Review - Meguiar's D114 Rinse Free Express Wash

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rwright

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Greetings everyone. I wanted to provide my thoughts on a new product from Meguiar's, D114 Rinse Free Express Wash. This is just a basic review based on my opinion after one use. I usually don't form an opinion after one use of a product but this one was a little different. Thoughts shared at the end. On to the review...

Product Name/Manufacturer: D114 Rinse Free Express Wash - Meguiar's

Product Size: 1 US Gallon

Product Price: $39.99 Retail

Directions: Shake well, dilute 1oz. per gallon of water, no directions to make clay bar lubricant or quick detailer

*All pictures taken with iPhone and resized with Kodak EasyShare software, no enhancements made.


The product:

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Here are a few pictures showing the condition of my HHR SS before a quick rinse with my pressure washer:

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As you can see I had some grime (very gritty) hanging out in a few crevices that were not washed away after a trip through the touchless.

The tools for the job: 2 cheap waffle weave towels, 1 micro fiber drying towel, 1 PakShak Ultra Smooth, 1 micro fiber towel I'm testing, 1 micro fiber bone wash pad

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3 ounces of product measured out

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The viscosity is very thin as you can tell in this picture

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Something to note and new to me, some slight suds formed after mixing product

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Making first pass

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Suds runoff

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Wiped dry with ease, no streaks

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Take note of my rinse bucket (yellow) after just making one pass on the roof of my car

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After working my way around the car the thought hit me to show how well this product releases dirt from the wash pad.

Before

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After

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This is my rinse water after finishing just the paint, I didn't clean the wheels because we are expecting rain

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Just in case you're curious

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Final Thoughts: If you're looking for a rinseless wash that leaves the paint feeling clean but not loaded down with polymers that may or may not interfere with an LSP, this is the one. To me it's like the Shampoo+ of the rinseless world. I did not notice any additional gloss after using this. The downside to this product is the dilution ratio at nearly the same price as other rinseless washes. Overall I'm pleased with this product and do not regret buying a gallon of it. It definitely has a place in my arsenal but is not the end all to rinseless washes either.

Thanks for reading.
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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Looks like this is a much better product than the consumer line waterless wash... I bought a bottle of that to try and ended up not too impressed.
 
Very cool Richard. I really like that fact that it doesn't have any gloss enhancers. This could possibly make it great for things like Permanon or LSP you don't want to modify.
 
Great review! The releasing from the wash media is now probably one of the more important properties in a rinseless for me these days. I may try at some point but have gallons of rinseless to get through first.
 
thanks richard, good review. if i ever have any real doubts about a product, meguiars always seems to be a safe bet to use with confidence.
 
Nice review. I did not know Meguiar's had a rinseless product.

This reminds of EcoWash based upon the product description. The lack of gloss enhancers is also a plus for me.
 
thanks for the review richard!, im amazed at how theres suds, so wondering what makes it suds up like it does, even if i add onr or DPRWG to a normal wash(to soften my water) it makes the suds die down somewhat. hopefully you or someone else will do a review on the trim gel. thats one i want to see how it works. still a good product, price is not bad but i dont think i will be buying it judged on your review. i dont have a need for a rinseless that leaves a finish without any protection. as when i apply a lsp i strip or polish the finish anyways. im stuck on the duragloss rinseless ever since they sent me a bottle to test out, and i love it so i think thats one im sticking to! again thanks for the informative review!
 
I'm in the middle of testing light duty LSP's and usually by the time I hit the touchless a couple times they are gone. So with the ability to clean the surface without leaving protection behind is great because when I test a new product I'm not guessing what is really beading or providing the gloss or slickness. An example would be if I have a Dodo Juice wax on the paint and I use Blackfire waterless wash, now the existing wax is topped with a different polymer and could alter the appearance or feel of the existing wax.

I will use Blackfire waterless/rinseless wash with Blackfire as my LSP, the same with Duragloss Rinseless with Duragloss as the LSP and so on.
 
rwright said:
I'm in the middle of testing light duty LSP's and usually by the time I hit the touchless a couple times they are gone. So with the ability to clean the surface without leaving protection behind is great because when I test a new product I'm not guessing what is really beading or providing the gloss or slickness. An example would be if I have a Dodo Juice wax on the paint and I use Blackfire waterless wash, now the existing wax is topped with a different polymer and could alter the appearance or feel of the existing wax.

