Awhile back the people from Lucky Earth “Waterless” Car Wash sent me a sample of their product for review. Since my boyfriend David has a car that hasn’t been driven much in the last few years and that he is currently trying to sell, I thought I would let him test the car wash out for me and clean up his car.
Lucky Earth’s car wash products are environmentally friendly, hypo-allergenic, VOC free, fragrance free, dye free, and paraben free, and since they only require the product itself plus their special microfiber towels, they save all of those gallons of water that go into a typical car wash. (And since the growing water crisis is a real worry, that’s a good thing!) You can potentially save up to 840 gallons with one bottle of the Lucky Earth car wash. They also make a waterless bike wash too!
Not only did Lucky Earth send a sample for us to try, but they’ve offered up a sample for a lucky reader as well! First, David’s review of the product…
“Did Mallory ask me to write this review because she knows how dirty my car is? Because when I say dirty, I mean it hasn’t seen a car wash in four years kind of dirty.
The idea of a waterless car wash sounds pretty good to me, but is counter to my pre-conceived notions that washing something involves water. However, I have to say this worked pretty well. But, it wasn’t the miracle cure for a dirty like mine that I was hoping for.
Mallory gave me a 32oz bottle and two microfiber towels (one for washing, one for buffing). The bottle comes with the dire warning on the front, “MUST be used with microfiber towels”. Okay, the towels are nice and it becomes pretty clear as soon as you start using the product why they say that.
I used it per instructions. First you spray the car wash onto the microfiber towel and the vehicle. Then you simply wipe in a “sweeping motion,” pretty much as I would imagine you do if you were washing with a sponge. After, it doesn’t look particularly clean or anything, but this is where the other microfiber towel comes in to buff. Once you buff, it really makes a world of difference in shine.
That’s pretty much it. Not too complicated. The website says that one 32oz bottle is good for 7 to 10 washes. I used about ¼ on bottle on my car, but then again my car has four or more years of dirty on it, so maybe more is to be expected. Any less of the spray and the cleaning towel didn’t slide over the car very well.
Also, it did a pretty good job, as I said, but I can see where it’s not going to work in all applications (caked on mud, in my instance). There are probably certain things that should be saved for the sanctity of the traditional bikini car wash, but I imagine that for daily cleaning of a vehicle that isn’t as abused as mine, I think it would work great as a weekly or bi-weekly cleaner.
I like the idea that the cleaner is quick and easy to use and non-toxic. If I ever get a better car, I’d definitely be more inclined to keep it clean with this product at my disposal.”
Okay, so that was David’s experience… if you’d like to test it out for yourself, leave a comment on this post before midnight on Monday, December 7, 2009. (Central Standard Time – go here to figure out what time that is where you are.) One reader will be chosen at random from the comments to get your own Lucky Earth “Waterless” Car Wash to try out!
Also, don’t forget, today is the last day to enter to win my copy of the 10 Ways to Change the World in Your Twenties book!
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Oh wow. For my birthday, my godfather worked on and washed my car. It took forever! I don’t want to think about how much water was used. I’d like to try this!
This seems like it would be great for people who have limited access to a hose at home (like in the FQ) or just hate those drive through car washes as well.
I would LOVE to try this–my neighbors have a tree that hangs over my driveway–right on top of my car. Every fall it gets covered in sap.
I would definitely wash my car more often using a product like this. I don’t like lugging out the hose, soaping up, rinsing, and then towel drying quickly so that water spots don’t form. (Then coiling the hose back up, wringing out the sponge, doing the windows, etc.) As it is, I now wait for the rain and then park my car outside when I remember. It doesn’t rain much where I live, so I usually have a dirty car.
And the randomly chosen winner is….. Christy! Thanks to everyone for your comments!