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Keith, from Dri-Splash Detailing told us that a customer of his asked him to clean his race car trailer last weekend. This trailer had been sitting in an outdoor storage facility for about 4 years. Since it was not covered, it was exposed to all kinds of weather. As you can see from the pictures, it did not look good. The owner said he had tried 6 different kinds of cleaners, but they were all too toxic and did not work well. When Keith caught up to him, the owner had a rash on his arms and the fumes were almost too much to handle.
Keith brought out the New Freedom Complete Clean All Purpose Cleaner to see if it would work any better. The owner was very skeptical of it because it was a “green” cleaning product and many of those don’t work very well. He didn’t think it would be strong enough.

As you can see, Freedom Complete Clean worked great! 7 hours later, they had a white trailer that looked new again. After cleaning it, Keith applied a coating of the Freedom Original Formula with the 2 waxes and ended up with a fantastic shine!

Keith can be reached at www.Dri-SplashDetailing.com

What is Waterless Car Wash?

Definition borrowed from Wikipedia.com
A. A technique used to wash a vehicle without the use of water (also called a waterless car wash). This technique uses a product that contains many different ingredients, including wetting agents , lubricants and protectants. The detergents and wetting agents in the product combine to soften and emulsify surface grime, while a specific blend of fluids and lubricants attach a microscopic layer of protectant to the surface. The protectant is often an extremely rare (and expensive) substance which provides a bonded layer of protection against any remaining abrasive not broken down by the detergents and wetting agents.
The protectant often contains extensive cross linked polymers , which make it extremely effective as a car wax or glaze . The product often contains a complex mixture of cleaning elements along with the glaze ingredients.
With proper application, the product lifts dirt from the vehicle by emulsification. The product surrounds dirt molecules, lifting them from the paint surface, before you start to wipe. At the same time, the application process initiates the cross chain polymer linking process that results in an extremely shiny, highly protective glaze finish. All this happens very rapidly due to the balance of ingredients within the product itself.
The application process does not involve high pressure nor extensive rubbing. The application process also does not require “soaking” – using a high volume of product. When used in compliance with its “directions for use,” the vehicle will shine and water will bead on it.

What makes it “Green”?

Half of the answer is our safe ingredients and the other half is the waterless cleaning concept based on our products…and products similar to ours.
The Freedom Waterless Car Care products are water-based. Since they are water-based, they can be used on a wet or dry surface . Many of our competition have products that are oil, mineral spirits, or kerosene based. How can that be “green”?
Our products contain natural ingredients such as carnauba and montan waxes, non abrasive pumice and coconut-based soaps. They contain no hazardous ingredients, smell great and are very easy to use. The performance is touted as unmatched in the industry, but we would like our customers to be the final judge.
The EPA states that cleaning a vehicle using soap and a water hose, can waste up to 116 gallons of water per car wash. The dirt and grime stuck to an automobile’s exterior surface can be a combination of soils, oils, grease and other compounds. The dirty soap and excess water runoff can contaminate local waterways, neighborhood soils and commercial locations. Most cities require commercial locations to use an oil-water separator to filter the when cleaning their fleet vehicles on their premise. An automatic car wash uses about 40 gallons per car wash, wastes vast amount of energy and requires an oil/ water separator. They have been known to scratch and damage the exterior surface of cars.
The “waterless” cleaning concept is truly (Green). It conserves precious water, protects the local natural resources and has little to no effect on the environment/ community. We would like to add that it can be applied virtually anywhere/ anytime, smells great, performs as described and is very easy to use.
How does it do this?
When you clean with Freedom Waterless Car Wash, you spray the product on the surface, and it instantly dissolves the soils. You gently rub/cleans it using a soft, microfiber towel. This first microfiber towel lifts away and absorbs the liquefied soils from the surface without scratching the paint. The second microfiber towel is used to buff the remaining residue into a brilliant shine with little effort. The contaminated/ soiled microfiber towels are easily cleaned in an automatic washing machine. The towels can be used and then cleaned hundreds of times. The soils & oils taken out of the towels by the washing machine is filtered out by the sanitary system and is not released into the environment.
* No massive amounts of water wasted
* No impact on the environment
* No contamination of the water ways, soils or the cleaning locations.
The process of cleaning the vehicle with a waterless product is “people” powered, not machine powered. This saves energy and other natural & man-made resources.
After cleaning your vehicle, the slick/ non-stick surface will stay clean for a long period of time, thus requiring less cleaning per month. This saves time, money and effort while giving your vehicle a clean image for weeks.