I will use Blackfire waterless/rinseless wash with Blackfire as my LSP, the same with Duragloss Rinseless with Duragloss as the LSP and so on.
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These are my thought exactly Richard. I am currently doing my BF vs. Wolfgang shootout and don't want to alter the result in any way but since I haven't been driving the vehicle I don't need a full 2BM wash on it. a raise-less would be perfect but all I am using currently is ONR.

The other thing is for product like Permanon that I mention in an earlier post. I has some of the great Hydrophobic properties of the newer coatings but it doesn't play well with gloss enhancers and such. So a true wash only with no additives would be perfect.

I'm also wondering how it would work as a traditional wash? Hmmm...
 
Nice review, Richard. Meg's rinseless wash looks to be a lot more sudsy than the other rinseless washes. Not a bad thing, just an observation.
 
I did reach out to Michael Stoops for some clarification on this product. When he responds I will update accordingly. Just a basic idea of questions -

- Should we feel a polymer coating on the surface like other rinseless washes or should we experience what I did, just clean paint?

- Is this a product that can be mixed at QD or clay lubricant ratios? If so what are the recommendations?
 
TroyScherer said:
These are my thought exactly Richard. I am currently doing my BF vs. Wolfgang shootout and don't want to alter the result in any way QUOTE]

Please post your thoughts when you finish your shootout. Love the Wolfgang line, and wanting to try out the BF line:bigups
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****UPDATE****

After contacting Mr. Stoops with a few questions, he kindly responded to my review on AGO and I would like to post that info here.

Michael Stoops said:
Thanks for the positive and very in depth review of this new product of ours!

We want to address a couple of things, though:

Regarding dilution ratio, we are going to be clarifying this in our new catalog and upcoming tech bulletin to reflect 128:1 dilution (1 oz per gallon) for heavy duty cleaning and 256:1 (1 oz per two gallons) for more routine cleaning. What we see in these images would be classed as more "routine" cleaning so the lower dilution ratio would have sufficed. We apologize for the oversight on the current label.

We're glad you noticed and commented on the very easy wipe off/drying of the product - that's something we really shot for and found to be superior to most similar products on the market. We intentionally left out the addition of any polymers or other protection here because we know a lot of mobile guys are moving toward this sort of wash system and don't want any poylmers, etc "getting in the way" of the correction steps they plan on doing as part of their service. D114 will allow them to thoroughly and quickly clean the vehicle prior to pulling out the DA or rotary, and not leave anything behind that might in any way hamper their initial correction steps.

As some of you might suspect, our consumer line Ultimate Wash & Wax Anywhere is closely related to D114 with the obvious exceptions of it being a spray on product (and therefore not suitable for cleaning a vehicle quite as dirty as you would clean with a "rinseless" product like D114) plus UWWA offers some pretty durable polymer protection that D114 is lacking - for the reasons stated above.

Those of you looking to use D114 as a clay lube or QD mist & wipe type product will, we suspect, start experimenting with it as such (as you guys are prone to experiment with all sorts of things, which we actually applaud!) but we haven't set in stone any dilution ratios for those processes as of yet.
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I am glad to see a more divergent selection of products for rinseless washes. In the past, it was like everything was described as like ONR and QEW. I also usually want no gloss so this is differently on my want list.
 
This looks like the rinseless product to use with the nano coatings such as wolfs. I may have to look into this more. I want to try the wolfs but their suggestion is not to use any shampoos with any polymers in them. I may have found my solution!
 
Having used the new M114, it's very different from ONR. the consistency is very thin and like others have mentioned the foaming. It feels like more of a highly diluted soap than any other rinseless. Someone was asking recently about a rinseless with no polymers and this may be it...however, if I'm right about it being a soap, you could use D111 at a higher dilution and save a ton of money. There is also no mention of an encapsulation process which is what makes rinseless washing actually safe. Lubrication alone isn't enough. Many use a presoak with ONR and I would think that would go double for D114 with no polymers and that's probably why they are having trouble dialing in the dilutions.

One point Mr. Stoops made implied that polymers may inhibit correction or get in the way. I cannot speak for all rinseless washes, but ONR can be painted over with no issue so there will never be a situation where those specific types of polymers would inhibit correction.
 
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