Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Actually touchless car washes don't use anything but water or combination of soap and water to wash your car.
ONes that are not touchless have some kind of cloth fingers that go over your car or brushes that touch your car.
I know I used to work at a car wash last year
Ah, I disagree. My friend works at one and after going through the wash once, there was no more wax on. And mind you, I had a combo of Poorboys EX-P and Meguiars #16 professional paste, which has lasted me and customers up to 2 months.
edit: high pressure sprayers + fairly strong detergents. The touchless car washes here (delta sonic chain) use two overhead towel bars to get the top of the car. There is no possible way these touch all down the sides of the cars--yet the car is "clean" after. I've never seen the film left over at the Delta washes, so it's possible that the chain uses a slightly different system (what i'm describing) then what places in your area have. You also live where the "worst case scenario" isn't going to be nearly as bad as a Buffalo-Rochester "worst case scenario."