Washing and cleaning the car

yulser

jackieb wrote:

I only wash the car about once a fortnight.

It has a treatment called Pure Guard on it. You wash the car with a non wax shampoo then rinse as normal. Then you add a small amount of preserver to a bucket of water and apply to the car with sponge. You don't rinse it off or polish it - just dry it with chamois. I think it lasts for about 5 years. I think it costs about £160 to get it done but when we bought the car the garage did it as part of the deal.

I'm telling the truth! Honest.

Okay , I have had this applied twice running on cars and personally I think the product is brill. Jackieb - can you tell me or PM me the name of the non wax car shampoo you use - I'm struggling to find one and have to resort to paying £15 from the car dealing for it.

Thanks

A_Doonhamer

Things like supagaurd are a rip off, dealer tried to charge us £250 for my other halfs clio. She insisted she wanted it so I bought it off ebay for £9.99 and applied it myself. :rolleyes:

edit: Here is how not to wash your car, note the single bucket, sponge, order he washes parts of the car and water blade.

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The correct way to do it using the two bucket method

Mr_Meanie

I clean my car regularly, twice a year whether it needs it or not!
I use the cheapest wash n wax I can buy, well it cost me 99p for a litre about 5 years ago and still have lots left, takes about 10 minutes, car comes up nice and shiny every time.

Top Tip, put your t-shirt and shorts on and wash it when it's raining and you don't even have to rinse it off, and no streak marks.

Tracey04

what can I use to wash the car and valet it.
Is soda crystals or stardrops ok

Pink.

Hi tracey,

We have a long running thread on washing the car, so I've merged your thread with it as it helps other Old Style readers to find all the suggestions together. As always posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

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tiamai_d

So what about all those little scratches from plebs leaning on your car? And the bloodstains after you deal with the plebs?

And a big swirly mark from a flithy football getting hit off it?

For inside I bought a Dust Puppy from tesco (a microfiber pad baiscally) which is great for dusting and polishing up the windows. Microfibre cloth for cleaning the upholstery of course.

James

Lots of advice & help on the following website:

Polished Bliss.

Follow link for Car Care Advice

sambrown_2

Rebob wrote: »

My dads car had a coat of diamond brite put on when he bought it. It is washed regular with a bucket of water and a couple of caps of vinegar and then leathered off and still looks after 5 years like a showroom model.

My dad was in the motor trade for over 50 years and he always recommends a little vinegar instead of shampoo as most shampoos remove a lot of the wax.
Diamondbrite
HTH

Diamondbrite, what a clever marketing operation, over £250-£350 to wax a new car. Suggest then you look at

Diamondbrite Polish 1 = Autoglym extra gloss
Diamondbrite Polish 2 = Autoglym resin polish

Diamondbrite Aftercare = Autoglym gloss rinse (trade)

Blimey? could this just be the "diamondbrite system" somewhat cheaper
to buy I would say, well about £220 actually. The extra gloss is tricky to put on well so Dimaonbrite put in on first then the resin polish, neat trick as that makes it a lot easier and still gets the wax on the car

Smithills

OK, so I finally got around to washing my car today after a while (not committing myself on this one). It's a metallic pale green/silver- and has black spots in a few places- they appear to be something tarry. Now I've never been able to shift them with just car-shampoo and water, and even last summer in the meagre sun that we had I had a go when they'd been warmed up- but they're still there.

It's a lease car and going back in October. I want to shift them before then without damaging the paint- any suggestions?

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Hi smithills,

You might get more advice on removing the black spots if you ask the experts over on the Motoring Board

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