How to Wash your Car with a Spot Free Rinse

Do you spend hours washing your car only to rinse it off and get water spots? Learn how to turn hard water into soft water in eliminate hard water spotting.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 5 Gallon Bucket or Hose end sprayer
• Borax
• Water Hose

1. 

   Use a mixture of about 1/2 cup Borax to 5 gallons of water and rinse your car. The Borax is a water softener and will eliminate hard water spotting. Works best with warm to hot water since the Borax is a powder. You may also mix in a 5 gallon bucket and rinse that way by making the mix and dumping the mix onto your car.

2. 
   Hose End Applicator

   I use a hose end applicator and a garden hose, this will automatically mix for you

3. You could also siphon the mix out of a 5 gallon bucket using your pressure washer and the black chem tip.

Tips & Warnings

• Mix using Warm Water
• Borax is a powder and could clog the nozzle of your applicator if not well mixed.

[jull14]

on 6/16/2009 Great article. Thank you for providing this information, it will make my life easier.

[Tsunami]

on 4/5/2009 You should rinse as normal as this is not meant to be a complete rinsing solution just as a final step to prevent spotting. The Borax softens the water to eliminate spotting as the vehicle drys. If you are not using the hose end adapter or injecting into a pressure washer you will most likely need to double the amount of solution if not more. Also do really do the job right spend $10 and invest in a shammy and an extra 5 - 10 minutes to hand dry it.

[rddex1]

on 4/4/2009 when your washing your truck or car with soap,how do u rinse it with a bucket of borox water? one bucket will not rinse a whole truck

[globewatcher]

on 4/4/2009 Good information to know. Would like to surprise my husband by washing his car - might as well do it without spots. It really is amazing how many different things Borax can be used for. Thanks

[jenng]

on 3/14/2009 Great tip I hate water spots 5*