Hoseless washing may seem like a strange technique to some, but it is a very safe and effective way to remove light dirt from your vehicle if you are unable to use a hose or pressure washer. This is especially true during cold winter months, but this wash technique can be used year-round for those that may have neighborhood, apartment, or condo restrictions against washing with a hose. The Hoseless Wash process uses a 5-gallon bucket filled with about 4 gallons of warm water, 6 or more clean plush microfiber towels like our Double Soft Towel, and our Hoseless Wash concentrated wash solution mixed into the water in the bucket. Next we'll explain how to perform this process and how it works.

Item Checklist:

• 5-Gallon Bucket filled with 4 gallons of warm water
• 32oz Dilution Bottle
• Empty 3.5-Gallon Bucket (Optional)
• Double Soft Towel (6-Pack)
• Hoseless Wash 16oz
• CS3 and Single Soft Towels (Optional)

Begin the Hoseless Wash process by using your fingers to pull away any heavy debris like leaves, tree needles, etc from the surface of the vehicle, especially around the wiper cowl, since you do not want to pick up any of these materials into your towels. If there is heavy mud, dirt, magnesium chloride, or salt buildup on the vehicle, you need to remove that before doing the Hoseless Wash. You can do this by finding a coin-op touchless car wash close to your home or apartment complex, and using their pressure washing with water only to blast away heavy contamination from fender wells, wheels, bumpers, lower doors, and rocker panels, then switch immediately to their spot-free rinse and quickly rinse the vehicle. The vehicle will not be completely clean at this point, but in this manner, you’re spending minimal time and money at the coin-op touchless wash, to then head back home to finish fully cleaning the vehicle.

First, dilute the Hoseless Wash into a 32oz Dilution Bottle to make a Waterless Wash spray to pre-treat heavier dirt areas. You can use 1-2oz of Hoseless Wash to 30oz of water in the Dilution Bottle, then shake the bottle to mix it evenly. Spray these areas and let the solution soak. Next, prep your bucket by filling it with about 4 gallons of warm water, then pour 2 ounces of Hoseless Wash directly into the water. You can measure this out as approximately 1” of chemical out of the 16oz bottle. Next, take 3 or 4 Double Soft Towels and fully dunk and submerge them into the solution. Stir the towels around with your hand to mix the Hoseless Wash solution evenly, turning all of the water to an even, transparent or cloudy purple color. Lift one towel out of the solution and squeeze out excess solution back into the bucket, so that there is minimal dripping. Fold the towel in half and then into fourths. Once you have removed a towel from the solution bucket, do not place it back into this bucket for the remainder of the wash process.

Just like the Two-Bucket Wash Method, we’ll clean in a top-down approach. Start at one edge of the roof, and carefully wipe the towel across the surface in one direction, slightly rolling the towel with your wrist as it is passing over the panel. This allows the dirt to more evenly distribute across that “side” of the towel. Perform one or two more passes with this side of the towel, until it appears heavily soiled, then carefully flip the towel over and repeat this process with another side. Once the roof has been fully wiped, take one of your clean, dry Double Soft Towels and wipe away the remaining residue on the roof, leaving the roof surface clean, dry, and finished.

Move onto all of the glass next, and continue wiping each panel with a wet solution towel and then finishing with the dry Double Soft Towel. Each wet towel will give 8 working “sides”, so approximately 8-24 passes across different panels, depending on the condition of the vehicle. Once all 8 sides of a towel are dirty, set it aside - place the towel onto a Grit Guard outside of the bucket or into an empty 3.5-Gallon bucket, so that it does not contaminate the Hoseless Wash solution bucket, then grab another fresh wet solution towel. Clean the rocker panels, door and trunk jambs, inside gas cap, and wheels last since they will be the most dirty areas. With the vehicle now clean, you can then re-up the protection on the vehicle with CS3 while taking care of any remaining streaking at the same time. Soak all of the dirty towels in a bucket of water with 1oz of our Towel & Pad Revitalizer to remove heavier debris before putting them in the washing machine to thoroughly clean them.

For an even more thorough and safe Hoseless Wash technique, you can introduce our Foam + Wash into the process. Foam + Wash with a pressurized foaming sprayer like the iK Foam Pro 2 Sprayer to distribute a thick foam solution onto a panel to further increase lubricity and cleaning power, before you wipe the panel with your Double Soft Towel saturated in the Hoseless Wash solution. You can view an in-depth demonstration video of this process here:

The final section of this writeup deals with an area of your vehicle that can see very heavy dirt, mud, and snow accumulation during winter - the interior! With just a few cleaning tools, towels, and one chemical though, you can easily clean up the entire interior of your vehicle well enough to make it through winter until you can do a more thorough deep clean and conditioning of various interior surfaces when it warms up in the spring. Adam’s Total Interior Cleaner is a multi-surface spray that cleans and offers protection in an all-in-one, easy formula. It finishes down with a factory-new look with zero shine, to leave surfaces smooth and fresh, and not slippery, greasy, or oily.

Item Checklist:

• 5-Gallon Bucket with warm water
• Air Cannon
• Wet/Dry Vacuum
• Cordless Drill
• Total Interior Cleaner 16oz
• Carpet Drill Brush
• Edgeless Utility Towel (2-Pack)
• Green Glass Towel (2-Pack)
• Interior Scrubbing Mitt

The first thing you should do when cleaning an interior is to gather up all loose articles and place them in a plastic bag. This way you don’t end up vacuuming up something you don’t want to lose. Then remove any rubber liners from cup holders and door pockets and soak them in a bucket of warm water. Remove any carpet or all-weather floor mats, then use the Air Cannon to blow out door pockets, air vents, buttons, cup holders, seat seams and underneath seats around the seat rails to loosen any stubborn debris. Then vacuum the interior from the top-down, starting with the front seats and floor to any additional seating rows to finally the back cargo/hatch/trunk area.

Clean the floor mats first, so that they have time to dry out while cleaning the remainder of the interior. Vacuum the floor mats to remove loose dirt, leaves, etc, If the floor mats are soiled or stained, attach the Carpet Drill Brush to your cordless drill, generously spray down the mat with Total Interior Cleaner, and then use the Carpet Drill Brush to thoroughly scrub the carpet or all-weather material. Total Interior Cleaner will foam up some when agitated, so use one of the Edgeless Utility Towels to wipe up any excess cleaner. Next clean the dashboard and center console with the second Edgeless Utility Towel.

Move onto the windows, gauges, and entertainment screen with Total Interior Cleaner and a Green Microfiber Glass Scrubbing Towel, then use the second Glass Towel to leave a streak-free finish on these surfaces. Then move onto the steering wheel, door panels, and seats, using Total Interior Cleaner with either the Edgeless Utility Towel or Interior Scrubbing Mitt for a deep-clean. Finish off the interior by wiping down lower interior areas like kick panels and door sill plates.