Car Cleaning

Gene_Hunt_2

buddys_mum wrote: »

I use showroom shine, i get it from greased lightening. It does the job easy.

http://www.greasedlightning.co.uk/?reload

I wondered how long it would be before some suggested showroom sh1te. It's ok as wheel cleaner.

oldagetraveller

Did mine this morning. Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash & Conditioner with warm water. Use a sheepskin mitt for paintwork and a soft brush for alloy wheels. Then rinse off with rainwater from the butts in back garden. Dry glass, wheels and paintwork using a large microfibre towel.
About 20 minutes in total. No "swirls" whatsoever.
When roads have been salted I pressure wash the underside, wheelarches etc. monthly using a curved attachment made specifically for that purpose.

King_Nothing

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

Swirling? what is that?

When washing a car, if you haven't got rid of the grit from the car, all you're doing is rubbing it into the protection and into the paintwork causing small scratches called swirlmarks. That's why using a sponge is a bad thing to do as it makes it easier to push the grit into the car, a wash mitt is loose and allows the grit to soak into the mitt, you then clean the mitt when you put it into a 2nd bucket of water and either use a grit guard or hand clean the mitt before continuing to wash the car (the two bucket method).

Drying is better done with a microfibre or waffle weave drying towel than a chamois leather for similar reasons, and it's better to pat the towel rather than drag it across the car.

Snowfoaming the car before your wash is a good prewash to help remove excess grit.

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I wash using Wilko's cheapo car shampoo with the two bucket method and a lambs wool mitt. I use Poor Boys Natural Look on the tyres to make them look new and shiny and Meguiar's Bug and Tar remover to remove any tar spots.

Spring/Summer only. I don't bother when it's cold.

vikingaero

I think people on this thread need a reality check! Gene wants a lazy boys way to clean his car asap. He's not bothered about glitzy waxes and depth of shine - just a way to get his car clean so that he has more time to post inane stuff on MSE.

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vikingaero wrote: »

I think people on this thread need a reality check! Gene wants a lazy boys way to clean his car asap. He's not bothered about glitzy waxes and depth of shine - just a way to get his car clean so that he has more time to post inane stuff on MSE.

Jet wash at the local petrol station. £1 for 3 minutes.

Rossy.

when i had my Renault Sport Clio 197 i used to spend hours cleaning it in detail using clay bar's -machine polisher etc.

With my Laguna diesel now it gets a wash maybe once a month if it's lucky and that consists of a £3 wash in my local BP's carwash

Life too short to be polishing up a lump of depreciating metal that has circa 155k on the clock

cyclonebri1

Rossy. wrote: »

when i had my Renault Sport Clio 197 i used to spend hours cleaning it in detail using clay bar's -machine polisher etc.

With my Laguna diesel now it gets a wash maybe once a month if it's lucky and that consists of a £3 wash in my local BP's carwash

Life too short to be polishing up a lump of depreciating metal that has circa 155k on the clock

So correct.

All my cars are iffectively dead when I sell them, but, regarless of how I've treated them over the last 5 to 10 years they shine after a few hours graft

1/10 bottle of fairy at £1 bottle works for me.;)

savemoney

I hose car first to wash any dirt grit

Wash car with warmish water with car wax

Hose or sometimes use a watering can with water to rinse

I dont always dry car with a large micro fibre cloth especially in winter

I try and pick in summer a not to bright sunny day as car drys in no time and leaves marks

I polish about 2 times a year

anewman

Depends how I feel and what the weather's like. 2 bucket method or pressure washer.