{"id":46132,"date":"2025-07-31T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=46132"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:53:56","slug":"a-new-take-on-the-decontamination-wash-top-5-posts-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/a-new-take-on-the-decontamination-wash-top-5-posts-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Take on the Decontamination Wash &#038; Top 5 Posts of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-New-Take-on-the-Decontamination-Wash.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-New-Take-on-the-Decontamination-Wash.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-New-Take-on-the-Decontamination-Wash-300x147.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-New-Take-on-the-Decontamination-Wash-768x376.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/author\/don-paradis\/\">Don Paradis<\/a> from Optimum has written a great overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Optimum-OPT-M36\/Touchless-Decon-Wash-P3702\/32-oz-S1\/\">Optimum&#8217;s Touchless Decon Wash<\/a>. As explained in his article, Decon Wash is not like other touchless car washes that use a two chemical system. Optimum was able to create a single pH neutral formula favoring the end user&#8217;s ease of use. Unlike other APCs Decon wash is safe to use in direct sun without the worry of drying on the surface and leaving streak and residue. You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Optimum-OPT-M36\/Touchless-Decon-Wash-P3702\/32-oz-S1\/\">Optimum Touchless Decon Wash<\/a> at the link provided as well as reading all about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/a-new-take-on-the-decontamination-wash\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>More Top Articles From July<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/exterior-detailing-polishing-quick-tips\/\">Exterior Detailing &#038; Polishing: Quick Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/safe-washing-troubleshooting-swirls-and-scratches\/\">Safe Washing: Troubleshooting (Swirls And Scratches)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/lessons-learned-from-graduating-to-professional-only-coatings\/\">Lessons Learned from Graduating to Professional Only Coatings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/bilt-hamber-trace-less-review-a-streak-free-winner\/\">Bilt Hamber Trace-Less Review \u2013 A Streak-Free Winner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/pressol-proseries-double-action-sprayer-my-new-favorite-detailing-companion\/\">Pressol ProSeries Double Action Sprayer: My New Favorite Detailing Companion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>From The Vault<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/blue-jean-transfer-and-leatherique\/\">Click here<\/a> to read about a way to get the blue jean die out of your light color leather seats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Take on the Decontamination Wash &#038; Top 5 Posts of July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":35875,"comment_status":"closed","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":[696],"tags":[3559,1745,828,385,178,4011,1924,1545,777],"class_list":{"0":"post-46132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-detailing-articles","8":"tag-3559","9":"tag-decon","10":"tag-detailed-image","11":"tag-detailing","12":"tag-optimum","13":"tag-optimum-touchless-decon-wash","14":"tag-top","15":"tag-top-5","16":"tag-wash"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/aap_featured_images_top_5_posts-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-c04","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46132","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46138,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46132\/revisions\/46138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}