{"id":22568,"date":"2017-08-28T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=22568"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:02:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:02:55","slug":"waterless-washing-the-wheel-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/waterless-washing-the-wheel-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterless Washing: The Wheel Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been detailing via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Washing-Drying-C1\/Waterless-Wash-SC66\/\">waterless\/rinsless<\/a> wash method for a long time, and I have experienced almost no drawback compared to traditional washing. However, the one area that has been a bit of an issue is wheel cleaning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4287\/35286338996_59d57235a4_b.jpg\" alt=\"rinsekit\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When wheels are actually dirty, a waterless wash solution is not strong enough, nor safe enough, to remove all of the contamination. Yet, a wheel cleaner needs a lot of rinsing to ensure none is left behind to potentially damage the finish. So, what is a detailer to do?\u00a0 The best solution I had was a pump garden sprayer, which did work. However, it was time consuming, had low pressure, and often required more water than was in the tank since the pressure was so low.<\/p>\n<p>But then, surfers saved the day. I found this product invented by people who surf and need a &#8220;portable shower&#8221; to rinse off sand. This RinseKit is a 2-gallon chamber that is pressurized by the force of the water pumped into it, via garden hose, with a garden hose attachment on the end. So, you essentially have a hose with a 2-gallon water tank that requires no pumping. Now maybe 2 gallons isn&#8217;t enough to wash a car, but for wheels? Cowabunga dude.<\/p>\n<h2>The Good<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Portable.<\/li>\n<li>Plenty of pressure and capacity to clean wheels\/engine bays.<\/li>\n<li>ABS tank so you can even fill it with hot water.<\/li>\n<li>No pressure washer needed.<\/li>\n<li>Quick disconnects and easy on\/off ball valve. Multiple spray patterns if you&#8217;re into that.<\/li>\n<li>If you had two you could even attach a foam gun to one and wash a midsize car the traditional way without the need of a huge tank, meaning you don&#8217;t need a huge truck as a mobile unit.<\/li>\n<li>Closable lid, while the hose is still out so it can double as a seat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Bad<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Price. At almost $90 it is not a cheap item for something that is best for just cleaning wheels and engine bays. However, it is much more efficient and effective than a pump sprayer and much less than the investment of a truck\/trailer and tank.<\/li>\n<li>3 gallons would be a bit better just to have some reserve in case you need to re-wash something.<\/li>\n<li>Must be filled via a hose connection\/faucet adapter. This is not an issue for me as I can fill it up before I go to the job and I am only doing 1 car at a time, prepping it for correction. But for mobile car wash guys it simply wouldn\u2019t be enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Overall<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It <em>is<\/em> a niche product for this space since it wasn&#8217;t designed for it, and the price is a bit high, but for my situation it has been a game changer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterless Washing: The Wheel Hero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":22688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,29,44],"tags":[385,1384,1900,1699,1840],"class_list":{"0":"post-22568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-engine-bay-care","8":"category-washing-drying","9":"category-wheel-care","10":"tag-detailing","11":"tag-glossangeles","12":"tag-rinsekit","13":"tag-rinseless-wash","14":"tag-waterless-wash"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/35286338996_59d57235a4_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-5S0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22568"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22687,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568\/revisions\/22687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}