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5 Stars: Worked Great on My Little Diesel VW Beetle
Product Review: Lucky Earth 504 Starter Kit

Lucky Earth Waterless Car Wash Starter Kit

I’ll have to admit I was a little bit skeptical of this product–how good could a “waterless” car wash product really be?

I liked the fact that the ingredients were VOC Free, fragrance free, made with a coconut surfactant, and non-toxic, but I wondered if it could really clean my car. Yes, I was impressed that the founders created the product because their daughter had chemical sensitivities (my husband does, too, and it can really complicate modern life). But would it clean my car? I mean, really CLEAN my car?

The answer is a resounding YES!! I used the kit as directed (Waterless Car Wash on the outside, Tire Shine on the dash & interior, using the supplied microfiber towels–just spray it on & wipe it off) and it cleaned my little “electric green” VW beetle in no time. Better yet, it left the exterior with a nice shine like a wax job. It only took me about 20 minutes to clean the entire exterior of my Beetle, and, another surprise, I was also able to use the Car Wash to wash the windows, sunroof, and windshield with no streaking and no filming. I’m really, really impressed.

Even better, it helped clean some “gunk” off my dashboard that I’d been unable to previously remove, despite multiple attempts with Armorall, olive oil, and other suggested remedies. Apparently, the previous owner had tried to “improve” a small area of the dash around the radio with some shoeshine or something that became really sticky and waxy. When I applied the Lucky Earth Tire Shine (also for dashboards), I FINALLY got this stuff off. After 3 quick applications, the Lucky Earth product was able to remove what I previously had just resigned myself to living with. It got the entire dash clean and gave it a nice clean sheen (not over-shiny or slippery, either). I was so impressed, I even tried an off-label use and used the tire shine on the shiny black keypad of a Cuisinart convection oven–it worked great here, too, wiping fingerprints from the keypad and giving it a like-new finish (just like I used to do with Jubilee Kitchen Wax, which I can’t seem to find any more).

The best part, to me, of the interior cleaning is that there was absolutely NO petrochemical smell in my car afterward. Not immediately afterward, and in the next few days of getting in and out of the car, I noticed how clean the interior now smelled. No more petrochemical odors! Just clean.

It is truly waterless & having lived in New Mexico (largely a desert), I can appreciate the value of water. You really can wash the exterior of the car WITHOUT using any water whatsoever. You will most definitely need some water to wash the microfiber towels when you’re finished, but hey, you’ll being doing a load of laundry sometime in the next week anyway, won’t you?

Highly, highly recommended; I’m definitely buying more of this when I use up what I’ve got (and yes, it’s true, one bottle will wash the average sized car 7-10 times. I think I’ll get about 15 washes for my little Beetle).