...and by God it WORKS!!! Since the system came out, I wanted to try it, but not for the money they were asking. I was browsing through the store and found it on sale for $15 and decided to go for it. I also picked up a wash mitt that is so key to this system working.

Put in the soap and the Pur water filter and soaked the Jeep down with plain water at first. Soaped her up and took the mitt to her to get all the road grime and bugs. Rinsed off with plain water at first, then per the instructions, went over the entire vehicle with the finish rinse (Pur filtered) which comes out at very low pressure.

After all the scrubbing and spraying, I looked and the car was still wet!!! Where the hell was the "water-sheeting" like on the commercial? Pissed off, I decided to go in the house and grab some towels to start the drying by hand. I come back out and the water is almost gone!!! I looked close the i'll be dammed if the water wasn't sheeting off like it promised. Not ONE spot was found after it dried completely...not one. I was skeptical at first and after the wash, but now I am hooked. You have to get this product if you haven't already. I love it!!!

PS: It doesn't come with a wash mitt, but spend the extra $5 and get one. It is about the only way to get a smooth cleaning.

I just did my first hand wash this week......spray down with water, used a large sponge and some Armourall car soap, rinsed off, then hand dried with micro-fiber towels.
The results were great, the amount of time and effort was alot though. I may give The Clean a try.

I'd love to try it myself, but we have a year round water ban, and the last time I washed the car, state trooper snuck up and scared the frack out of me.

He got a bath. And I nearly got two citations.

I'd love to try it myself, but we have a year round water ban, and the last time I washed the car, state trooper snuck up and scared the frack out of me.

He got a bath. And I nearly got two citations.


Sounds like Nazism. What the hell are we coming to when you are regulated on how much water you can use? Are you paying for the water? If so, you should do whatever you want with it. I suppose car washes are illegal there?

I can see this thread taking a turn.

We refer to the state police as the state gestapo. Actually because we live 1 block out of the city limits in my development, our water bill is double that of in-town residents. The area of my little old farm town has been over devolved and as a result there is insufficient water in the town's three wells to support the population that draws from it.

But, I digress.

When my water softner was installed, I had a soft water tap placed outside near the garage. I can tell you that using soft water cuts the drying time way down--no hurry as there is no spots!

The Mr. Clean system doesn't work here, where the water is exceptionally hard. In spite of the filtration, water still dries leaving spots.

Yep, my dad and I have been using it for years (especially since both of our trucks are black and hand-drying a Tahoe would be a complete pain in the ass ;)), and it works amazingly well!

It dries really well and the only visible marks left after the fact come from drips after everything else is dry (door handles, side mirrors, etc.). Very pleased with it!

The pur filter on the Mr Clean is almost a gimic. Yes it will filter the water but it does not soften it to reduce the mineral content. It is basically the same as the filter you use to remove the chlorine from the tap for drinking water. It helps, but only if your water is not very hard.

I worked a a car wash that has a spot free rinse and there was some major filtering going on for that water. First step filter the water to remove larger particles and "bad taste" (using a charcoal filter for chlorine and other things that plain filtering gets out). Second step, industrial water softener. It is in a small vaction town that had on average 30-50 washes a day, but we sill consumed 200+ lbs of salt a week. Third, a reverse osmosis filter. This is what took the longest to do. We had a 300 gallon tank that would take 12 hours to fill from empty. On the weekends at the end of the day it would be low but we never ran out.

I have used Mr. Clean and it can do a very nice job, just be careful to never, ever do it in the sun! I did it once, it was only 70 out but that was enough for it to dry before the rinse and it took two hand washings that day, a car wash and a tree falling on the car (got new paint on half and a complete buff job) to get the dried on crap off. I know RTFM, but I was doing a wash-rinse a 3 minute job, still too long.

Come to think of it, I've seen the mobile car washers at dealers using a Culligan cartrige/tank conditioner in series with their pressure washers.

I have used Mr. Clean and it can do a very nice job, just be careful to never, ever do it in the sun!

I did it in full sun at 87 degrees. The ONLY way you can get away with doing the job right in full sun is to start with the roof and take it section by section. Water, soap, scrub, rinse, spot-free rinse. Each section, one by one. After every section is done, go back over the entire vehicle with the filtered water rinse.

Yea I love the mr clean thing. Been using it since it came out. Never had a problem with it. One thing I do is wash one section at a time. I also spray the vehicle to keep it wet. Then once its all wet I rinse it with the filtered water. Works every time and no spots. Except the one time I forgot to change the filter after about 8 uses.

We can put a man on the moon, and cerate all sorts of monsters like Paris Hilton, but we can't invent a clear coat that will always keep a Jeep clean without the need of having to wash it.

I'd love to try it myself, but we have a year round water ban, and the last time I washed the car, state trooper snuck up and scared the frack out of me.

He got a bath. And I nearly got two citations.


Year round water ban? Where in MD? I know it's not in my jurisdiction. Are you out in Frederick/Carroll county?

I tried something new for ****s and giggles, Armour All Wax While You Dry.
We have pretty hard water so drying with micro fibre towels is a must. You just spray some of this cream on and rub it in while you dry......I wasn't expecting much but I'm very happy with how it turned out. Shines great and beads water. For a lazy bastard like me, it's a pretty good solution to traditional waxing applications.:)