.

I'm proably going to get some QEW soon as i cant stand my jeep looking like **** much longer.

[sneek]

Better throw some mud on your car.

lol he could too, its a Jeep!

[TrufflePig aka Calogero]

do you have a garage? wash in their. most garage's have a drain too. shut the door and off you go. no one can see you.

[scott504]

Wash it in the middle of the night.

[deadlock32]

Gaa meguiars has clouded your scope of car care products.

There is something that is called Optimum No rinse wash(ONR), another by the name of Quick and Easy Wash(QEW), and DP makes one as well.

Its a wash technique where you go panel by panel and wash off dirt and then dry them, it saves time doesnt swirl your car and is the ONLY way I wash my car now. best part is on average uses about 2-5 gallons of water total.

Here are a couple walk thoughs how to do it:

Using Microfiber towels only:
http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-product-discussion/67760-requested-qew-writeup-using-mfs-instead-mitts.html?highlight=qew

Using Wash mitts and MF towels:
http://autopia.org/forum/hall-fame/32078-qew-tutorial-not-56k-friendly-part-1-a.html?highlight=QEW

and another MF type:
http://www.tauruscarclub.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_use_QEW_%28Quick_Easy_Wash%29

I personally perfer ONR vs QEW but definatly try them both out.
Once you get used to this its they only way you are going to want to wash the car... :D

[yakky]

QEW is great but I hear great things about ONR. Awesome stuff and you can get by on about 4 gallons of water (2 for wash, 2 for rinse bucket). If anyone asks you bought bottled watter at the store. :D

[bboarder711]

go to those do it yourself places but only used the spay and use your own products and rags instead of that NASTY brush thats what I have to do at college and I dont mind paying a few buxs for the 5 minutes of water. also works in the winter if the place has heated water but you need to work quick!

[RamAirV1]

Unless the car has heavy dirt on it, washing should not be necessary. When it doesn't rain, I get by just fine with a body duster and QD. But you need to QD every day or two. And it does not scratch the paint.

RamAirV1