Can leftover Optimum No Rinse solution be used to water plants?

[joebruin77]

Random question - when I am done doing a rinseless wash with Optimum No Rinse and I have a bit of the solution left over, can I safely poor this onto my lawn or shrubs? If it is safe, is the same true for Mckees37 N-914 and for Optimum No Rinse With Wax?

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joebruin77

[Texchappy]

I’ve always dumped onr on the flowerbed or lawn and never had a problem. Read a post on the OPT forum that said something to the effect that the leftover solution has dirt and polymers and plants like both. Not sure about onrww but I haven’t treated it any different and haven’t noticed any problems with it either (in a much smaller sample).

[MisterSnoop]

My leftover solution doesn't have dirt since I don't go back into the bucket with my towels. I either pour it into a spray bottle to use as pretreat or back into the jug the distilled water came out of so I can use it later.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211017/757ab2368ba17f69db9fb3eff68bc16d.jpg

[chilly]

My leftover solution doesn't have dirt since I don't go back into the bucket with my towels. I either pour it into a spray bottle to use as pretreat or back into the jug the distilled water came out of so I can use it later.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211017/757ab2368ba17f69db9fb3eff68bc16d.jpg

This ^^^^

I just leave mine in a sealed bucket and keep using it until it’s gone

Never had it go “bad”


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[NoClue]

My leftover solution doesn't have dirt since I don't go back into the bucket with my towels. I either pour it into a spray bottle to use as pretreat or back into the jug the distilled water came out of so I can use it later.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211017/757ab2368ba17f69db9fb3eff68bc16d.jpg

Thanks for making me feel like an idiot for dumping it on the lawn.
I will be doing this moving forward with rinsless washes. Thanks!

[Jayfro]

This ^^^^

I just leave mine in a sealed bucket and keep using it until it’s gone

Never had it go “bad”


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Ditto...


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[Texchappy]

I sometimes keep it and sometimes dump it. It depends on how much I have left and just how dirty the solution is at the end.

ETA: I have had one batch go bad after my heart attack and not going out to do anything in the garage for a few months.

[glen e]

My leftover solution also goes in a 1 gallon jug to be used as a spray. My solution is always virgin because using the Gary Dean method, no towels go back into the liquid…

[chilly]

I think those of us who are saying keep it are using a multi towel method and never introducing any dirt back in to the mix

That's my deal anyway

YMMV

[MisterSnoop]

Thanks for making me feel like an idiot for dumping it on the lawn.
I will be doing this moving forward with rinsless washes. Thanks!

Not my intent. I've certainly dumped it on the lawn myself if it's just a little bit and not worth getting out the funnel.


I sometimes keep it and sometimes dump it. It depends on how much I have left and just how dirty the solution is at the end.

ETA: I have had one batch go bad after my heart attack and not going out to do anything in the garage for a few months.

I had 1 batch where I got mold on the inside of my bucket. It was a bucket with a gamma seal lid and it was the last rinseless I had done before winter. It sat in the garage for a few months. Now I put it back into the distilled water jug, which should be cleaner. If winter is coming up, I could just bring it inside.

[Texchappy]

I think those of us who are saying keep it are using a multi towel method and never introducing any dirt back in to the mix

That's my deal anyway

YMMV

Not necessarily. I don’t use that method but if the soiling is light I don’t have a problem reusing the solution. I just don’t leave the microfiber mitt I use in the solution.

[joshhas99problems]

I just drink mine. Not really. Dont do this

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